Among the most popular American films of the comedy genre, comedies with Adam Sandler occupy a special place. Thanks to unprecedented charisma, charm and expressive external data, this talented actor deserves viewer love and a worthy appreciation of film critics. Most connoisseurs of entertaining paintings have known his work since childhood. Let’s refresh the memory by making a selection of the best films with the participation of a Hollywood star.
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Brief biography of the film actor
Adam Sandler was born on September 9, 1966 in a family of Jewish immigrants - immigrants from Russia. The father of the future actor worked as an engineer, his mother ran a household and raised four children.
In school, young Adam played the role of a clown and a joker familiar to him, constantly arranging funny pranks and delighting others with funny tricks.
After leaving school, Sandler enters the faculty of dramatic art at New York University and simultaneously enters the theater courses of Lee Strasberg. In his free time, the young man performs in local clubs, playing in his favorite comic role.
In 1991, a young man receives a bachelor's degree and begins work in the popular show “Live on Saturday Night” (1975). It is noteworthy that the casting in the program Adam was held in the company of best friend Chris Rock, who was accepted as an actor, while Sandler himself was offered a job as an author of the sketches. In the process of joint work of future movie stars, it turned out that Chris was not able to convey to the viewer much of what Adam meant in his comic reprise.Therefore, without thinking twice, the producers release the author himself onto the stage.
As an actor, Adam Sandler made his debut in the movie Overboard (1989). After this follows a series of small works in the cinema.
1995 was marked for the young man by filming in the movie "Billy Madison", where the novice comedian plays the main role. By the way, the script for this picture also belongs to Adam.
The list of second-rate comedy films, which have become a testing ground for Sandler, is replenished with the film "Bulletproof" (1996).
The first real success comes after filming in the project "Singer at the Wedding" (1998) with the inimitable Drew Barrymore as a partner. This picture reveals another creative facet in a talented actor - his vocal abilities.
This is followed by work in the film “Mommy's Little Son” (1998), the release of which elevates Adam Sandler to the Olympus and makes him a favorite of a wide audience.
The comedian’s role was attributed to the young man until 2002, when comedies with the participation of Adam Sandler appeared one after another on wide screens. However, after a brilliantly performed role in the film Love Knocking Down (2002), as well as the tragicomedy Spanish English (2004) that followed, critics finally appreciate the actor’s dramatic talent.
The personal life of Adam Sandler is quite prosperous. In 2003, he married his partner in many films, Jackie Titone. The girl converted to Judaism before the marriage. And the actor’s unusual love for animals is also known. Having barely settled in a new house after the wedding, the newlyweds acquired an English bulldog, giving it the nickname Matsball.
A happy couple brings up two daughters - Sadie and Sani 10 and 12 years old.
New Movies with Adam Sandler
In 2018, the film "Week Before ..." was released, in which the actor starred in tandem with his best friend Chris Rock.
The events of the film revolve around the upcoming celebration of the wedding of the daughter of Kenny Lustig, the head of a large Jewish family, and the son of Kirby Kordays, a wealthy cardiac surgeon from Los Angeles. Despite the wealth of the groom's family, Kenny undertakes to independently pay all the wedding expenses. But his modest savings are not enough for an event of this level and scale. Numerous family ties do not help either. And since you don’t feel like falling in the mud in front of rich guests and your own bride, the whole company goes to the Lastigov house instead of cheap hotels, and therefore the last week of pre-wedding hassle becomes a real test for all participants.
Several interesting facts are associated with this film:
- The film was the last project implemented in accordance with the terms of the contract between Adam Sandler and Netflix. There were four of them. The three previous ones: “All over again” (2016), “Ridiculous Six” (2015), “Sandy Wexler” (2017).
- Chris Rock, who co-starred in the comedy, is Sandler's most frequent partner. The total number of projects implemented by their joint efforts is approximately 30 pieces.
Reviews of the film leave much to be desired. Critics note the lack of a clear meaning and complete idea in the picture, which was covered by a set of silly predictable jokes and plot twists. However, it is worth watching this movie if only to make its own assessment of the new creation of Adam Sandler.
The second notable work of the current year on the track record of the Hollywood star was the voice acting of the third part of the famous cartoon “Monsters on Vacation” (2015).
Next year, it is planned to release a new film with the participation of the actor and his partner in the movie "Pretend to be my wife" (2011) Jennifer Aniston.
The main characters of the film are spouses in love who, during a honeymoon abroad, become unwitting witnesses to a crime.
A list of the best films with an actor in the title role
Sandler's most successful works with full confidence include:
- “Love Knocking Down” (2002). This is exactly the film after which film critics discerned in the movie jester and joker a deep dramatic actor, recognizing the versatility of Adam's talent. By the way, this work was the only project of the actor that fell into the competition program of the Kansk Film Festival.
- “The Singer at the Wedding” (1998). A funny comedy about a vocalist of a wedding ensemble, who met his love in the person of a waitress at one of the gala events. The rating for this film remains the highest among all Sandler's works. A successful partnership with Drew Barrymore, good humor of the picture, and the atmosphere of the 80s, causing pleasant nostalgia for those times, played a role here. The film is confidently one of the funniest films with the participation of a movie star.
- The Deserted City (2007). A drama about a widower who lost her whole family during the tragic events of September 11th. He has to learn anew to live in a city that has suddenly become alien and hostile. The salvation is a meeting with a longtime friend, now a prosperous dentist. The real tragic role entrusted to Adam was played by him surprisingly subtly and penetratingly.
- "Mama's little son" (1998). A good-natured comedy about how a simple guy serving water at matches of a football team, by coincidence, turns into a star of the team. The film can rightfully be called a "come-through ticket" of a comedian to the world of big cinema and high fees.
- Big Dad (1999). One of Sandler’s most successful comedies about how an adult man, accustomed to always avoiding responsibility, becomes the father of a little boy. Further events present the hero with many life lessons and teach him a conscious attitude to life, as well as caring for other people.
A similar genre variety of films with the main roles of Adam Sandler characterizes him as a multifaceted actor, who knows how to skillfully transform and realize on the screen a variety of types.
Secondary Films
Popular and recognizable American comedian made his legendary roles of the first plan. However, on the account of the actor there are many successful reincarnations in the status of a secondary character:
- Clown Shakes (1991);
- Spanish English (2004);
- "Eggheads" (1993);
- “The Nativity of Psychos” (1994);
- The Animal (2001);
- The Little Chick (2002).
Adam's charisma allows him to create charming characters that attract attention, despite their status and place in the film.
Adam Sandler's Best Comedies
Each talented actor in his personal filmography has several paintings that can be called his calling card.
The best comedies with Adam Sandler are rightfully considered the famous and beloved paintings with unlucky protagonists who find themselves in funny situations and each time come out with a sparkle of them.
Classmates
In 2010, a film was released about five friends who meet 30 years after graduation. Brings them together a tragic event - the funeral of a school basketball coach. Former classmates decide to continue communication after the ceremony, renting a house by the lake and going there with their families.
The cast is replete with stars, including Adam's longtime friend Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, and Salma Hayek. The comedian's wife Jackie Sandler also starred in the film, playing the wife of Tardio.
Pretend my wife
2011 was the year of the release of another star comedy with the participation of Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston. The film was announced as a remake of the 1969 painting Cactus Flower.
In the center of the plot is the unpretentious story of Danny Maccoby, who accidentally, as the hero himself believes, finds a way to the heart of all women. The tactic is that he pretends to be an unhappy husband, whose wife is a true fiend of hell. After such heartbreaking details, any girl is ready for anything to console the unfortunate.Once the method fails when another passion expresses a desire to meet his wife. Danny calls on his assistant Katherine to play the role of a nonexistent wife. She agrees, not even knowing what this harmless joke will lead to.
Mixed
A funny American comedy about the complex interweaving of two lonely destinies was published in 2014. Life continually confronts Jim and Lauren - first on a blind date, then in a store, and then completely lures them into one family resort with a shared room. Heroes and their children eventually become sympathetic to each other and understand that they have already become one family.
Pixels
Fantastic comedy about video games and aliens released on the big screen in 2015.
The film begins back in 1982, when Sam Brenner participates in the final arcade video games dwarf Eddie Plant. A carrier recording these events is placed in a time capsule and sent to outer space. Who would have thought that in 31 years the earth would be attacked by aliens, moreover in the form of an ordinary computer game.
The American comedian Adam Sandler, who also proved to be a terrific dramatic actor, a talented screenwriter and producer, continues to delight the audience with new films in which, according to tradition, family values, love and strong friendship triumph.
