HUBIE HALLOWEEN
US, 2020, 102 minutes, Colour.
Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Julie Bowen, Ray Liotta, Steve Buscemi, Rob Schneider, Maya Rudolph, Tim Meadows, Michael Chiklis, June Squibb, George Wallace, Kenan Thomson, Shaquille O' Neal, Ben Stiller, Jackie Sandler, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sandler, Sunny Sandler.
Directed by Steve Brill.
A comedy starring Adam Sandler. The comedy with cameos with quite a number of his close friends and associates over the years. Direction is by Steve Brill who directed five Sandler comedies. Sandler co-wrote the screenplay with Tim Herlihy who collaborated with Sanders in 12 screenplays over 25 years.
The setting is Halloween in the city of Salem, quite lavish and ostentatious Halloween celebration – where Hubie Dubois, Sandler’s character, is the monitor. He is one of those man-child characters, living with his mother, easily scared, but also venturesome and bold in his trying to help people. Actually, most of the people in Salem show an extraordinary mean-mindedness, bullying attitudes and behaviour, an ugly US.
Obviously, this is a film for those who enjoy Adam Sandler film is. Again, obviously, this is not a film for those who do not enjoy Adam Sandler films or who are rebelling against him.
Best to illustrate this by opinions for and against from the Internet movie database – audiences will know whether they should watch Hubie Halloween or not as they identify with the opinions.
A staunch Sandler supporter:
“In 2020 you would think people would know what to expect from Adam Sandler's (effective yet slightly hated) brand of raunchy and quick witted humor. But still there are so many smug types that somehow ridiculously expect some huge swings into left field for his Netflix original comedies. Obviously he's shown incredible versatility in his career but people should be able to gauge by the trailer and it being part of his Netflix contract that these aren't Punch Drunk Love, Reign Over Me, or Uncut Gems. Know what you're getting. The snobs that hate Sandler are the types that would go into an Applebee's and expect a five star meal.
This film sticks to classic Sandler formulas which isn't an issue imo. A humble basic story about an odd yet lovable main character that finds himself in the middle of a series of hilarious problems. Along the way he runs into other weird zany characters and maybe a few villains that join in on or his hilarious antics. The actors are the usual Sandler friends that he's had in other films.
Overall its just a nice comfort Halloween themed Sandler comedy that shouldn't be taken so seriously by snobby critics that can't grasp the point of these films after all these years. Throw it on and forget about the world.�
A staunch Sandler condemner:
“Another in a long list of disappointing recent movies. In a continuing attempt to find something worth watching in the last few years I was hopeful here.
I like Halloween, and typically I have liked Adam Sandler. I couldn't agree more with the other reviews that his stupid voice almost ruined the movie immediately. It is so obvious fake, and often hard to understand, ruining the whole movie before it starts. Tried to fight past that to see some really gross stuff that wasn't funny and clearly just looking for lazy laughs.
Usually in these movies there is a good turning point where things start to go better for the main character, until ultimately the movie finishes with a conclusion making you feel like the main character "won".
In this movie, everyone loses. The performers, the director, and certainly the audience. This isn't a spoiler, just a fact.� (Both comments from IMDb bloggers)
So, there you are!
