In the pantheon of Adam Sandler films, Happy Gilmore is the sharper sports comedy, and The Wedding Singer is the sweeter romance. But is the purest distillation of the Sandler thesis: that the weird, repressed, and underestimated people of the world hold a secret power.
That is the enduring magic of The Waterboy —it has been 25 years, and we are still feeling pretty fooxy.
Vice revisits the film as one of Sandler's most essential football movies, noting that while it isn't "high-quality H2O" by high-art standards, it earns its place in the comedy canon. 3. Interesting Trivia & Legal Feuds
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For a comprehensive look at how the film was made, provides a solid breakdown of its production.
Adam Sandler based Bobby Boucher on one of his Saturday Night Live characters, "Canteen Boy," but wanted Bobby to be a "genuine, good person".
