The Waterboy

1998
PG-13
1h 30m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

182K

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Football Slapstick Comedy Sport

A waterboy for a college football team discovers he has a unique tackling ability and becomes a member of the team.A waterboy for a college football team discovers he has a unique tackling ability and becomes a member of the team.A waterboy for a college football team discovers he has a unique tackling ability and becomes a member of the team.

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

182K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

1,147

172

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 6 wins & 6 nominations

Trivia
This film is the highest-grossing sports comedy of all time, while another Adam Sandler vehicle, The Longest Yard (2005), is the second highest-grossing sports comedy of all time.

Goofs
Louisiana's local law enforcement is shown wearing uniforms that say "County Sheriff". Louisiana doesn't have counties; it has parishes.

Quotes
Bobby Boucher: My Mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.

Alternate versions
In the theatrical version, the note Bobby gets early in the film reads "eat shit and kill yourself." For edited-for-TV versions the note reads "I hope you choke on your dandruff."

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Living Out Loud/Unmade Beds/American History X/John Carpenter's Vampires/The Celebration (1998)

Soundtracks
Born on the Bayou
Written by John Fogerty
Performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Courtesy of Fantasy Inc.

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Review

Featured review

8/10

The Waterboy is one of Adam Sandlers best comedy films.

Now I am a huge fan of Adam Sandlers dumb-ass films but I think that is why people have let him a have a career so long. They just love his dumb-ass movies. The movie centres around the local water boy who when the coach of the football team notices he can tackle hard when mad he puts him as the new quarterback of tackeler guy sorry I am Australian. The movie is good on many pointers as it shows that Adam Sandler can play 2 different types of dumb guys, nice dumb and guys and mean dumb guys. If you have not already seen this you should take some time to seat down and enjoy the movie. Overall this movie is a fun excuse to seat down and dumb out but I can see why people would not like this film. I rate this film 83%.