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That may have been true in the past but his latest work, like "Uncut Gems" and "Hustle" are far from "Happy Gilmore".

• stonogo 4y ago
  In 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 ago
    Reign Over Me was actually good; but it also doesn't use the same formula as others.
• jedberg 4y ago
  As 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.
  • rendall 4y ago
    > con Con? Interesting word choice there.
    • jedberg 4y ago
      I mean it's mostly tongue in cheek, but he did convince Netflix to basically pay for him to take exotic vacations with his friends.