Calling It
Yes, Adam Sandler, I don't like you. I think you're a hack, and this snippet of the article about "Funny People" backs me up (Sort of):
That’s too bad because while Mr. Sandler doesn’t have the necessary acting technique or even the natural warmth to convince you that his character cares about anyone else, he is undeniably a star, the movie’s biggest draw and its most effective and powerful presence. It’s easy to buy him as both a selfish jerk and a maudlin self-pitier, whether George is weeping alone into his designer sheets or confiding some medical news to his housekeeper, the only sympathetic ear around. With his flatline drone, stand-and-deliver gestural performance and prickliness, Mr. Sandler is effortlessly charmless, and in his performance you see the risky movie this might have been if Mr. Apatow had pushed harder.
Eat it, Sandler.
Comments
I liked Spanglish. Though, I am not sure how much Adam Sandler's presence had to do with it.
Posted by: Iain Hamp | August 10, 2009 10:05 AM
Hey, I liked Punch Drunk Love, but it doesn't mean that Adam Sandler is Laurence Olivier, or even John Candy for that matter.
Posted by: lo fat mo | August 10, 2009 10:23 AM