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I now pronounce you another Adam Sandler movie

Last night I watched I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry staring Adam Sandler and Kevin James as longtime friends and fireman who enter a domestic partnership for benefits reasons. While I liked the film and laughed at several parts of the movie, I did notice that there are several ongoing themes running through Sandlers last few films.

Courts:

In IPYCAL, Anger Management, and Big Daddy a Sandler character ends up in court for one reason or another. [You could also add Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo to the list where Sandler was the executive producer and has an uncredited voice roll in the film]. I was almost expecting the judge from Big Daddy and Deuce Bigalow to be on the panel in the final act of IPYCAL.

Sandler is a chick magnet:

In IPYCAL, we meet Sandler's Chuck - a guy who is Mr. February in the firefighters calender and is picked up from the hospital by 5 Hooters Girls and later has a scene in his very humble apartment with said Hooters Girls and his hot Doctor, who he calls Dr. Honey. Back in 50 First dates he is also shown as a real lady killer. I think I preferred it better when he was just the goofy one or as his Henry Roth character said "I'm sorry I'm not better looking."

Weird Ministers:

In IPYCAL, Chuck and Larry formalize their "partnership" in a Canadian chapel where we get to meet the very odd Asian Minister. Back in 50 First Dates, Sandler is married by another odd looking minister named Ula. Can't a guy just find a normal place to get married with a very typical minister? Probably not in a Sandler picture.

Posse:

As with other comedy groups around Hollywood,, Sandler packs his movies with many of the same actors - Steve Buscemi, Robert Smigel and Peter Dante. Not that this is a bad thing, but sometimes I find myself watching where they will pop up in the film. However, once in a while you meet a guy like Allen Covert's Ten Second Ted, which was great. A new addition to Sandler's posse seems to be Dan Aykroyd who has appeared in both IPYCAL and 50 First Dates as a person of authority.

Next up for Sandler is his 2008 summer comedy entitled You Don't Mess With The Zohan, which is about an Israeli commando who fakes his own death in order to pursue his dream: becoming a hairstylist in New York. Hopefully in this film we will see less of the NYC court system, Sandler as a babe magnet and crazy ministers. We will probably see many of Sandler's friends show up here and the Zohan [that's pronounced Zoo-Han] as a killing machine turned hair stylist extraordinaire [who will also get his share of the ladies].

posted by TheWino @ 10:44 AM