Jack and Jill

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on January 2012

Note to any remaining Adam Sandler fans that still doubt the man’s deep contempt for his audience: go see this slapdash, noxious collection of bodily-fluid references, racist Latino jokes, farts, poorly conceived sight gags and blatant product placement (notably a cruise line). You’ll get what you deserve, but you’ll be cured. Sandler plays a regular Joe who dreads the Thanksgiving visit of his socially abhorrent twin sister, also played, ineptly and lazily, by Sandler in lipstick. Laughing yet? And note to Al Pacino: you provided the film’s only watchable moments. But get a new agent.