Adam Sandler posing with a golf club on the poster for Happy Gilmore
Like a good many American comedic actors, Adam Sandler had early success as a cast member of Saturday Night Live before transitioning more into movies and remaining there in the years that followed. His popularity has endured over decades now, even if the quality of the movies he appears in admittedly vary. There’s good, bad, and ugly to be found in his filmography.
It’s a movie that feels a touch unsettling alongside being broadly comedic and somewhat romantic; it’s a bit all over the place, but the leads help elevate the material somewhat. 50 First Dates is one of many 2000s-era rom-coms that, premise aside, plays it safe, but sometimes those movies are comfortable and scratch an itch, so it certainly has value.*Availability in US
It’s a straightforward story that could’ve used some editing, but the good parts of Funny People do inevitably make the film worth watching. Sandler fits in quite well with the style of movie that director Judd Apatow is best known for making, and his co-stars – including the likes of Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana, and Jonah Hill – are all quite good here, too.
Release Date February 16, 1996 Director Dennis Dugan Cast Adam Sandler , Christopher McDonald , Julie Bowen , Frances Bay , Carl Weathers , Allen Covert Runtime 92 5 'Hustle' Director: Jeremiah Zagar Another sports movie featuring Adam Sandler, but one with more of a mix of drama and comedy, Hustle ranks as one of Sandler’s best in recent years.
Release Date February 13, 1998 Director Frank Coraci Cast Adam Sandler , Drew Barrymore , Christine Taylor , Allen Covert , Matthew Glave , Ellen Albertini Dow Runtime 95 3 'The Meyerowitz Stories' Director: Noah Baumbach Two years before making the heartbreaking Marriage Story, Noah Baumbach was behind the less well-known but still very good The Meyerowitz Stories.
Sandler’s character, Barry Egan, is one of his most fascinating to date; an awkward, tragic, and volatile man who longs to find love but has very little idea of how to go about achieving that. Punch-Drunk Love is nerve-wracking but ultimately quite heartfelt in the end, balancing some rather extreme emotions surprisingly well and proving to be a showcase for Sandler at his best.*Availability in US
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