Roger Ebert's review
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- Ebert is called a little overrated and often wrong; another participant defends him as important to understanding film history.
- Ebert gave the film one and a half stars out of four.
- Ebert is quoted saying Sandler's character lacks a pleasing personality, seems angry even when he should not, and that pounding everyone he dislikes is tiring.
- The review is called kind of right while being wrong, since the angry, psychotic yet warm persona is the point.
- Ebert would have praised the same traits in an art film, such as a Hurtzog movie; he had many bad takes on 1990s comedies, including The Mask.
- Ebert's review also listed the film's product placements, including Pepsi, Subway, Budweiser, Michelob, Visa, Bell Atlantic, AT&T, Sizzler, Red Lobster, Wilson, Golf Digest, ESPN and Top Flight golf balls.
- The product-placement criticism is called totally unfair, though Ebert is still called a great critic even when wrong.