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Apr 14, 2017 · Of course, Sandy secretly loves Courtney. Of course, all of this is connected by wacky interludes meant to be funny, but you will very rarely laugh. There’s a halfway decent and interesting 90-minute dramedy buried in this 131-minute film, but Brill again shows his complete lack of pacing and timing.
27% Tomatometer 22 Reviews 39% Audience Score 500+ Ratings Sandy Wexler (Adam Sandler) is a talent manager working in Los Angeles in the 1990s who diligently represents a group of eccentric ...
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- Steven Brill
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- Adam Sandler
Apr 14, 2017 · Adam Sandler's latest Netflix offering, 'Sandy Wexler,' is an epic-length ode to its irritating star. One-hundred thirty-one minutes. Let that sink in. 131 minutes. Two hours and eleven. That’s ...
Apr 15, 2017 · Film Review: Adam Sandler’s ‘Sandy Wexler’. Adam Sandler gathers dozens of celebs to roast longtime talent manager Sandy Wernick with a grating portrait set in the mid-’90s. Depending on ...
- Adam Sandler tries his hand at a character study, with jokes.
- Sandy Wexler
- Verdict
By Alex Welch
Updated: Apr 17, 2017 6:26 am
Posted: Apr 15, 2017 7:50 am
If anyone might have thought that Adam Sandler’s eight-picture deal with Netflix meant that the once golden boy of film comedies was going to be making his comeback, his first two films to come from that deal have unanimously proven otherwise. Instead of making legitimately funny, unique films again, Sandler has instead filled each one with the same ingredients.
As a result, films like The Ridiculous Six and The Do-Over have felt like the equivalent of what might happen if a child threw a couple half-baked recurring comedic gags, the same bundle of comedic actors, and a printed out computer desktop background into a sandbox and then just shook it all up.
Now Sandler returns with his third Netflix film, Sandy Wexler. It’s a 2 hour and 10 minute long film character study based on Sandler’s longtime real-life talent manager, and the formation of their relationship. The most surprising thing about Sandy Wexler too, is that it’s probably the best film Sandler has made in years, though, that’s not necessarily saying much when those other titles include films like Pixels and The Cobbler. In all actuality, Sandy Wexler is only slightly funnier than either of his previous Netflix outings, with one or two memorable on screen gags, and a central romance that feels - brace yourself - legitimately earned.
While no one would ever accuse Jennifer Hudson and Adam Sandler of being a hallmark on-screen couple, or that they have much chemistry either, Sandy Wexler shines the most when the two characters are together. So when the two spend a significant amount of the film’s second act away from each other, the film noticeably drags because of it. At 2 hours and 11 minutes, the film also feels far too self-congratulatory and unnecessary.
Predictably, Sandler winds up being the weakest part of the whole film. His annoyingly affected voice as Sandy is often hard to listen to, especially when the film tries to dig deep enough to pull at the heartstrings. But Sandler has proven before that he’s best on screen only when he’s playing a lovable but irritable goofball, which Paul Thomas Anderson wisely used to his advantage in Punch Drunk Love.
The funniest moment of the entire film comes early on when Sandler has to tap into that latter ability, as Sandy’s anger and irritation with an incompetent sound engineer builds and builds until he’s hitting him over the head and shouting loud enough for even Courtney to tell that something’s wrong from inside her sound booth. It’s possibly the funniest thing Sandler has done on screen in years, and feels like something more at home in his more classic movies, like Happy Gilmore or The Wedding Singer. It’s one of a handful of times during Sandy Wexler when it’s almost impossible not to break out into a grin because of the wholehearted absurdity of the whole thing.
More than anything else, however, Sandy Wexler more or less succeeds at what it wants to do because of how it lovingly portrays its lead character. I’d hesitate in calling Sandy Wexler a good or even competent movie, but at the very least, it has the makings of being one, which is a step back in the right direction for Sandler moving forwards.
Saying Sandy Wexler is the best film Adam Sandler has made or co-written in a long time isn’t much of a compliment. Yet, this new Netflix comedy (if you can call it that) is one of the sweetest additions to his filmography. Thankfully, Wexler feels like it actually knows what it wants to say. If only it had been able to avoid fumbling its articulat...
- Alex Welch
Sandy Wexler stars Adam Sandler as a talent manager working in Los Angeles in the 1990s. He is representing a group of eccentric clients on the fringes of show business. His devotion is put to the test when he falls in love with his newest client, Courtney Clarke, a tremendously talented singer who he discovers at an amusement park.
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Apr 14, 2017 · Sandy Wexler (Adam Sandler) is a talent manager working in Los Angeles in the 1990s, diligently representing a group of eccentric clients on the fringes of show business. His single minded devotion is put to the test when he falls in love with his newest client, Courtney Clarke (Jennifer Hudson), a tremendously talented singer who he discovers at an amusement park. Over the course of a decade ...
