Movies starring Adam Sandler
50 First Dates offers viewers a kinder, gentler Adam Sandler. Gone (at least for one movie) is the narcissistic adolescent caught in a perpetual state of arrested development. In his place is a likeable goofball whose rough edges are worn off by ...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-02-13
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Profanity, Violence)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Peter Segal
Cast: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Sean Astin, ...
For Adam Sandler, who has lived most of his on-screen life in the realm of PG-13, Bedtime Stories represents a new direction: family friendliness. With his characteristic sarcasm dialed down and his profanity and sexual humor nearly absent, Sandle...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: COMEDY/ADVENTURE
Director: Adam Shankman
Cast: Adam Sandler, Jonathan Morgan Heit, Jonathan Pryce, ...
Certain expectations accompany any Adam Sandler film, although expectations have morphed over the years as Sandler has aged and attempted to broaden his target audience. Many of his best films, such as Paul Thomas Anderson's Punch Drunk Love, have ...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-05-23
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Frank Coraci
Cast: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Kevin Nealon, ...
We know from experience that Adam Sandler has a fondness for Frank Capra. After all, is there anything odder than watching Sandler channel Gary Cooper in a remake of Mr. Deeds (Goes to Town)? Actually, there is. It's watching Sandler channel Jim...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-06-23
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Frank Coraci
Cast: Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, ...
It's written and directed by Judd Apatow and stars Adam Sandler and Seth Rogan, so it must be funny, right? The problem with expectations is that they can lead to disappointment. That's not to say Funny People is devoid of humor - in fact, there ...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-07-31
MPAA Rating: "R" (Frequent Profanity, Sexual Situations, Brief Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA/COMEDY
Director: Judd Apatow
Cast: Adam Sandler, Seth Rogan, Leslie Mann, ...
Sometimes even a high profile movie can surprise you. Take Grown Ups, for example. Based on the advance promotional material, this didn't look like the kind of production likely to end Adam Sandler's streak of unremarkable star vehicles (Funny Pe...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-06-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Dennis Dugan
Cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, ...
When it comes to golf comedies (not a very popular genre, apparently), the film residing at the dubious pinnacle is Rodney Dangerfield's Caddyshack. Happy Gilmore, the new release featuring Saturday Night Live alum Adam Sandler, tries gamely to att...
U.S. Release Date: 1996-02-16
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Cartoon Violence)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Dennis Dugan
Cast: Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, Carl Weathers, ...
Not since Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein have the great Universal monsters been subjected to such dismal treatment. Okay, maybe Van Helsing was a greater embarrassment. Hotel Transylvania is an animated monster movie for older kids (in the ...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-09-28
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
Cast: (voices) Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, ...
It would be interesting to know what contribution (if any) credited screenwriter Alexander Payne (Election, Sideways) made to the final draft of I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. Except for the cloying, strident preachiness of the third act, th...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-07-20
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Dennis Dugan
Cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel, ...
The experience of sitting through Just Go with It, Adam Sandler's umpteenth comedy directed by good buddy Dennis Dugan, is akin to watching a bad sit-com that never ends. With some TV shows, commercial breaks provide welcome relief from the monoton...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-02-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Dennis Dugan
Cast: Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman, ...