Jack and
Jill
I was
writing this review when Film Brain did his review, so I'll post it
here. I got a kick out of it.
This Jack
and Jill has nothing do with the fable story. If you want to see man
in his 40s walk around in drag with unfunny jokes, this movie is for
you. The movie is a mess, but not a total mess. With a 3% on Rotten
Tomatoes, Jack and Jill is that kid in elementary school that smelled
bad and everyone hated him.
Well, it
isn't the worst Adam Sandler movie, but that isn't saying much. Jack
and Jill are both played by Adam Sandler, so that means one of his
characters has to put on an annoying and loud voice. In this case,
it is Sandler's Jill character.
Jill is
loud and stupid. Sandler tries his best to make sure you hate Jill,
but then tries to make you feel sorry for her. She goes out of her
way to annoy you, but then cries when people confront her about it.
She gets upset with her brother over some of the dumbest things and
runs out into woods to hide. What the hell? She also has a
difficult time finding a date, so they shoehorn in lame romantic
storyline with the Mexican gardener.
Jack,
on the hand, is a successful ad guy with a lot of famous actors doing
ads for him. And, this is where all the famous people make their
cameo appearances. We get really shitty appearances from lame
celebrities like Vince Shamwow Offer and Jared
Fogle.
And, you get the box office poison that is Shaq. These are really
bad cameos and clearly Sandler calling all his friends to show up.
Most of the cameos don't bring anything funny to plot, namely Shaq
and Jared. So, why are there in here? I guess to fulfill Sandler's
ego. Look for a better cameo by Johnny
Depp
in 21 Jump Street.
Speaking
of Sandler ego, this movie also just fits into the Sandler formula of
plot conventions that he puts into all his movies. Every resolution
happens in a crowded room and someone makes an ass of themselves in
the process. Here we get to see Al Pacino dressed up and David Spade
dressed in full female drag with latex boobs. Why was David also
subjected to playing a woman too? What was the point? Hell, what
was the point of the entire movie?
Speaking
of Al Pacino, he's in this movie a lot playing himself. And, some of
the funnier moments are with Sandler and Pacino. There aren't that
many moments that are funny though. He's kind of like the villain
in the movie, but not really. And, there really isn't a true
villain. Anyway, Pacino isn't bad, but he's just doing his Devil's
Advocate character for the most part.
~Katie
Holmes: She is completely useless. I know that her career was dead,
but did they have to throw her a bone.
~Nick
Swardson:
Once again Nick shows up in his friend's movie and once again he's
not funny either. He plays a douche bag underling of Sandler's
character.
This
movie isn't as raunchy or terrible as That's My Boy, but it isn't
good either. Actually, the movie comes across as being more lazy and
annoying than terrible. Don't get me wrong, Sandler's Jill character
is embarrassingly crappy, but the lame script is what really hurts
the movie. Everything is string together with a weak overall plot.
Grade: D+
Adam: "Let me get this straight, there's this dude named Xenu that rules over the galaxy? And you want me to join your religion?
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Well, we know they aren't watching That's My Boy.
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It is certainly not Depp's worst role.
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