Sandler makes fun of Tyler Perry
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The self-depricating side of Al Pacino
This movie gets a really bad rap. As a stand alone, it's bad, Sandler and David Spade cross-dressing, Pacino slumming, tired tropes about twins, etc. BUT, if you look at it as a parody of all the twin movies and the lead as two characters etc, then it's actually pretty wicked.
He has Al Pacino making fun of himself and doing a singing and dancing Dunkin Donuts commercial! He has cameos of most of the SNL cast from decades past as well as Drew Carey, Christie Brinkley, Johnny Depp, Bruce Jenner, John McEnroe, and Shaq.
His premise is the relative who visits and never leaves, but it's also about how you have to own your past and acknowledge it and move forward from it, because nothing stays buried alive. It's also about being honest with yourself and being honest with those around you and allowing them to be honest with you. Acceptance. Love. You don't have to like their behavior, or agree with their choices.
He's also poking fun at the usual crap coming out of Hollywood like 13 going on 30 and Big Momma's House and all the tired cliche ridden crap sequels that get made.
As usual, his humor is harsh at times and has that nasty 5 boroughs sharp hurtful one-liner hatred of all things unpopular, but really, isn't Sandler saying things you thought for a fleeting second and shoved away because it wasn't a "nice" thought?
