I couldn't muster more than a self-aware giggle or two while watching.
Little Nicky (2000)
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Reviews Counted:110
Fresh:24
Rotten:86
Average Rating:3.9/10
Consensus: Despite the presence of a large, talented cast, the jokes in Little Nicky are dumb, tasteless, and not that funny, and Adam Sandler's character is grating to watch.
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Continuing in the tradition of his hits THE WATERBOY and HAPPY GILMORE, Adam Sandler stars in LITTLE NICKY, a supernatural comedy about Satan's geekiest son. Nicky (Sandler) is relieved when his... Continuing in the tradition of his hits THE WATERBOY and HAPPY GILMORE, Adam Sandler stars in LITTLE NICKY, a supernatural comedy about Satan's geekiest son. Nicky (Sandler) is relieved when his father (Harvey Keitel) decides to continue as ruler of the underworld for another 10,000 years instead of picking one of his bullying brothers, Adrian (Rhys Ifans) or Cassius (Tom "Tiny" Lister), to reign. Adrian and Cassius, hungry for power, decide to travel to New York City in order to spread Hell on Earth. Only Nicky can stop them and save his father--and the world--from his brothers' evil schemes. But Nicky has no idea what to expect from New York City, and he has to deal with new activities such as eating, sleeping, and meeting a new girlfriend, Valerie (Patricia Arquette). His friends Mr. Beefy, a talking bulldog, and John and Peter, a pair of hardcore heavy metal fans, try to help Nicky stand up for himself and eventually save the universe. LITTLE NICKY features a cast of regulars from other Adam Sandler movies, plus a hilariously bizarre sense of humor that allows all sorts of odd and twisted things to happen. [More]
Starring: Adam Sandler, Harvey Keitel, Patricia Arquette, Rhys Ifans
Starring: Adam Sandler, Harvey Keitel, Patricia Arquette, Rhys Ifans, Tom "Tiny" Lister, Kevin Nealon, Jon Lovitz, Alan Covert
Director: Steven Brill
Director: Steven Brill
Screenwriter: Adam Sandler, Tim Herlihy
Producer: Jack Giarraputo, Robert Simonds
Studio: New Line Cinema
Reviews for Little Nicky
Just another juvenile Sandler comedy -- and one with relatively few laughs at that.
The movie doesn't have one genuine moment of imagination, good timing or comic inspiration.
Heaven knows how many years in purgatory I may rack up for admitting this, but the movie is actually pretty funny.
For the most part, it’s tedious business, with yet another of those schmaltzy finales that Sandler & Co. love so much.
It's really funny, sometimes even clever, and I'll probably burn in whatever circle is reserved for film critics for saying it.
So imperatively, impishly awful that an alert viewer past the mental age of 13 has one choice: to run away screaming or just relax and enjoy it.
The story plods along, punctuated by gags that are more silly than inventive.
The mood goes past vomit jokes and teasing, pre-teen sexual giggles: It's almost as if the film has a sickly, greenish tinge to it, like the trash you forgot to take out yesterday.
A divergence for the eyes and little else, the movie has the ability to stay with you for about as long as its slim 84-minute running time, and then exits from your memory.
It's nearly impossible to even tolerate the title character, let alone like him, with Sandler playing him as a hoarsely whispering simp who elicits no sympathy.
One of those pictures that ought to be a lot funnier than it turns out to be.
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