The Waterboy

Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: November 6, 1998

8.1	USER SCORE Universal acclaim based on 371 Ratings

USER RATING DISTRIBUTION

Watch Now

Stream On

Buy on

Stream On

Expand

Review this movie

VOTE NOW

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Please sign in or create an account before writing a review.

Check box if your review contains spoilers

0 characters (5000 max)

User Reviews

User score By date Most helpful

JosephASowellJun 5, 2015

An unwatchable film where Adam Sandler tries to be as annoying as possible, and succeeds. There is no universe in which this should be considered a movie

1 of 2 users found this helpful11

All this user's reviews

bladeagentMar 1, 2014

Adam Sandler's voice in this movie is like nails on a chalkboard! It's so bad! One of the worst comedies I've ever seen! So bad on so many levels. Here's to hoping his next film won't be as obnoxious.

1 of 5 users found this helpful14

All this user's reviews

TrailesqueMay 11, 2020

This dumb comedy is a strong candidate for worst flick of the 1990s. Sandler does an unbelievably annoying Andy Kaufman shtick all the way thru.

0 of 21 users found this helpful021

All this user's reviews

amheretojudgeJul 4, 2018

a vacuous match of no thrill..

The Waterboy 1 And A Half Out Of 5 The Waterboy is a plot driven sketchy feature that depicts a journey of a self-undermining boy to his destiny. There are few tricks and treats involved in the last act toa vacuous match of no thrill..

The Waterboy

1 And A Half Out Of 5

The Waterboy is a plot driven sketchy feature that depicts a journey of a self-undermining boy to his destiny. There are few tricks and treats involved in the last act to hold the audience despite of being predictable as it was all established in its previous acts for it took all of its time to set the plot and characters with their specific characteristics that easily bored the viewers. It is short on technical aspects like background score, costume design, cinematography, editing, sound department and surprisingly humor too. The humor in here is cheap and ludicrous as the fatal attempts to draw a chuckle from the audience grows as it ages on screen and it ache to watch the writers sweat behind the camera in order to do so. The screenplay by Tim Herlihy and Adam Sandler is actually cheap shot even for a commercial cinema for if it attracts viewers that it always raises the question of its existence. Frank Coraci; the director needs a lot of work to do on his execution skills for he barely is able to pull off a sketchy comic sequence. The performance is mediocrely delivered by Adam Sandler and addition to that isn't supported to the essential extent by its supporting cast like Kathy Bates and Henry Winkler. The Waterboy is a vacuous match of no thrill or joy for it is based on a wafer thin concept which clearly isn't enough to feed the audience.… Expand

0 of 1 users found this helpful01

All this user's reviews

SteveJan 30, 2006

predictable tripe. i can't recall any time that i laughed - not because the jokes weren't funny; just because the punchline was just so obvious.

0 of 0 users found this helpful

geewahSep 9, 2021

Witless, dull, predictable.
Same old story with an Adam Sandler movie, especially around this time in his career.

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

All this user's reviews