Sandler’s net worth is estimated at $467 million, so he probably doesn’t give a sh*t about bad reviews.
Source: AP
ADAM Sandler’s new movie sounds like a real stinker.
Let’s be honest, his films are often panned by critics, but the reviews for his latest release have been particularly scathing.
In Pixels, the 48-year-old plays a former gaming champion who must help save the planet when aliens attack in the form of classic video game characters.
The film was released in the US at the weekend and pulled in more than $A32.9 million but there are serious questions about whether it can make back the $120.9 million it reportedly cost to make.
And the bad reviews won’t help.
Here are the most damning comments from critics:
Las Vegas Weekly: Calling Pixels one of Sandler’s better movies is like calling a particular strain of ebola somewhat less horrifically painful; either way, it’s not pleasant.
The Oregonian: There are legitimate excuses for going to see Pixels. Losing a bet, perhaps. Having a loved one held for ransom. Maybe a serious blow to the head.
The LA Times: Some movies are so interminable that it seems they might never end, while others are assembled with such indifference that you are essentially left waiting for them to start. Pixels somehow manages both.
The Star: But while the concept is a cut above the usual Sandler swill, the comedy isn’t. The script might as well have been penned by the same clueless aliens doing the invading.
Sandler seems so listless and disconnected, he’s like E.T., another 1980s character. You know, the stranded and lonely extraterrestrial who just wanted to phone home.
The New York Post: Sandler has found it vastly profitable to remain a mental middle-schooler into middle age, but, crucially, he’s stuck in a 1982 kid time capsule: His jokes are as fresh as the antique store. This movie isn’t for today’s teens, it’s for dudes born in the 1960s who never let go of their joysticks.
Rolling Stone: I saw Pixels as a 3D metaphor for Hollywood’s digital assault on our eyes and brains. Not funny. Just relentless and exhausting.
NY Daily News: Sandler and director Chris Columbus may have had the noblest intentions in their new movie — they came to celebrate the affection Gen X guys have for classic video games. Instead, they bury that warm feeling under moronic jokes, lame action, drooling for “hot chicks” and sad-assed, middle-aged neuroses.
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