Hubie Halloween is a film that is not worth watching. It is lazy and idiotic, similar to other Happy Madison projects over the past decade, and it also wastes the talent of a talented cast, whose salaries I do not resent. I do not resent Sandler taking a large portion of his income from Netflix to make atrocious films and spend time with his cronies. When it comes to the actual spookiness of Hubie Halloween, it is a story that is more interested in watching how Sandler interacts with the cast than in actually revealing any supernatural villain overseeing the events. Kindness is at the core of the film, and surprisingly, everyone in Salem (with the exception of a few others) is cruel to him for being so strange. However, the film's eventual spirit is much more inclined to act kindly towards others than to be cruel, which is a pleasant surprise at the end. When compared to many of Sandler's other films, Hubie Halloween remains watchable without being particularly good.
~ P. X.
~ P. X.