You can mess with him. But don't mess with his water.
Bobby Boucher is a water boy for a struggling college football team. The coach discovers Boucher's hidden rage makes him a tackling machine whose bone-crushing power might vault his team into the playoffs.
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Classical in form, effortless, comic and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
Who loves it, who doesn't
28 profiled raters. Loved most by The Comfort Seekers; disliked most by The Provocateurs.
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“Is Adam Sandler the best thing in The Waterboy?”
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“Is The Waterboy better than its reputation?”
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“Would The Waterboy hit harder if it came out today rather than in 1998?”
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Cast
- Adam SandlerBobby Boucher
- Kathy BatesMama Boucher
- Henry WinklerCoach Klein
- Fairuza BalkVicki Vallencourt
- Jerry ReedRed Beaulieu
- Lawrence Gilliard Jr.Derek Wallace
- Blake ClarkFarmer Fran
- Peter DanteGee Grenouille
- Jonathan LoughranLyle Robideaux
- Al WhitingCasey Bugge
Crew
- Frank CoraciDirector
- Adam SandlerScreenplay
- Tim HerlihyScreenplay
- Steven BernsteinDirector of Photography
- Tom LewisEditor
- Jack GiarraputoProducer
- Robert SimondsProducer
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