‘Hubie Halloween’ Review: Adam Sandler Does His Inarguable Thing in a Disposable October Caper

‘Hubie Halloween’ Review: Adam Sandler Does His Inarguable Thing in a Disposable October Caper
Thursday, October 08, 2020 16:03 IST
By Santa Banta News Network
The distance for Adam Sandler from last year's frantic, high-wire act `Uncut Gems` to his new Netflix comedy, `Hubie Halloween," is great, but maybe not as vast as it sounds.

Both feature Sandler playing someone who romanticizes something out of proportion (a high-priced gem in `Uncut Gems," Halloween in `Hubie Halloween`), an appearance by a former NBA star (Kevin Garnett in `Uncut Gems,` Shaquille O'Neal in `Hubie Halloween`) and June Squibb wearing a T-shirt that says `Boner Doner.`

OK, that last one isn't in `Uncut Gems` but you wouldn't exactly put it past the Safdie brothers, either. Yes, Sandler's bouncing between movie realms has seemingly grown even more schizophrenic in recent years as his factory of Netflix releases chugs along with occasional departures like `The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)" and `Uncut Gems.` But here's the thing: `Hubie Halloween` is good.



The jokes aren't often Sandler's best material but `Hubie Halloween` is as sweet and easily digestible as a Milky Way. After this, `Uncut Gems` and his best and most tender stand-up special ("100% Fresh," a title that references his normally low critic scores), the Sandler-verse is weirdly in a kind of perfect harmony. Maybe, too, we're more in need of some good, stupid fun right now, and `Hubie Halloween` is smart enough to do stupid just right. Steve Buscemi as a werewolf, at least, is an antidote to something.

`Hubie Halloween,` a Netflix release, is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for crude and suggestive content, language and brief teen partying. Running time: 104 minutes. Three stars out of four.
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