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Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
- Review Date: November 2, 2003
- PG-13
- Genre: Comedy
- 2002
Common Sense Media says
Ouch. Lame Sandler attempt at holiday humor.
Parents say
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Kids say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this movie is not for young children or those who might find Davey's actions worth imitating. The movie has extremely vulgar humor and strong language for a PG-13. The gross-out factor of this movie is quite high, so some parents may not wish to watch the movie themselves.
What's the story?
Thirty-three-year-old Davey Stone (Adam Sandler) is an angry drunk living alone and hating the community, the holidays and himself. When his destructive behavior lands him in front of the judge and a jail sentence, Whitey Duvall (also Adam Sandler), the endlessly good hearted youth basketball coach, intervenes to help Davey find his inner-adult. Through flashbacks, Davey at 12 years old (Adam Uhler) is revealed to be a sweet and thoughtful kid with loving parents, a best friend/girlfriend, Jennifer, and a talent for basketball. It was his inability to come to terms with the loss of his parents that took Davey down the path to becoming the heavy-drinking town miscreant. Whitey's attempts to put Davey on the straight and narrow path are aided by Eleanor Duvall (also Adam Sandler), Whitey's twin sister, and the reappearance of Jennifer (Jackie Titone).
Is it any good?
8 CRAZY NIGHTS is a bit of an enigma. In the Venn diagram of movie goers, Adam Sandler fans are not an easy overlap with those who cherish holiday musicals. This lame attempt at comedy is more likely to appeal to the former than the latter. Unleashed by the medium of animation, Sandler's raging little boy humor takes on an aura of threatening menace, tempered only by Davey's 11th hour revelation, which does little to heal the wounds inflicted along the way. Unlike his personas in The Waterboy, Little Nicky, Happy Gilmore, or numerous Saturday Night Live skits, Davey -- Adam Sandler's proxy -- is seldom the object of the comical abuse, but it is instead the diminutive and furry Whitey who is the town's whipping boy. While Davey's equal opportunity hatred is (somewhat) explained, the treatment of the physically challenged Duvall twins by the town rings of a darker, crueler humor.
Families looking for something to watch together should steer well clear, unless appreciation of outhouse humor is a family tradition. Clearly, this movie, with its taunting mockery of the physically challenged, its very graphic port-o-potty jokes and its drunken binges, is also not for animation fans seeking Disney's sweet concoctions or Pixar's wry wit. Older teens looking for the extreme edge of South Park will not be appeased by the suburban softness of fart jokes. All of which probably narrows the circle of appreciative audience members to those who want to see a feature length movie along the lines of skits from Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Animation Festival.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about Davey's method of coping with the loss of his parents and his difficulties in accepting sympathy from people. Families may wish to discuss the treatment of different characters by the community, starting with the Duvall twins.
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A Holiday Classic
Adam Sandler is my favorite actor. This movie was great. The jokes were very funny (what do you expect?). It is so good and it is a good holiday movie too. Despite the funniness it does actually have some morals. It tells kids: to not drink, be nice to other people, and promotes holiday spirit in the end. This movie is good for those of all ages, but radicals would probably have a different opinion. I love this movie.
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corny but funny
i love this movie hillarious but corny
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ADAM SANDLER'S EIGHT CRAZY NIGHTS
The film ....EIGHT CRAZY NIGHTS is an extremely crude and childish film that most teenage boys will love and girls will shun. Davey drinks most of the time, is very rude, and mostly annoying.
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This movie isn't as bad as commen sense media is saying.
There is no F-words, and only about 4 or 5 s-words, and its not like other comedies which say badder words, and there is sexual behaviour but like i said, its not that bad or explicit.
In the end there is a good message about a mans life that was from very bad to good person. Anyway its a funny movie, and great catchy songs with humour in.
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This review was a "Technical Foul"...
I really can't see how anybody wouldn't like Eight Crazy Nights... I thought it was great. There's some swearing and sexual innuendo, but probably nothing kids haven't heard before, and there is a prevailing message that says kindness is key. The songs are hilarious, too. (:
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Kid, 11 years old
December 23, 2010
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Crude and awesome
Whats with the non liking! It's really good
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not all that bad, but humor is very corny
It was a good movie with a positive message, but as far as being a comedy? This movie, in that section, completely fails. I watched this movie with a straight face and didn't even chuckle at one thing about it. Oh, and the only reason I watched it was because it was on MTV. It's okay, but I'd look elswhere for unexeptable holiday behavior.
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i lost some brain cells but some parts i laughed at.
the movie is okay with a few funny parts that i laughed at.
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Kid, 11 years old
April 2, 2010
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Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Rated PG-13 For Frequent Crude And Sexual Humor,Drinking And Brief Drug References
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Funny... I approve.
A little vulgar but it has a good message:
A boy lost his parents, turned to drinking, and then is helped by a small old man who takes him in after his trailer is burned down and helps Davey find himself.
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| Studio: | Columbia Tristar |
| Director: | Seth Kearsley |
| Cast: | Adam Sandler, Jackie Titone, Jon Lovitz |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Run time: | 71 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | November 27, 2002 |
| DVD release date: | November 27, 2002 |
| MPAA rating: | PG-13 |
| MPAA explanation: | frequent crude and sexual humor, drinking and brief drug references. |
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