10 Films That Probably Started As A Drunken Bet

When Adam Sandler was unable to walk a straight line with a glass balanced on his head while saying the alphabet backwards, his forfeit was to make a movie with anti-Semitism, fat jokes, overbearing product placement and Sandler in a dual role, playing an advertising exec as well as his brash sister.

There’s much banter about female hygiene until the film pulls a switch that no comedy ought to and attempts to make us feel sympathy for this ghastly character, which is when a low-aiming, mildly diverting picture turns into a thoroughly nauseating one that doesn’t so much condescend to its audience as take them to be dribbling, gurgling test subjects. Then along comes a sight that no Al Pacino fan ought to see.

Unlikely to be the scene you’ll see when it comes time to do The Godfather’s TV obits, Pacino sheds some of that cumbersome dignity as he raps about Dunkin Donuts while surrounded (why not?) by dancing donuts. How does Sandler convince so many Oscar winners (see also: Christopher Walken, Susan Sarandon) to make fools of themselves?