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Overview

User Rating:
5.7/10   38,189 votes
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Director:
Frank Coraci
Writers (WGA):
Tim Herlihy (written by) &
Adam Sandler (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
6 November 1998 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Sport more
Tagline:
The Water-Boy is The Devil! more
Plot:
A football team water boy discovers he has a unique tackling ability and becomes a member of the team. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
5 wins & 6 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(32 articles)
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User Comments:
The Waterboy is one of Adam Sandlers best comedy films. more

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for language and some crude sexual humor.
Runtime:
90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Colour:
Black and White | Colour (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The climactic Bourbon Bowl scene was filmed at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, FL, however the flyover shown in the film is actually of Williams-Brice stadium at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Bobby is given a waterboy job for Coach Klein, Coach is holding a blue cup. In the next scene, Bobby is holding it. more
Quotes:
Guy Grenouille: Hey, moron! Hey! Moron! Duh! L-L-Look at me. I'm th-th-the waterboy. Duh! I got a wooden spoon! Duh!
Greg Meaney: [Bobby pictures the people who tomented him in the past] Smells like you need a shower, stinky!
[Meaney laughs evily]
Coach Red Beaulieu: You're fired!
[Red laughs evilly]
Bobby Boucher: [Captain Insano and Jim Simmonds laugh]
[Bobby becomes enraged]
Bobby Boucher: Stop makin' fun of me!
Guy Grenouille: Red thirty! Hut!
[Bobby chases Grenouille, screaming, then ramming and tackling him hard to the ground]
[...]
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Movie Connections:
References Under Siege (1992) more
Soundtrack:
King Cotton more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
The Waterboy is one of Adam Sandlers best comedy films., 13 December 2007
8/10
Author: dobbin-4 from Australia

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%.

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