The Waterboy
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41 out of 100

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7.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 48 Ratings

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  • Starring: Adam Sandler, Henry Winkler, Kathy Bates
  • Summary: Just an oddball mama's boy from the back bayous of Louisiana, Bobby Boucher (Sandler) never wanted anything more than to quench the thirst of the dehydrated athletes who treat him like dirt! But when Coach Klein (Winkler) makes the call that allows Bobby to finally stand up for himself, it unleashes a torrent of bottled-up frustration ... and exposes a talent for tackling that transforms him from a meek "water distribution engineer" into the hardest hitter ever to roam the gridiron! (Buena Vista Entertainment)… Collapse

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 21
  3. Negative: 4 out of 21
  1. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    63
    Offers dumb fun without apology.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Elvis Mitchell
    60
    This escapist comedy is so cheerfully outlandish that it's hard to resist, and so good-hearted that it's genuinely endearing.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    60
    No one does deranged quite like Kathy Bates (the film's running gag involving Bates and the delicacies of Cajun cuisine is hilarious).
  4. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    25
    Sandler is making a tactical error when he creates a character whose manner and voice has the effect of fingernails on a blackboard, and then expects us to hang in there for a whole movie.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
  1. RomaM
    10
    Brilliant movie! Must be one of the best Adam Sandlers film for sure! Don't listen to critics,this movie is really really funny!
  2. cameronmorewood
    8
    The funniest of all Sandler's films. Yes, Waterboy is even funnier than Happy Gilmore. The characters are all developed well and each of them delivers a different twist on a personality type.… Expand
  3. TheWalrus2000
    7
    Hilarious.
  4. tropicAces
    4
    This is Sandlers stupidest film. He plays off dumb potty humor with little laughs. This is really his worse film (Jack and Jill doesn't count) and one of the 90's worst films.… Expand

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