The read
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,442 1990s comedy movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes32%
Metacritic41/100
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do.
2,095 audience votes
Key crew
- Adam SandlerScreenplay
- Frank CoraciDirector
- Tim HerlihyScreenplay
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
- Clint HowardPaco
- Allen CovertWalter
Stills
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Themes
sportsstutterlouisianasocial outcastridiculedeserted by husbandlow self esteemwaterboycollege american football