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> Adam Sandler stars in dopey comedies With the hottest actresses, you can definitely notice he does casting.
by rr888 4y ago
> Adam Sandler stars in dopey comedies
With the hottest actresses, you can definitely notice he does casting.
- conductr 4y agoHe owns it all https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Happy_Madison_productions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Happy_Madison_producti...
- Spooky23 4y agoAdam Sandler is like the modern version of the Stratemeyer Syndicate behind the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew. Most of his movies are exactly the same with different dressing. I think Happy Gilmore was the prototype. Same plot, same type of girl, same jokes, different SNL buddies making an appearance.
- maroonblazer 4y agoThat may have been true in the past but his latest work, like "Uncut Gems" and "Hustle" are far from "Happy Gilmore".
- stonogo 4y agoIn Uncut Gems, he was only an actor, as opposed to the vast majority of his work, which comes from his production company (Happy Madison Productions). Of the films from that production house, "Hustle" is the only one that stands out as a quality production; the rest very much adhere to the formula described above.
- pilsetnieks 4y agoReign Over Me was actually good; but it also doesn't use the same formula as others.
- jedberg 4y agoAs my friend pointed out, he had a strangely age appropriate wife in Hustle. :) But mainly I'd say Adam Sandler is a good actor when he's acting in things other people have written, and he's just having fun getting paid to hang out with friends in nice places when he's in movies he writes. As long as he keeps switching off between good and dopey, I think he can run his con for a long time.
- kurupt213 4y agoHe deserves more credit for the art films he does like ‘the cobbler’
- OJFord 4y agoI remember seeing that and thinking wow, a Sandler film can be good! Other than that I think you have to go a long way back for toned down 'dopey' though, before he hit that particular stride. Or maybe I was just younger and not so bothered by it - can't think of an example at the moment.