4. Spanglish
Spanglish isn't as good of a film. It's a little too all over the place when it comes to its story and what it's trying to say about the characters. The main problem was that James L. Brooks wanted every character in the movie to be his protagonist. While the film is a little scatter brained, Adam Sandler's performance as a husband struggling to be a successful spouse, father, cook and all around good guy to little effect is probably the best aspect to the film. Once again Sandler creates an entire character. We see suppressed emotion in every scene, we sense dialogue coming from a genuine place of emotion. He gives a great performance in an otherwise mediocre film. While Punch-Drunk Love let Sandler play with his persona from his own films, Spanglish allowed him to create an entirely new character for himself. He was an ambitious, loving man struggling to express himself and find where he belongs both in his career and his personal life. In fact, if the movie had been a little more about him then Spanglish may have been a better film. Guess Brooks should've let Sandler carry a little more of the film on his shoulders.