Not a Good Hanukkah or Christams Movie!

This movie was terrible!

"WARNING SPOLIERS MAY BE POSSIBLE!"

Well it starts out with Davey, a drunk who is crude and mean. Then when he gets into trouble he's doomed to community service with the town migiet Whitney, (No offence to little people out there, that it not my intention to offend anyone). Whitney sounds like Woody Allen on crack, and his fernal twin sister Elenaor isn't any better.

Well Davey does all he can to offend Whitney. That is until his place burns up! So he moves in with Whitney and his sister, and they set some ground rules. Then as the movie goes on, they make a big deal about Davey having little emotion, and when he cries it's all the sudden a big deal! And for some reason the deer in the woods talk, and help Whitney out. What or who is Whitney supposted to be Santa Claus?

I hate the music in it, the voices are annoying, and the characters are mostly unlikable! So warning to parents, keep your children locked up from this totally bad movie!

Very forgettable experience, 2.5 stars

Finally got around to seeing this animated Adam Sandler outing "8 Crazy Nights", and I have to say it's one of his weakest efforts. For the record, I am a long time Sandler fan and I enjoy his comedies, at least the older ones. 8 Crazy Nights, however, falls flat on just about every level. There's only one reason anyone really watches Adam Sandler flicks, and that's that they're supposed to make you laugh, and I barely got a chuckle out of this one.

We follow the very unlikable Adam Sandler character who is a mean-spirited drunken loser who makes ends meet by stealing and scewing people over. Oh yeah, he hates the holidays too. Just when he's about to be shipped off to jail for 10 years, an elderly basketball ref who just happens to be a midget, Whitey, volunteers to take him under his wing to keep him out of prison and out of trouble.

For anybody very familiar with Sandler's work, you will recognize that "Whitey" is actually a 16 minute skit from his 1999 CD "Stan and Judy's kid". The character in this film is the exact one from that skit, and is voiced by Sandler the same way he was on the CD, only here he was brought to life with animation. I'll also point out that a LOT of the jokes in this movie were recycled from that very recording. Much like the skit, a good portion of the movie is dedicated simply to making fun of this impoverished old man with different sized feet. Quite frankly, being that he's the closest thing we have to a likable character here, it's sadder to watch than it is funny.

In a very predictable fashion, Sandler's unbearable character takes advantage on Whitey's hospitality and totally disrespects him for most of the film. The jokes are almost 100% aimed at Whitey and his sister, and I can assure you that most of the laughter will be coming from the animated version of Sandler himself, which sounds very forced I might add. Eventually he is forced to move in with Whitey and his twin sister, and in doing so learns to accept and even befriend Whitey. In the end, he ensures that Whitey's dream comes true and even learns to appreciate the holidays again himself.

This movie has gotten the formula all wrong, and here's why: It's too tame and cutesy for a fan of Sandler's raunchier comedies, and it's too dirty to be a holiday movie for the family or kids. It's too in-between for any side of the spectrum to take a liking to it, and for that the film will most likely be condemned to obscurity. 8 Crazy Nights will never go down as a holiday cassic, nor will it ever go down as a Sandler classic. Maybe worth a look if it's on television, or rent it. Otherwise keep this one on the store-shelf.

Great Hanukah/Christmas Movie!

5 out of 5. I Recommend this to Everyone. Adam did a great job on this. From the Voice Acting, To the Animation, to the Script, All were Top-Notch. A Classic.