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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 40VarietyBrian LowryVarietyBrian LowryThere are a few bursts of sheer, irresistible idiocy -- along the lines of "Wayne's World" or even "Pee-wee's Big Adventure"-- but not enough to sustain the more arid stretches.
- 25USA TodaySusan WloszczynaUSA TodaySusan WloszczynaSandler mugs through a back-to-school daze. [13 February 1995, p.D1]
- 25Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittAdam Sandler's creative songs and silly expressions on "Saturday Night Live" may have turned him into a celebrity, but this movie based solely on his antics doesn't work.
- 25Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanBy the end, you feel like a drill sergeant-you want to wipe that stupid grin off Sandler's face.
- 25San Francisco ExaminerBarbara ShulgasserSan Francisco ExaminerBarbara ShulgasserTedious, unfunny.
- The film should have featured more absurd and nonsensical elements. Certainly the plot is ridiculous, and so completely illogical that to see it fall by the wayside in favor of some inspired lunacy would not have been a loss.
- 20EmpireIan NathanEmpireIan NathanOkay, a couple of sniggers sneak out, but on the whole the effect is stone cold.
- 20Los Angeles TimesPeter RainerLos Angeles TimesPeter RainerDirector Tamra Davis and screenwriters Sandler and Tim Herlihy scatter the bad jokes like fertilizer. Nothing sprouts.
- 0TimeRichard SchickelTimeRichard SchickelOne of the most execrable movies ever made. [6 March 1995, p.100]
- 0Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleA sorry excuse for a movie, and director Davis (CB4, Guncrazy) and star Sandler should be very embarrassed.