Adam Sandler (“Billy Madison”, “Pixels”) managed to make a film so despised that it won every award at the Razzies. “Jack And Jill” is easily one of Sandler’s worst and it shows how creatively bankrupt he is.
Adam Sandler stars as advertising executive Jack. He’s about to have life turned upside-down when his loud and annoying twin sister, Jill (also played by Sandler), comes to visit. Jack is currently trying to get the legendary Al Pacino (“Scarface”) to star in a Dunkin’ Donuts ad and of course, Pacino falls in love with Jill. However, she’s not so enthusiastic about any relationship.
Seeing Adam Sandler in a film is usually bad enough but now we also have to see him in drag. Sandler does his usual annoying voice and toilet humour. What makes this film so shocking is all the famous faces he was able to agree to be in this movie. We have the usual “Saturday Night Live” gang such as Dana Carvey (“Wayne’s World”) and David Spade (“Tommy Boy”) but we also have Katie Holmes (“Batman Begins”), Al Pacino, Johnny Depp (“Ed Wood”), Regis Philbin, Shaquille O’Neal, John McEnroe and more. Pacino is actually really funny because he gives the same level of commitment as he did in great films such as “The Godfather”. Seeing such a talented actor give his all in such an awful film is surreal. There are also a bunch of twins at the beginning and end that I just find really unsettling.
“Jack And Jill” contains some of the most immature toilet humour, lots of racially insensitive gags and just the sight of Adam Sandler as a woman is rather terrifying. Jill often leaves sweat stains on her bed and in one scene, we see Al Pacino rub up against the sweat stains with joy on his face. What did Sandler offer you Pacino?