She visits Jack for Thanksgiving, with plans to stay until after Hanukkah, much to Jack's horror. Jack's unemployed twin sister Jill has been living alone in their working-class New York City neighborhood, since the death of their mother. Jack wants counseling for Gary to break the boy's addiction, but Erin won't hear of this she views Gary's behavior as the very thing which makes him unique. Also living with them is Gary, a Hindu boy who they adopted at birth, and who has a habit of compulsively taping various objects to his own body. He and his wife Erin have a daughter, Sofia. Jack Sadelstein is a successful Los Angeles advertising executive. The film features the final film performance of Regis Philbin. It became the first film to sweep the Razzies, winning in each category including Worst Picture, Worst Director, Worst Actor, Worst Actress, and Worst Screenplay. At the 32nd Golden Raspberry Awards, the film was nominated for a record of 12 Razzies in all ten categories. Some have since considered this to be one of the worst films ever made. Jack and Jill was panned by critics and audiences, although Pacino's performance received some praise. Other stars include Katie Holmes as Jack's wife and Eugenio Derbez as another love interest for Jill. However, when an agency for Dunkin' Donuts demands that Jack get Al Pacino (as himself) for a commercial, Pacino develops an interest in Jill, making Jack try to convince her to date the actor despite her disinterest in him. Jack is constantly annoyed by his sister and is horrified to learn that Jill plans to stay after Hanukkah due to an open-ended plane ticket. Jack and Jill stars Sandler in a dual role as twin siblings Jack and Jill Sadelstein, the former a Los Angeles advertising executive being visited for Thanksgiving by the latter from the Bronx. The film was released on November 11, 2011, by Columbia Pictures and grossed $149 million against its $79 million budget. You can't force people to like what you like.Īnd that's my analysis, but what do you think? For news on the 2022 Oscar nominations and various races, make sure to stop by here often.Jack and Jill is a 2011 American comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan from a script by Steve Koren and Adam Sandler. Ferrari or Little Women for Uncut Gems any day of the week, but oh, well. I would have gladly switched Jojo Rabbit, Ford v. In the end, it's just such a shame to me that the film (or Sandler) didn't get nominated. By that I mean the story couldn't possibly exist without him as his performance is so large and so commanding, that everything, from the characters to even the setting, kind of gets absorbed into his orbit. He carries the entire film, and I'd say he's like a Walter White in Breaking Bad, or a Tony Soprano in The Sopranos. Still, I'm more upset that Adam Sandler didn't at least get a nomination. It's weird, it's wonderful… it’s weirdly wonderful… and while weird does sometimes get the nod (see: Jojo Rabbit), it also oftentimes doesn't (see: The Lighthouse). I'm going to hazard to guess that Uncut Gems is just too unconventional of a crime film to get the big nom. (Image credit: A24) So, Why Didn't Uncut Gems Get Nominated For Best Picture? His talent creates a frenetic performance that has its low ebbs and its mighty, rushing flows that ultimately creates the role of a lifetime. Well, Uncut Gems proved that Sandler can’t be boxed into any specific category, since he can pretty much do anything he puts his mind to, since this performance is every aspect of Sandler's vulgar, manic potency, times a million. Does he make kids movies now like Hotel Transylvania? Does he make goofball comedies strictly for Netflix like Hubie Halloween? Or, is he now making old dude comedies like Grown-Ups? Sandler, who used to be the man back in the '90s but had a string of turkeys following 50 First Dates (Let’s be real, Adam Sandler has been in some of the best and worst movies of all time), has kind of flitted around in nebulous territory. Now, I can't speak for Antonio Banderas or Jonathan Pryce, because I didn't see Pain and Glory, or The Two Popes, but I did see Joker, Marriage Story, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.Īnd while I enjoyed DiCaprio's fragile movie star in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Driver's conflicted father in Marriage Story, and Phoenix's portrayal of the Joker (which won Best Actor) in, er, Joker, none of them come even close to Sandler's sleaze-bag performance as a compulsive gambler. Of the actors who were nominated in 2020, there was Jonathan Pryce in The Two Popes, Leonardo DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Antonio Banderas in Pain and Glory, Joaquin Phoenix in Joker, and Adam Driver in Marriage Story. (Image credit: A24) Why Adam Sandler Especially Should Have Been Nominated For Best Actor
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