If I needed convincing that Adam Sandler's laugh out loud comedy days are over then Jack and Jill pretty much sealed it.
It's not that there isn't the odd laugh here and there, it's more that Sandler is still pumping out the same comedy now that he was in the 90s and it is simply not funny any more.
His latest retread sees him play twins Jack and Jill Sadelstein. Yep, he's going drag.
Jack is a family man with a wife and two children and he works, successfully, in advertising. In short, he has it all.
But his blissful life is interrupted on a yearly basis when his twin sister Jill visits for the holidays and always overstays her welcome.
Playing both characters is fair enough but Sandler really doesn't try being even a little feminine when it comes to being Jill.
After a series of embarrassing mishaps Jack invites Jill to the basketball where he has courtside seats and is trying to convince Al Pacino to appear in a commercial for him. Probably the highlight of the movie, the cameo of Johnny Depp, comes in the basketball scene.
Somehow Pacino is taken by Jill and relentlessly pursues her. Jack tries to seize the opportunity to secure his services for the commercial and goes to many lengths to seal the deal.
You can't help but shake your head and wonder why Al Pacino chose to be in this movie, as himself - this is no Being John Malkovich. He comes off looking pretty ordinary, which is a shame.
I need go no further. Sandler's comedies are now on the refuse list until he produces something that gets rave reviews. I just can't believe this is the same guy that produced a stunning performance in Reign Over Me a few years ago. It's not funny and I'd be steering clear of this one unless you really, really must see it.
A 4 out of 10.
It's not that there isn't the odd laugh here and there, it's more that Sandler is still pumping out the same comedy now that he was in the 90s and it is simply not funny any more.
His latest retread sees him play twins Jack and Jill Sadelstein. Yep, he's going drag.
Jack is a family man with a wife and two children and he works, successfully, in advertising. In short, he has it all.
But his blissful life is interrupted on a yearly basis when his twin sister Jill visits for the holidays and always overstays her welcome.
Playing both characters is fair enough but Sandler really doesn't try being even a little feminine when it comes to being Jill.
After a series of embarrassing mishaps Jack invites Jill to the basketball where he has courtside seats and is trying to convince Al Pacino to appear in a commercial for him. Probably the highlight of the movie, the cameo of Johnny Depp, comes in the basketball scene.
Somehow Pacino is taken by Jill and relentlessly pursues her. Jack tries to seize the opportunity to secure his services for the commercial and goes to many lengths to seal the deal.
You can't help but shake your head and wonder why Al Pacino chose to be in this movie, as himself - this is no Being John Malkovich. He comes off looking pretty ordinary, which is a shame.
I need go no further. Sandler's comedies are now on the refuse list until he produces something that gets rave reviews. I just can't believe this is the same guy that produced a stunning performance in Reign Over Me a few years ago. It's not funny and I'd be steering clear of this one unless you really, really must see it.
A 4 out of 10.
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