Iconic 80's director Chris Columbus, who launched some of
the most endearing and infamous careers of that unique
decade, tries to wax nostalgic with this latest Sandler outing but finds his
attempt at arcade parody not only loses "life" quickly but is
"Game Over" before it ever gets started. Sandler, the man behind one of the best
homage comedies of our time, The Wedding Singer, fails epically with this
overtly simplistic, rarely funny, and poorly acted farce that possessed the
originality and potential to be a new classic had anyone else, but he had been
involved in its production. The
remaining cast fares no better but not because of a lack of talent. Rather, it is solely due to a defective script filled with elementary level
humor and dumbed down plot points that are repeated far too often and conclude without any effectiveness. The
predictability is so obvious that by credits end
the only surprise is that you decided to sit through all 106 minutes. Again, this could have been a fantastic concept, too bad it was so
miserably wasted. 0 out of 5 Kernels: in lieu of any further comments, just think of
the sound Pac-Man makes when he dies and
you have a general idea.
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