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Susan Stark, Detroit News: A series of quickly repetitious sight gags! Read more
Janet Maslin, New York Times: This escapist comedy is so cheerfully outlandish that it's hard to resist, and so good-hearted that it's genuinely endearing. Read more
Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle: The film is amiably goofy. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Dehydrated! Read more
John Haslett Cuff, Globe and Mail: As a satire on the only true religion of the American South -- football -- The Waterboy is delightful. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The Waterboy is arguably Sandler's most enjoyable motion picture to date, but it's still far from a masterpiece. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: A character whose manner and voice has the effect of fingernails on a blackboard! Read more
Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle: We've got somewhat entertaining trash here. Read more
Time Out: The direction is as blunt and vacant as the plotting, the jokes are obvious and the performances (with a couple of exceptions) charmless. Read more
Glenn Lovell, Variety: The formulaic mix of mirth and mayhem is aimed way down the MTV food chain... Read more
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: Formulaic! Read more