It seems that whatever movie Adam Sandler does is simply not funny anymore. Funny People, Grown Ups and Just go with It were far from it, and this month's Jack and Jill is unfortunately the same. Before going to see it, I hoped it would be different from the previous three, but unfortunately it was not.
In this movie, Adam Sandler plays two characters, Jack Sadelstein and his annoying sister Jill. Annoying is the only way to describe her. She is from the New York and this thick accent absolutely rips your ears apart. I found myself hoping she would stop talking for much of the movie because I just couldn't stand it.
Jill comes down to visit Jack and his family for Thanksgiving and the movie commences. Jack is in advertising and Dunkin Donuts, his biggest account, threatens to find other business, so Jack goes on the prowl to get big name Al Pacino to do his commercial for him. Pacino falls in deep love with Jill when he first meets her, so Jack tries to get her to willingly date him so he can use him for the DD commercial.
Rotten Tomatoes gave this movie a morbid 4% and it is very clear as to why. There are no funny parts, except for the little laughter at Sandler's kid in the movie who tapes things to himself. Even then, this joke is stressed far too much and after the fifth time the joke's made, you wish the kid would just go away. Jill is annoying, Jack tries to be funny, and the same jokes are carried out way too often. Pointless plot twists are also too frequent. I honestly cannot see how this film is even worth 4%. It was a waste of time and far different from Adam Sandler's early acting career. It's a shame because he is slowly moulding himself into a terrible, terrible writer. Very unfortunate.
Don't see this one - it's a complete waste of time.
PS. I survived the Breaking Dawn opening weekend. If you had a chance to see it or Jack and Jill, please post in the comments below and let me know what you thought.
Here's an upcoming movie with Stanley Tucci and Woody Harrelson titled The Hunger Games. What do you think?
The butler scene and its redux in Jack and Jill were semi-amusing. I GUESS. It was the only thing in the movie that surprised me, but the second part was just very predictable. So yeah, wow, they even rehashed the most amusing part of the movie.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you're deliberately ignoring it, but Happy Feet 2 was actually tolerable, by the way. Brad Pitt and Matt Damon were what made the movie for the adults in the audience, and their segments were usually visually STUNNING—like, way more so than the rest of the movie. On the other hand, there were some good songs done and the ending felt really good, despite that it got kind of boring around the middle.
I also can't resist Robin Williams, but that's a bias I take from my childhood.
The ending felt really good, as they redid what I'm pretty sure is my most favourite song out of all the ones that ever made Top 40 or so.