10 Most Insufferable Movies Since 2000

6. Jack And Jill

Jack And Jill
Columbia Pictures

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?

Contributor

Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'