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Adam Sandlers best performance?

posted 11 years ago by jamestrevlin
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Okay so I'm not an adam sandler fan by any means (I hate his movies)

But this movie was not only touching, and fun but it was hilarious!

It made me look at adam in a whole new light.

Actually recently I saw "click" and I cried so I think he's a good serious actor, and he CAN be funny but ironically his comedies suck mostly hah

anyways hands down the best movie he's in :)

[–] implosionboy 11 years ago

His best performance by far was in "Punch Drunk Love". That was the movie where he shows how good of a serious actor he can be.

[–] RaimeyD 11 years ago

If his romantic scenes with Flor is the best he has, then he should never make another romance movie.

She was being very truthful with her feelings, and all he had to answer was that stupid, goofy look.

[–] Prismark10 11 years ago

Sandler seemed to lightweight and his limited range was exposed in this film.

Its that man again!!

[–] elizabeth-145 11 years ago

I love Adam's movies, for me his best role was Reign Over Me, totally different role for him to undertake and he did the role justice! Also love Happy Gilmore

[–] Citation_Needed 10 years ago

Performance? He was just being normal for a change. If you think that's acting, don't ever become a critic or an acting teacher/coach.

[–] tph890 10 years ago

Reign Over Me.
Punch-Drunk Love.
That's My Boy. (haha)

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[–] ragreen259 10 years ago

It has to do with him not writing the movie and padding it with all his inane buddies.

[–] GuyOnTheLeft 10 years ago

I agree. He was also good in Punch Drunk Love and Funny People; but in PDL, he played a kind of absurdist, rage-filled character, and in Funny People he played a version of himself (a famous actor who makes stupid comedies). So Spanglish is the only movie that I know of in which he plays a sympathetic but not goofy or bizarre character who is in fact a character (not himself). And he does it very effectively and appealingly IMO. Too bad it's apparently a one-off that bombed.

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[–] htownsteve 10 years ago

It was twice mentioned by two previous posters. but "Reign Over Me" was an amazing performance. I kept screaming at the TV, "WHY jack and Jill?". Highly recommended.

Son, you can't polish a turd

[–] GuyOnTheLeft 10 years ago

It's streaming on Netflix, so I will definitely check it out--thanks.

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[–] VargenSWE 10 years ago

Sandler is an interesting piece of work.
It seems in the serious movies were he is not the director or anything, he shines.

When he is in charge with his comedies, he is horrible.