Little Nicky [M]

Meet Nicky. He’s the lovable son of the Prince of Darkness with a kind heart and a speech impediment. His father has ruled Hell for ten thousand years and his two evil brothers have decided that it’s time for him to retire…willingly or not. When the two brothers escape from Hell, barring new souls from entering in the process, their father falls dreadfully ill and it’s up to Nicky to get his brothers back down to Hell where they belong. But Nicky’s never been to Earth, he’s never even slept over at another dude’s house! 

I’m going to come clean out and say that I am not an Adam Sandler fan. I don’t mind him, but there is such a thing as an overdose and I personally think that one can get sick of Adam rather quickly. I hired this movie because it seemed like an interesting story and had some pretty good actors in it. I don’t regret watching it, but I don’t think I’ll want to watch it again for quite some time. 

Meet Nicky. He’s the lovable son of the Prince of Darkness with a kind heart and a speech impediment. His father has ruled Hell for ten thousand years and his evil brothers believe that it is time for him to retire… willingly or not. The two brothers escape from Hell and head for Earth, freezing the Gates and barring new souls from entering Hell in the process. With no new souls able to get in, Nicky’s father falls desperately ill and begins to fall apart…literally. Wholeheartedly concerned for his father, Nicky takes on the challenge of going to Earth and bringing his brothers back to Hell where they belong. But Nicky has two problems: his brothers are smarter, stronger, and eviler that he could ever dream to be and he’s never been to Earth before. He’s never even slept over at another dude’s house! 

The somewhat redeeming features of this film were the costumes, the makeup, and the story. It’s an original idea and does have the potential to make a good film. Sadly, it got reduced to 87 minutes of sex, gay, and drug jokes and just general crude humour. 

I will admit that the film had its moments where it was actually clever. Like when Nicky’s brother Adrian turns into a bat and the secret weapon that was given to Nicky by his mother, the only weapon that will defeat Adrian, turns out to be Ozzy Osborne (this must have around the time when he famously bit the head off a real bat thinking it was a fake.) 

Starring Adam Sandler, Reese Witherspoon, Harvey Keitel, Patricia Arquette, Rhys Ifans (who could not save this movie even though he had the hottest costume and was the best actor), Rodney Dangerfield, Tommy Lister, Dana Carvey, and Jon Lovitz, Little Nicky was a mildly entertaining comedy with a good storyline that was beaten down by sex, drug, and gay jokes and bad computer effects. I don’t regret watching it, but I don’t feel the need to watch it again.