The Waterboy
Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: November 6, 1998 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
41
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
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2
Mixed:
15
Negative:
4
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25
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Sandler is making a tactical error when he creates a character whose manner and voice has the effect of fingernails on a blackboard, and then expects us to hang in there for a whole movie. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsDavid Kehr
Working a lisping Southern accent that sounds like Truman Capote on Seconal, Sandler plays Bobby Boucher, a swamp-dwelling Cajun. [6 November 1998, p. 56]
20
Film ThreatRon Wells
A stupid summer movie. Read full review
16
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Becomes yet another lame sports farce. Read full review
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