The Do-Over

Name: The Do-Over
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Comedy
Released: May 27, 2016
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 22

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): May 27, 2016 | TV-MA

Summary: The life of a bank manager is turned upside down when a friend from his past manipulates him into faking his own death and taking off on an adventure.

Director: Steven Brill

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Mystery, Comedy

Rating: TV-MA

Runtime: 108 min

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Christian Holub

May 27, 2016

The plot threads can be a little hard to follow, especially since most of them revolve around two unseen characters who are dead before the story even begins, but Sandler and Spade’s partnership gives the whole enterprise enough emotional grounding to make up for it. Read full review

Jesse Hassenger

May 27, 2016

The Do-Over is a de facto R-rated movie for Sandler, with the attendant bad language and sex jokes, but most of the faux-naughty stuff seems like an afterthought. The jokes that work best fill in the sad details of Charlie’s life. Read full review

The Guardian Jordan Hoffman

Jun 1, 2016

Despite an idiocy metastasized into the marrow of its script impervious to any radiation, there is, as with many of Sandler’s productions, at least something of an upbeat quality to its reprehensibility. Read full review

Collin Brennan

May 27, 2016

The Do-Over isn’t Sandler at his best, but it’s also not quite as putrid as what we’ve come to expect from him lately. Read full review

The Playlist Will Ashton

Jun 1, 2016

It’s just as predictably mind-numbing and tedious as any other comedy Sandler has attached his name to post-“Funny People.” Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

May 27, 2016

The Do-Over is atrocious, but it's atrocious in different ways than any of Adam Sandler's previous comedies. Read full review

Michael Phillips

May 27, 2016

There are comedies that make you double over in laughter, and there are comedies that are eerily unfunny to the point where you start thinking about a class-action suit. Read full review

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BryanVet

Jun 5, 2016

It goes without saying that Adam Sandler is guilty of putting out some low quality movies in the recent years, but this is not one of them. It is becoming painfully obvious that hating Adam Sandler is a trend that needs to stop. I feel that the majority of these negative reviewers went intoIt goes without saying that Adam Sandler is guilty of putting out some low quality movies in the recent years, but this is not one of them. It is becoming painfully obvious that hating Adam Sandler is a trend that needs to stop. I feel that the majority of these negative reviewers went into watching the movie wanting it to be terrible and it just wasn't. This movie does not deserve the low rating people are giving it, and it's detracting people from seeing a good movie. Reviewers also need to stop cutting comedies into a million pieces like they're meant to be some elaborate piece of art. It's a comedy!!

Onto the movie:

A friend and I decided to watch a movie out of boredom and chose The Do-Over on Netflix, mainly because it was the first option and not because we're Adam Sandler fans. Within a few minutes of the movie starting, we were glad to have put it on. The movie was refreshing and outside of Adam Sandler's norm. We found it well written, the story line was interesting, and it made us laugh many times.

For the movie type it was, it did what it was supposed to and we found it very entertaining. It is difficult for me to sit through an entire movie, but not with this one. In fact, I showed it to my fiance later that day (who loved the movie as well) and sat through it again no problem. The first thing my friend did after the movie ended was call his wife and told her to watch it, and she also thought it was great.

This Adam Sandler hate needs to stop fueling bad reviews. This is a good movie and if you don't think so, you shouldn't be reviewing movies. Every person I know who has watched it thinks it's great and immediately recommends their friends/family to watch it.… Expand

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jlsabella

Sep 13, 2016

Primera reseña EN ESPAÑOL... si bien NO es digna del OSCAR a Mejor Película.. es una de las mejores de ADAM SANDLER hace tiempo.. Buen reparto ..no es de humor SOEZ..se deja llevar y hace reir en ocaciones..es buena para pasar un rato en el sofá.. Buen Reparto de actores y trama animada.. MePrimera reseña EN ESPAÑOL... si bien NO es digna del OSCAR a Mejor Película.. es una de las mejores de ADAM SANDLER hace tiempo.. Buen reparto ..no es de humor SOEZ..se deja llevar y hace reir en ocaciones..es buena para pasar un rato en el sofá.. Buen Reparto de actores y trama animada.. Me gustó...… Expand

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DeMantis

Apr 14, 2020

This comedy is great to watch and unwind. It's funny and has heart, which can't be said about a lot of serious movies nowadays.
Don't know what's up with the bad reviews on Adam Sandler comedies, I also enjoyed 'The Week Of'. Some people just don't know how to have a laugh I guess.
Watch it,This comedy is great to watch and unwind. It's funny and has heart, which can't be said about a lot of serious movies nowadays.
Don't know what's up with the bad reviews on Adam Sandler comedies, I also enjoyed 'The Week Of'. Some people just don't know how to have a laugh I guess.
Watch it, you will laugh.… Expand

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LeZee

Mar 16, 2017

Reborn to face even bigger troubles.

It's true that Sandler had lost his Midas touch, but last few films suggest he's back. Still, he's not the same old what he used to be. The time has changed, so he has to adapt to it and I think he's doing okay. Only haters/film critics keep hating him.Reborn to face even bigger troubles.

It's true that Sandler had lost his Midas touch, but last few films suggest he's back. Still, he's not the same old what he used to be. The time has changed, so he has to adapt to it and I think he's doing okay. Only haters/film critics keep hating him. This is a Netflix production and Sandler in a mysterious role. He teams up with his old school friend and they fake their deaths to begin a new life. But the identities they have borrowed ones are even in the bigger troubles which begins to haunt them as well. So coming out of it is the remaining film to tell.

The storyline seems just okay. Since it is not fresh enough, they did not even overuse the concept to build plot with clichés. Kind of guessable twists, but it will work for most of the people. Better stunt sequences for such a comedy flick. Good performances and it was a smooth sail according to the film's pace. The director and Sandler had given a few good comedies back then, and this fresh collaboration was decent. So don't believe the film critics (Rotten Tomatoes & Metacritic), elsewhere it is rated much better, but still somewhat underrated. If you are seeking a decent action-comedy, this is worth a try.

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KaptenVideo

Sep 2, 2017

Two down-on-their-luck guys (Adam Sandler, David Spade) fake their own deaths and start over with new identities, only to find the people they're pretending to be are in even deeper trouble.
Also playing, Paula Patton, Kathryn Hahn, Nick Swardson, Luis Guzmán, Michael Chiklis, Torsten Voges,Two down-on-their-luck guys (Adam Sandler, David Spade) fake their own deaths and start over with new identities, only to find the people they're pretending to be are in even deeper trouble.
Also playing, Paula Patton, Kathryn Hahn, Nick Swardson, Luis Guzmán, Michael Chiklis, Torsten Voges, Stan Ellsworth and the others.
A curiously unusual comedy for Sandler, but not in a bad way like „Sandy Wexler“. It has its fair share of dirty jokes but relies even more on unexpected turns, absurdist and black humor, and… action. Oh yeah, if there ever was Sandler action movie, this is it.
Watching the man in this new mode is kind of exciting. He’s not a born action star but he’s not actually that bad either. At least it makes his character more intriguing than usual. He feels unpredictable – you can’t figure out whether he is more of a bad or good guy here.
Spade is a great sidekick as always, which is probably why most of his roles happen in Sandler’s movies these days. But he feels so bland by himself that it’s difficult to imagine him starring anywhere again.
Some of Sandler’s regulars are here – Swardson, Guzmán, Spade – but the more colorful smaller appearances belong to Stan Ellsworth as Dakota and Torsten Voges as the Gymnast.
The screenplay is weak as usual, more like a loosely tied bunch of sketches, but this is one of those times where it more or less works for the result’s favor.
It helps to give „The Do-Over“ this rare tone where you can’t predict where the story’s heading more of the time. It’s rare for Sandler’s comedy at least. If there were only less twists in the final third, they get a bit exhausing…
All in all, I enjoyed it more than many recent Sandler comedies, at least ones from this decade. Looking bad, now it’s kind of surprising that he has never tried to do action before. The result isn surprisingly watchable. Not that I would like to see him do this kind of stuff all the time.
„To-Do List“ is the second out of Sandler’s four-movie deal with Netflix, 2015’s „The Ridiculous 6“ being the first and this year's „Sandy Wexler“ being the third. Let's wait for 2018's "The Week Of" now...… Expand

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MEFzelder

May 27, 2016

Esta película es el éxtasis para quien disfruta de los giros argumentales, aunque “The Do-Over” tiene tantos que en ningún momento te puedes involucrar en la trama de la película, haciendo que no se pueda disfrutar.
La protagonizan Charlie (David Spade), un gerente de banco estancado en laEsta película es el éxtasis para quien disfruta de los giros argumentales, aunque “The Do-Over” tiene tantos que en ningún momento te puedes involucrar en la trama de la película, haciendo que no se pueda disfrutar.
La protagonizan Charlie (David Spade), un gerente de banco estancado en la rutina, que se reencuentra con su amigo de la juventud, Max (Adam Sandler), quien aparece en la reunión de su promoción estudiantil y le hace ver cuán miserable es su presente.
Cuando la esposa de Charlie lo deja el fin de semana solo para escaparse en un fin de semana de placer con una amiga decide aceptar la invitación de salir Max, y su vida cobra un giro dramático cuando el bote donde estaban divirtiéndose explota con ellos dentro, siendo dados por muertos por sus conocidos.
De ahí todo va en espiral, no puedes perderte ningún dato o subestimar a los personajes secundarios que se van introduciendo porque no se puede saber quién cumplirá un rol importante (Dato que no es dado y si no es tomado en cuenta te puede obligar a retroceder la reproducción). La actuación es mala, Sandler le da algo de intensidad, pero Spade parece perdido, sobre todo cuando debe expresar emociones serias.
En cuanto al humor, es aceptable, aunque llega a cuentagotas para la duración de la película, las bromas son un tanto vulgar y puede molestar a quien sea susceptible al gore, pero si no tienes problema con ese material puede darte un par de risas.
“The Do-Over” es mejor que “The Ridiculous Six” pero aun así el nivel sigue siendo bajo para lo que uno espera de una producción con el sello de exclusividad de Netflix.… Expand

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JohnKristofer

May 30, 2016

it's an Adam Sandler movie,what can you expect from him? yes,you expect annoying characters ,unfunny jokes,racist,offensive stuff,horrible story and adam sandler. The movies of adam sandler are getting worse and worse.

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