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Little Nicky

  • 20002000
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
108K
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POPULARITY
4,154
651
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After two of the devil's three sons escape Hell to wreak havoc on Earth, the devil must send his third son, the mild-mannered Nicky, to bring them back before it's too late.After two of the devil's three sons escape Hell to wreak havoc on Earth, the devil must send his third son, the mild-mannered Nicky, to bring them back before it's too late.After two of the devil's three sons escape Hell to wreak havoc on Earth, the devil must send his third son, the mild-mannered Nicky, to bring them back before it's too late.
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
108K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,154
651
  • Director
    • Steven Brill
  • Writers
    • Tim Herlihy
    • Adam Sandler
    • Steven Brill
  • Stars
    • Adam Sandler
    • Patricia Arquette
    • Harvey Keitel
  • Director
    • Steven Brill
  • Writers
    • Tim Herlihy
    • Adam Sandler
    • Steven Brill
  • Stars
    • Adam Sandler
    • Patricia Arquette
    • Harvey Keitel
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 291User reviews
    • 86Critic reviews
    • 38Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 12 nominations

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    Tom Lister Jr. and Rhys Ifans in Little Nicky (2000)
    Harvey Keitel and Rodney Dangerfield in Little Nicky (2000)
    Adam Sandler and Robert Smigel in Little Nicky (2000)
    Allen Covert and Robert Smigel in Little Nicky (2000)
    Patricia Arquette in Little Nicky (2000)
    Adam Sandler, Peter Dante, and Jonathan Loughran in Little Nicky (2000)
    Harvey Keitel in Little Nicky (2000)
    Rhys Ifans in Little Nicky (2000)
    Kevin Nealon in Little Nicky (2000)
    Patricia Arquette and Adam Sandler in Little Nicky (2000)
    Adam Sandler stars as Nicky
    Director Steven Brill and producer Jack Giarraputo

    Top cast

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    Adam Sandler
    Adam Sandler
    • Nicky
    Patricia Arquette
    Patricia Arquette
    • Valerie Veran
    Harvey Keitel
    Harvey Keitel
    • Dad
    Rhys Ifans
    Rhys Ifans
    • Adrian
    Tom Lister Jr.
    Tom Lister Jr.
    • Cassius
    • (as Tommy 'Tiny' Lister Jr.)
    Rodney Dangerfield
    Rodney Dangerfield
    • Lucifer
    Allen Covert
    Allen Covert
    • Todd
    Peter Dante
    Peter Dante
    • Peter
    Jonathan Loughran
    Jonathan Loughran
    • John
    Robert Smigel
    Robert Smigel
    • Beefy
    • (voice)
    Reese Witherspoon
    Reese Witherspoon
    • Holly
    Dana Carvey
    Dana Carvey
    • Referee
    Jon Lovitz
    Jon Lovitz
    • Peeper
    Kevin Nealon
    Kevin Nealon
    • Gatekeeper
    Michael McKean
    Michael McKean
    • Chief of Police
    Quentin Tarantino
    Quentin Tarantino
    • Deacon
    Blake Clark
    Blake Clark
    • Jimmy the Demon
    Rob Schneider
    Rob Schneider
    • The Townie
    • Director
      • Steven Brill
    • Writers
      • Tim Herlihy
      • Adam Sandler
      • Steven Brill
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Adam Sandler's real-life dog, named Meatball, is the son of the dog that played Mr. Beefy in this movie. Meatball was Adam Sandler's best man at his wedding.
    • Goofs
      When Little Nicky exits Grand Central Terminal and spooks the street preacher, the traffic on the street disappears and reappears.
    • Quotes

      John: Hey, by the way, Nicky, check this out, what's Ozzy tryin' to say there?

      Nicky: John, absolutely nothing, the blizzard always came straight with his messages, but wrap your minds around this, gentlemen.

      [Pulls out a Chicago album]

      Nicky: Chicago!

      Todd: I love this song.

      Voice Of The Demons: I command you in the name of Lucifer to spread the blood of the innocent!

      Peter: Oh my God, Chicago kicks ass!

    • Crazy credits
      During the closing credits, flashes of the character whereabouts were explained. When they explain Nicky's mom, (Reese Witherspoon) a picture still of her is shown saying "Mom immediately fell in love with her new aerobics instructor... Chris Farley." Giving a tribute to Chris who died 3 years before the film in 1997. The aerobics reference is referring to his classic skit on SNL that will always be hilariously remembered. Adam and the rest of the SNL gang were great friends with Farley.
    • Alternate versions
      In the FOX 2004 presentation, many things were edited:
      • All references to Popeye's are cut, so "Popeye's Chicken is fucking awesome" becomes "Chicken is kickin'".
      • "Hitler's ass" was replaced with "Hitler's rear"
      • "The shit has hit the fan." shortens to "It has hit the fan".
      • A deleted scene of the peeper becoming bait and being eaten by a fish was added.
      • The asking of the gatekeeper whether there were boobs on his head was cut.
      • The Coke/Pepsi transformation was partially cut.
    • Connections
      Edited into Adam Sandler Goes to Hell (2001)
    • Soundtracks
      School of Hard Knocks
      Written by Sonny Sandoval (as Sonny), Marcos Curiel (as Marcos), Mark Daniels (as Traa) and Noah Bernardo Jr. (as Wuv)

      Performed by P.O.D.

      Produced by Rick Rubin

      Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.

    User reviews291

    Review
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    Hell
    I must be missing something here. I was under the impression that this was some kind of comedy. Evidently not. Oh well, at least there are a raft of top class actors and comedians queuing up for cameos and supporting roles – maybe they will be able to inject some class into proceedings. Nothing doing there either, I'm afraid.

    This is rubbish. Thoughtless, childish pap that adds considerable credence to the notion that Adam Sandler is as overrated as he is irritating. It is a sad state of affairs when filmmakers believe they can simply unleash this goofy, rubber-faced moron on a trusting and frankly deluded public and gleefully scoop up gazillions of dollars in takings. But why wouldn't they think that? Sandler is a veritable Box Office cash cow.

    This has been a mystery to me for years. Sandler is a comedian who (in his films at least) HAS NO GAGS! Not only does he not do jokes, but his physical comedy is pretty ordinary too. His success is based purely on the pathos generated by the losers he plays. The man is obviously no mug. He has worked out that producers are falling over themselves to offer him twenty million bucks a throw to fall over a couple of times and wear bad 1980s clothing. Nice work if you can get it.

    I will grudgingly give him The Wedding Singer where he fortuitously stumbled on some decent chemistry with Drew Barrymore, but aside from that his movies are generally overly sentimental and woefully short on substance.

    Little Nicky is another opportunity to build a weak, convoluted story around one of Sandler's lovable schmucks. Well they got it half right. His eponymous 'hero' (and I use the term in its loosest possible sense) is certainly a schmuck, but he is about as lovable as herpes.

    Nicky is the youngest son of the Devil (Harvey Keitel. Really.). When Dad reaches pensionable age (10,000 years in this case), he is supposed to retire and hand over the reins to an heir. Not believing any of his diabolical offspring suitable for the job, he decides to stay in charge himself. This incenses his other two sons (Rhys Ifans and Tom Lister Jr) and they decide to snub life in Hades in favour of running riot up on Earth. Their departure freezes over the gates of Hell and begins to physically debilitate old Satan. If parity cannot be restored and the naughty boys returned down below, Harvey is in serious danger of disappearing into thin air (which, it strikes me, would actually be a blessing).

    Anyway, sweet-natured, not-evil-enough-to-rule, Earth-virgin Nicky is dispatched up to retrieve his errant brothers. With hilarious consequences, obviously. Well, I guess that's the theory.

    But the expected barrage of fish-out-of-water stereotypes never materialises. Instead, there are a series of bizarre, contrived scenes many of which centre around the toilet habits of an annoying talking dog.

    The biggest problem (and there are many) is Sandler. His previous characters may have been absurdly insipid and one-dimensional, but at least he injected them with a modicum of warmth. A thirty-four year old man shuffling about in a duffel coat and trying to portray a blushing adolescent is more frightening than cute. He is severely hindered by an appalling nasal whine that may have sounded amusing on a thirty second Saturday Night Live skit, but begins to grate when affected for the entire duration of a ninety-minute feature. He sounds like a cross between a hood on the Sopranos and Muttley out of the Wacky Races. In short, the character is decidedly unlovely, borderline creepy and, most importantly, relentlessly unfunny.

    No supporting cast can sustain a lead like that. Keitel, Rodney Dangerfield, Quentin Tarantino, Patricia Arquette and Reese Witherspoon (as a Clueless-cliché angel) do not disgrace themselves but won't see this as their finest hour. Ifans at least looks like he's approached the project with his tongue firmly in his cheek. His perpetual look of amused bewilderment almost made me smile. Almost.

    Dreadful.

    4/10
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    • tjcclarke
    • Oct 14, 2004

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 10, 2000 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Filmymen
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ніккі - диявол молодший
    • Filming locations
      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Avery Pix
      • Happy Madison Productions
      • New Line Cinema
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $85,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $39,464,775
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $16,063,904
      • Nov 12, 2000
    • Gross worldwide
      • $58,292,295
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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