The Waterboy

A witless and utterly predictable comic fantasy about a misfit turned hero.

Really dumb, but many teens love it anyway.

The formulaic mix of mirth and mayhem is aimed way down the MTV food chain...

Perfectly watchable, undemanding fun, but you can't help thinking that a slightly darker tone would have gone a very long way.

The direction is as blunt and vacant as the plotting, the jokes are obvious and the performances (with a couple of exceptions) charmless.

The film is amiably goofy.

This juvenile, unnecessary, and utterly pathetic madness can barely be considered a comedy; the jokes are so immature and flat that it more closely resembles a tragedy.

An agreeable yet forgettable comedy...

There's an innocence to The Waterboy that makes the picture part slapstick and part fairy tale...The only problem with letting kids see this Adam Sandler movie? They might want to see another one. [Blu-ray]

A predictable, formulaic, dumb comedy that has about as much depth as Bobby . . . unless you think of it in Forrest Gump terms, and then it begins to get a little less offensive and a little funnier.