Richard 'Kurogo' Palmer's
Obligatory "Little Nicky" review
After seeing such films as "Happy Gilmore" and "the Waterboy", you do kind of expect a certain amount of hilarity from Adam Sandler. may not be the best out of the Saturday Night Live alumni, his comedy can be an acquired taste. But still, By little Nicky you do expect better.
C'mon! "Gilmore" and "Waterboy"" were funny! What happened? Nicky is like a candy coated car wreck. not something to be thought about seriously, even the tiny bit of seriousness you usually maintain while watching a Sandler comedy.
Sandler plays Nicky, a Quasimodo like son of the Satan, played by Harvey Kettle. Satan's two other kids, Adrian (Rhys Ifans) and Cassius (Tommy 'Tiny' Lister Jr). Adrian and Cassius want to take over hell. and it's up to Nicky to stop them. Why? Because Nicky loves his dad (gee the devil instills family values, Who'da thunk?) Nicky is aided by Beefy, a talking Bulldog that helps Sandler adjust to life on earth. Beefy also finds Nicky an apartment, and an aspiring actor roommate (Allen Covert). In addition to talking, Beefy also provides us with many aspects of gross-out humor, most of which require him to lift his leg.
The film also includes two pot-smoking Metal heads (Peter Dante and Jonathan Loughran) Who admire Nicky, and of course the love interest played by Patricia Arquette. As for the producers, they seem to love Popeye's Chicken, as it's either consumed or promoted in almost every other scene.
The film is full of pretty tasteless humor and a number of cameos, including Rodney Dangerfield as Lucifer, the founder of hell, Kevin Nealon as Hell's shamed Gatekeeper, Dana Carvey as a possessed referee in a Globetrotters game, and Director Quentin Tarantino as a blind, fanatical street preacher.
All in all, a poor attempt, although admittedly this film is not without it's interest groups. If you want to watch a comedy that does not make you think, you are mindlessly loyal to the Saturday Alumni Films, and/or you can get by Sandler's goofy voice and an annoying talking dog for 88 minutes. than this film might be for you. For this reason alone I reluctantly give it a D+.
That's my two cents,
Richard 'Kurogo' Palmer