{"id":14641,"date":"2021-08-16T18:01:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T22:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=14641"},"modified":"2026-08-21T09:25:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T13:25:34","slug":"jack-and-jill-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=14641","title":{"rendered":"Jack and Jill-2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jack and Jill-2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director Dennis Dugan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring Adam Sandler<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott’s Review #1,171<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reviewed August 16, 2021<\/p>\n

Grade: F<\/strong><\/p>\n

Typically, an actor playing a dual role is a challenging and rewarding experience and can lead to accolades for a challenge well met.<\/p>\n

While Adam Sandler may have been challenged, it’s the audience who suffers tremendously.<\/p>\n

I can think of no redeeming qualities to mention during this review.<\/p>\n

Anyone who watches Jack and Jill (2011) will ache for the duration of the running time, or scramble for the theater exit or pound the stop button on the remote.<\/p>\n

Jack and Jill (2011) is the worst film Sandler has ever made, with a screeching over-the-top performance and terrible writing.<\/p>\n

The additions of New York and Jewish stereotypes and every other stereotype in the book meant for laughs instead exude annoyance and disrespect.<\/p>\n

To make matters worse, Al Pacino appears in a supporting role well beneath him and plays himself. And, to reach an assured low, the actor is forced to rap.<\/p>\n

How embarrassing for him.<\/p>\n

Poor Katie Holmes has little to do since she is trapped in the one-dimensional ‘wife role’.<\/p>\n

Bad decision-making by writers, producers, and actors. Perhaps the makeup people enjoyed themselves.<\/p>\n

The premise suggests the film could be hysterical, or at least partially amusing. Well-known actors dressing in drag and put in uncompromisingly awkward situations is nothing new and has been met with success.<\/p>\n

Some Like It Hot (1959) and Tootsie (1982) are classics, resulting in kudos for Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Dustin Hoffman, respectively.<\/p>\n

The main issue with Jack and Jill is that the writing stinks.<\/p>\n

Never a fan of the Sandler-and-director-Dennis Dugan slapstick collaborations, I hope this drivel led to better acting choices for the actor.<\/p>\n

He would later star in the superb Uncut Gems (2019) and miss out on an Oscar nomination by a whisker. I hope nobody saw Jack and Jill and revoked a vote for Sandler, though I couldn’t blame them if they did.<\/p>\n

Let’s hope Sandler learned his lesson with this film. He must have, since his films vastly improved after this one.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles advertising executive Jack (Adam Sandler) dreads the Thanksgiving holiday because his overbearing twin sister, Jill (also played by Sandler), makes her annual visit from New York City.<\/p>\n

When Jack and his sister immediately butt heads, Jack feels guilty, and the only way to make it right is to invite her to stay through Hanukkah.<\/p>\n

When actor Al Pacino (Al Pacino), whom Jack desperately needs to star in a commercial, becomes obsessed with Jill, Jack may be forced to extend his sister’s visit even longer to get what he wants.<\/p>\n

Jack’s gardener, Felipe (Eugenio Derbez), also takes a shine to Jill.<\/p>\n

Everything about the film is pretty bad but let’s point out the highlights…..or lowlights.<\/p>\n

Sandler plays Jill as obnoxiously as possible and in a predictable form; Jack must disguise himself as Jill. Gee, I never saw that coming. Why any man, let alone two (Al and Felipe), would become enamored with her is beyond me.<\/p>\n

Jack’s wife Erin (Holmes) and kids are as cookie-cutter as imaginable and possess every ‘neat and clean’ characteristic in the books. They are as white bread as wonder bread.<\/p>\n

To match the stereotypes, why does Felipe have to be Mexican? It’s as if Dugan and Sandler (who co-wrote the screenplay) wanted every clich\u00e9 imaginable.<\/p>\n

Jill conquers Los Angeles with appearances on The Price Is Right, attendance at a Lakers game, and a cruise.<\/p>\n

The film’s conclusion, after a myriad of expected misunderstandings between Jack and Jill and Jill and Al, ends with a silly New Year’s Eve high school reunion back in New York with classmates and bullies.<\/p>\n

To confirm how bad Jack and Jill (2011) is at the 32nd Golden Raspberry Awards, it won all categories, a first in the thirty-two-year history of the annual parody event.<\/p>\n

This is a film to be buried six feet under.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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