A Dubious Honor: Sandler's Gender Bending Opus Is, Indeed, An Award Season Champion
Created in 1980 as the anti-Oscars, the Golden Raspberry Awards (the RAZZIES) may not have the same high profile as their illustrious counterpart but they sure are a lot more fun. Honoring the worst of the worst, this tongue-in-cheek ceremony not only eviscerates truly bad movies, it boldly challenges convention. It has become more entrenched in recent years with lucky recipients actually attending to receive their dubious accolades. Notoriously Sandra Bullock and Halle Berry attended to pick up Worst Actress awards, Bullock (for All About Steve) even in the same year she won an Oscar for The Blind Side. In 2011, Adam Sandler's "Jack and Jill" broke RAZZIE history with an impressive 11 nominations.
Few will argue that "Jack and Jill" is a good movie. At best, it's defenders will say "But it's Adam Sandler, what did you expect?" A fair point, but I think that sells both themselves and Sandler short with a pass for lowered expectations. Sandler is talented and can make good...
Sandler Hits an All-Time Low
Throughout his largely misbegotten career, Adam Sandler has made a few decent comedies - "The Wedding Singer" comes to mind - but "Jack and Jill" (2011) is the pits. Sandler and his filmmaking buddies show contempt for their audience while delivering zero laughs. A bizarre cameo by Al Pacino (who should have known better) remains the sole redeeming feature of a truly wretched movie.
.H O R R I B L E !!!
Seriously - this movie could be considered a cruel and inhuman form of torture. It's absolutely excruciating. The "Jill" character is HORRIBLE. I couldn't even bring myself to watch the full movie. It was too painfully hard to sit through watching that character - who by the way is NOT in the least bit funny.
I usually enjoy Sandler's movies, but this one is a big stinky elephant dump.
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