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This was just so much fun


I saw it once and I was really surprised that I liked it. Didn't expect it to be this good. Thought it was gonna be another silly Sandler movie and another raunchy Apatow flick. But it wasn't it was a true-to-life film that I found to be authentic and entertaining. Sandler made fun of himself and his silly movies.

I just saw it a second time to see if I felt the same way and I still did.

I think people that didn't like it expected much more of a regular Sandler and Apatow film.

Everything is in expectations. if you think you are taking a drink of Coke and then it turns out to be orange juice, your face will suffer disappointment. Not because you don't like orange juice, but because you didn't expect it.

The title ruined it for people I think and the way they marketed it.

Watch it again with a new sense of expectations and I think you will see the qualities others have seen.

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It's still a bit too crude for my tastes, but definitely one of my favorite movies both by Sandler and Apatow.
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What was crude about it? I didn't find it at all like that. I do think the final half is thinner than the first half.

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