The Do-Over

Parents need to know that The Do-Over is the second direct-to-Netflix feature from Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions. It partners Sandler in a buddy adventure with his old SNL colleague David Spade. It's in the gross-out comedy genre, filled with profanity from start to finish. No scene is complete without at least a dozen obscenities, usually starting with "f--k," "balls," and "s--t" and covering every orifice and male appendage in the crudest form possible. A main character's nickname is "Maxi Pad," and that's about it for clever repartee. The violence, and there's plenty of it, is part of the film's "gross-out" intention. Characters are shot at in multiple sequences, often at point-blank range; some die. A hero is tortured with a vise and electric shocks; a man's arm is graphically impaled. Cars crash, a boat explodes, and photos of dead bodies (very bloody and, in one instance, with frontal nudity) are shown. Generally, the special-effects budget must have spiraled out of control with the blood and body count. Sex plays an important part in the story. Expect on-camera oral sex (in a threesome), obvious masturbation beneath blankets, bare breasts, sex with a vinyl doll, and one randy couple whose sexual machinations affect the story in multiple sequences. Disparaging comments and story elements degrade women, ridicule gay men, and parody the elderly (a scene with an old woman baring her faux gigantic hanging breasts is particularly appalling). Drinking and marijuana use is unrestrained, with some drunkenness and some characters stoned. For other than die-hard fans of such gross-out fare, this movie will have little appeal. Definitely not for kids. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails.