The Waterboy (1998)

A waterboy for a college football team discovers he has a unique tackling ability and becomes a member of the team.

Director:

Frank Coraci

Writers:

Tim Herlihy, Adam Sandler

Stars:

Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Henry Winkler

6 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Adam Sandler	...	Bobby Boucher
Kathy Bates	...	Mama Boucher
Henry Winkler	...	Coach Klein
Fairuza Balk	...	Vicki Vallencourt
Jerry Reed	...	Red Beaulieu
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.	...	Derek Wallace (as Larry Gilliard Jr.)
Blake Clark	...	Farmer Fran
Peter Dante	...	Gee Grenouille
Jonathan Loughran	...	Lyle Robideaux
Al Whiting	...	Casey Bugge
Clint Howard	...	Paco
Allen Covert	...	Walter
Rob Schneider	...	Townie
Todd Holland	...	Greg Meaney
Robert Kokol	...	Professor

Storyline

Bobby Boucher is the lowly waterboy for a college football team, until the coach discovers his amazing talent for tackling people much bigger than him. He signs the Waterboy as the new star player, but Bobby must keep it secret from his overbearing and domineering mother.

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Plot Keywords:

domineering mother | american football game | american football player | tackling someone | reference to colonel sanders | 

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Taglines:

Everybody will feel his pain November 6.

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Genres:

Comedy | Sport

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for language and some crude sexual humor

Did You Know?

Trivia

The inspiration for this movie is a combination of Adam Sandler's song "The Lonesome Kicker", "Canteen Boy", and the "Cajun Man" sketches from Saturday Night Live (1975).

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Goofs

When Bobby first meets Coach Klein, the coach is drawing up a play on the chalkboard and describing it. The offense is represented by Os on the upper part of the chalkboard, and they are moving the ball downwards. Coach Klein uses the terms "left" and "right" from his perspective looking at the board, however football plays are always described in terms of the direction the offense is facing. So he is using totally backwards directions in describing the play. He also draws 12 players on offense. NCAA football has 11 players on each side of the ball.

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Quotes

Walter: Let's kick some names and take some ass.

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Alternate Versions

In the theatrical version, the note Bobby gets early in the film reads "eat shit and kill yourself." For edited-for-TV versions the note reads "I hope you choke on your dandruff."

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Connections

Referenced in The Animal (2001)

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Soundtracks

Let's Groove
Written by Maurice White and Wayne Vaughn
Performed by Earth Wind & Fire (as Earth, Wind & Fire)
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

The Waterboy is one of Adam Sandlers best comedy films.

Now I am a huge fan of Adam Sandlers dumb-ass films but I think that is why people have let him a have a career so long. They just love his dumb-ass movies. The movie centres around the local water boy who when the coach of the football team notices he can tackle hard when mad he puts him as the new quarterback of tackeler guy sorry I am Australian. The movie is good on many pointers as it shows that Adam Sandler can play 2 different types of dumb guys, nice dumb and guys and mean dumb guys. If you have not already seen this you should take some time to seat down and enjoy the movie. Overall this movie is a fun excuse to seat down and dumb out but I can see why people would not like this film. I rate this film 83%.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 November 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Waterboy

Filming Locations:

Jacksonville, Florida, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$23,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$39,414,071, 8 November 1998

Gross USA:

$161,491,646

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$185,991,646

Company Credits

Production Co:

Robert Simonds Productions, Touchstone Pictures, Waterboy Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Black and White Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1