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The formulaic mix of mirth and mayhem is aimed way down the MTV food chain...
Glenn Lovell, Variety
The Waterboy
You can mess with him. But don't mess with his water.
1998 · 1h 30m · PG-13
Comedy
Directed by
Frank Coraci
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The Waterboy
Overview
Bobby Boucher is a water boy for a struggling college football team. The coach discovers Boucher's hidden rage makes him a tackling machine whose bone-crushing power might vault his team into the playoffs.
Director and cast
- Frank Coraci Director
- Adam Sandler as Bobby Boucher
- Kathy Bates as Mama Boucher
- Henry Winkler as Coach Klein
- Fairuza Balk as Vicki Vallencourt
- Jerry Reed as Coach Red Beaulieu
- Lawrence Gilliard Jr. as Derek Wallace
- Blake Clark as Farmer Fran
- Peter Dante as Gee Grenouille
- Jonathan Loughran Cast
- Al Whiting Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
32%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The film is amiably goofy.
Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle
Fresh
As a satire on the only true religion of the American South -- football -- The Waterboy is delightful.
John Haslett Cuff, Globe and Mail
Rotten
We've got somewhat entertaining trash here.
Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
Sandler makes the laughs go down easy, even if The Waterboy isn't exactly quality H2O.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
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