Little Nicky (2000)

Director:

Steven Brill

Writers (WGA):

Tim Herlihy (written by) &
Adam Sandler (written by) ...

Release Date:

10 November 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy | Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

He's Never Been To Earth. He's Never Even Slept Over Some Other Dude's House.

Plot:

A movie about the independent minded son of Beelzebub and the mischief he creates.

Plot Keywords:

Satan | Hell | Angel | Decomposition | Lucifer

Awards:

6 nominations

Cast

Adam Sandler	...	Nicky
Patricia Arquette	...	Valerie Veran
Harvey Keitel	...	Dad
Rhys Ifans	...	Adrian
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister	...	Cassius (as Tommy 'Tiny' Lister Jr.)
Rodney Dangerfield	...	Lucifer
Allen Covert	...	Todd
Peter Dante	...	Peter
Jonathan Loughran	...	John
Robert Smigel	...	Beefy (voice)
Reese Witherspoon	...	Holly
Dana Carvey	...	Referee
Jon Lovitz	...	Peeper
Kevin Nealon	...	Gatekeeper
Michael McKean	...	Chief of Police

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude sexual humor, some drug content, language and thematic material.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:10 | Iceland:LH (video rating) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37823) | South Korea:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Denmark:11 | Finland:K-14 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Hungary:14 | New Zealand:M | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | UK:12 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Long Beach, California, USA

Company:

Avery Pix

Trivia:

Adrian's line "better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven" is taken from the classic 17th century story, "Paradise Lost".

Goofs:

Continuity: At the very beginning when Nicky is "air jamming" to Van Halen's "Runnin' With The Devil" (which is playing on the right turntable), the turntables have no covers up until just before Jimmy The Demon walks in, then they are covered after that.

Quotes:

Nicky: I'll beat you Adrian!
Adrian: You cant beat me Nicky, even the voice inside your head has a speech impediment

Movie Connections:

References Happy Gilmore (1996)

Soundtrack:

Ladies Night

The Shiz-nit!

This movie rocks. From the actor who plays Adrian, (Rhys Ifans?) to Adam himself, to the "Kenny G" roommate, to the dog, who 'steals' the whole show.

I honestly try to understand why so many people thought this film sucked. They are probably stuck on Sandler's old (less refined) style. Well, guess what; he's changed. Sure it was funny to watch him get drunk and violent, like in <Happy Gilmore>, but Little Nicky is 10 times the entertainment of all those other Sandler films combined. Especially Billy Madison, which I thought was his worst film (no, maybe Airheads;)

This is why you should see <Little Nicky>:

1) The soundtrack is awesome 2) It's romantic (talking about butterflies, perfume, love, and floating) 3) All the funny cameos (And believe me, there were a LOT and they were all funny-Henry Winkler, Rob Schneider, Dan Marino, Dana Carvey, Regis Philbin, Ron Howard's brother, and Jon Lovitz to name a few....) In response to the negativity toward short cameos and "ac-TEURS that should've been used more"...*PLEASE!* Since when were Adam Sandler films about boring the audience to death with actors that "deserve" this and that.....You say they're thrown in there just because? You're right! Sandler simply loves the effect a 1 or 2-liner has on an audience! So what else you got? 4) It was extremely well-written. 5) It was pretty scary..no joke! 6) There's a talking bulldog who went out with a sewer rat!

Seriously, watch Little Nicky; it's warm-hearted and a lot funnier than <Big Daddy>. Sandler's best film to date!