There are sporadic laughs to be had from this gruesome guff, but most of them are nervous relieved titters when its not as bad as you feared rather than bellylaughs of genuine amusement.
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights (2002)
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Reviews Counted:104
Fresh:13
Rotten:91
Average Rating:3.1/10
Consensus: Sandler returns to his roots in this nauseating concoction filled with potty humor and product placements.
Runtime: 76 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Adam Sandler and director Seth Kearsley present an animated Hanukkah tale with ADAM SANDLER'S EIGHT CRAZY NIGHTS. Davey Stone (Sandler) is lurching down a wayward path. He's a drunk and aging... Adam Sandler and director Seth Kearsley present an animated Hanukkah tale with ADAM SANDLER'S EIGHT CRAZY NIGHTS. Davey Stone (Sandler) is lurching down a wayward path. He's a drunk and aging delinquent, infamous in Dukesberry for spreading misery as deftly as he belches full sentences. He's facing prison when Whitey Duvall (Sandler again), a lovable, physically challenged man, proposes that Stone work with him at the community center as a referee for the local basketball league. The surly Stone accepts the job, and moves in with Whitey and his twin sister, Eleanore (also voiced by Sandler). But the true test is whether Stone can rise above his self-destructive habits in order to reunite with his former girlfriend, Jennifer (Jackie Titone), and act as a role model for her young son, Benjamin (Austin Stout). The snow-covered landscapes in EIGHT CRAZY NIGHTS have a pleasing, three-dimensional realism that's as cheerful as a Hallmark holiday card. Sandler, with his wide range of inane, high-pitched voices, is as funny as ever, punctuating the innocent world of EIGHT CRAZY NIGHTS with the refreshingly irreverent brand of humor he displayed in HAPPY GILMORE, THE WEDDING SINGER, and BIG DADDY. Though the film isn't really for kids, Sandler and Kearsley manage to make even the more daring animated characters--like one with three breasts--seem harmless. EIGHT CRAZY NIGHTS also features the voices of Jon Lovitz, Kevin Nealon, Rob Schneider, and Tyra Banks. [More]
Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin Nealon, Jon Lovitz, Tyra Banks
Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin Nealon, Jon Lovitz, Tyra Banks, Norm Crosby, Rob Schneider, Austin Stout, Jackie Titone
Director: Seth Kearsley
Director: Seth Kearsley
Screenwriter: Adam Sandler, Brooks Arthur, Allen Covert, Brad Isaacs
Producer: Adam Sandler, Jack Giarraputo, Allen Covert
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Reviews for Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
The film might have been funny if it weren't so poorly executed and fixated on bodily functions.
It's about time that all the Christmas movies out there were balanced with a decent Hannukah movie. Sadly, this isn't it.
This is foul-mouthed, gross, and about as relevant to either Hanukkah or Christmas as hanging a turd on a Christmas tree.
Sentimentality and secretions, with a generous helping of blatant product placement, do not make for the most graceful of holiday entertainments.
Adam Sandler's goal may have been to provide a holiday movie with Chanukah as the central celebration, but it's not suitable for children and not entertaining to most adults.
[T]he movie is like a snotty little kid who thinks he can shock you with all the naughty words he knows...
... a story whose cleverness and meaning is sullied among horseplay we can't take the kids to see.
...ideal for Adam Sandler fans who were confused by Punch-Drunk Love.
Only in the world of Adam Sandler could an animated message of inter-faith holiday appreciation be mixed in with a sextet of defecating deer, a woman with three breasts and songs about hatred and drinking.
Small-town goofballs, bizarre musical numbers and plenty of toilet humor -- ah, the holidays are here again.
This movie's gotta be the result of some pot-induced wager between Adam Sandler and his nattering cronies: "Hey guys, I'm like a $20 million movie star! How freakin' FUNNY is that? I bet I can make ANY movie I want!"
The only real achievement that a movie as puerile and moronic as Adam Sandler’s Eight Crazy Nights can claim is that it risks giving both Christmas movies and animation a bad name.
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