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List Price: $14.99 | | Label: Walt Disney Video
Salesrank: 1967
Released: March 16, 1999 |
| Our Price: $4.00 |
| Used Price: $2.04 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
America's favorite wild and zany funnyman, Adam Sandler (50 FIRST DATES, MR. DEEDS, PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE), scores big laughs in a smash comedy hit where the laughs never run dry! 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 (Henry Winkler -- HOLES, TV's HAPPY DAYS) 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! Also featuring award-winning Kathy Bates (ABOUT SCHMIDT, TITANIC, MISERY) and sexy Fairuza Balk (ALMOST FAMOUS, RETURN TO OZ) in a hilarious cast of stars -- here's your chance to join the millions everywhere who've proudly stood and cheered for The Waterboy!
Description of The Waterboy:
Adam Sandler vaulted into the $20-million-salary stratosphere with this, his second $100-million hit in 1998--a movie that further shows just how deeply embedded he is in the Jerry Lewis tradition of idiot comedy. He plays Bobby Boucher, a backwoods Cajun and a mentally challenged individual with a fixation on water: specifically, on serving the coolest, most refreshing H2O available to the college football team he has served since he was an adolescent. But when he's fired from his position, he takes up a similar job with a lowlier college team coached by neurotic Henry Winkler. One day at practice, Bobby loses his temper and delivers a bone-shaking tackle to the starting quarterback; before he can say, "blackened crawdads," he's the star of the team and leading it to a bowl game. But it's all against the wishes of his overprotective mother (Kathy Bates), who wants to keep her Bobby to herself--and that includes keeping him away from the floozy girlfriend (Fairuza Balk) who's sweet on him. There are two kinds of people in this world: People who find Sandler funny and people who view him as a neon-lit symbol of the decline of popular taste. You know who you are and, based on that, you can decide whether this is a movie for you. --Marshall Fine
The Waterboy Reviews:
Are You Ready For Some College Football? 
2009-10-24 - The Waterboy is a very funny film starring Adam Sandler as a dimwitted waterboy who vent his frustration at his aggressors by becoming a powerful defensive tackle for a little-known college football program. Kathy Bates and Henry Winkler were great in their respective roles, and the cameo appearances by Dan Patrick, Lee Corso, Lawrence Taylor, Lynn Swann, etc. were a treat. The Waterboy is a perfect movie for any college football and Adam Sandler fan.
This movie ain't the devil, THAT'S for sure!
2009-04-20 - This is one of Adam Sandler's best comedies. It had me in hysterics until the end credits. Kathy Bates sometimes steals the show as the mama who thinks that girls, football, and Benjamin Franklin are the DEVIL. Fairuza Balk plays her part well as the young woman who falls in love with Sandler. Henry Winkler may be past his prime, but he is still capable at giving a great performance like this one in particular. A typical cameo by Rob Schneider adds a nice touch to this movie. If you can sit through a comedy without looking for social or political commentary, then this is for you.
Thumbs up, give you meaning on odther levels
2009-02-16 - The comedy was retarded or was it? Looking deeper in on this modern comedy we see that this movie has something special. I saw it recently for the second time and watched the whole thing all the way through. So, it has the ability to go through time and still be a classic. The dialogue is Freudian in context and parts of movie use surreal sequences in creative juxtaposition. Thumbs up to a movie that at first glance seem throw away worthy, but it ain't easy.
Waterboy
2008-12-19 - This movie is a very good one. I think all ages can watch it because there isnt much bad words or xxx scene's.
I really enjoyed it all 15+ times ive seen it haha
Smooth transaction 
2008-11-02 - I got the dvd within a week of ordering it. No problems whatsoever. Great, smooth transaction. Highly recommended.
