I remember laughing so hard when The Departed came out and Nicholson had almost the same look as Dr. Rydell, but in a far more serious movie. As far as I can tell these are the only films he did with in that style. The beard is a little different, but at first glance he's playing the same character!
As far as Sandler and Nicholson working together, I always looked at that as somehow they magically got Nicholson to agree to do an Adam Sandler movie and I thought that was funny. From the moment I heard it and to this day I'll sit there watching the movie trying to find a way of telling he's not really in the movie. That or imagining that it took a lot of convincing to get him to agree to do it. It's not that I'm saying Sandler is so far beneath him that I'm surprised he worked with him, but because it's so obviously a Sandler-style film, it feels odd seeing the ultimate movie star in his movie.
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