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"Adam Sandler's 8 Crazy Nights"
Movie review by: Movies are rated 0 to 4 stars
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Clint Eastwood started it. Wanting to branch out he had a deal with Warner Brothers. For every "Dirty Harry" movie (or what ever tough cop he decided to play) he would do, the studio gave him the money to make a "real" movie, like "White Hunter, Black Heart." In order to get Bill Murray to do the original "Ghost Busters," Columbia ponied up the money for Bill's dramatic debut in his remake of "The Razor's Edge." Ben Affleck said it best in "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back." While working on the "sequel" to "Good Will Hunting," Affleck tells Matt Damon that these are the sacrifices you need to make. "First you make the safe movie, then you do the payback picture." I don't know what Adam Sandler owed Columbia after "Mr. Deeds" this year, but he needs to apologize for taking their money.
Littered with characters from Sandler's comedy CD's, "8 Crazy Nights" is the story of Davy Stone, former great kid turned into the local town's own Ebenezer Scrooge. After another run in with the law, Davy is about to be sent to prison when a good hearted little man named Whitey intervenes and offers to look out for him. Whitey, a midget of a man born with mismatched feet (right foot - adult 11, left foot - kids 9) has been refereeing basketball for decades and remembers back when little Davy Stone was not only the best ball player in town, but also the best kid.
In between cruel jokes, the cast burst out into songs that seem to be left over from "South Park." If you are familiar with Sandler's solo comedy work, you know that he went from being funny to being annoying. He somehow pictures himself as the next Frank Sinatra. And while his singing works in small doses, like in "The Wedding Singer," not even the Chairman of the Board himself could save these tunes. And the much hyped "third" version of the very popular (and funny) "Chanukah Song" is only heard over the end credits. In a year in which Sandler has gained much attention both commercially ("Mr. Deeds") and critically ("Punch Drunk Love"), it's a shame that his present to us for the holidays is so unthoughtful.
On a scale of zero to four stars, "Adam Sandler's 8 Crazy Nights" earns 
