The Do-Over

2016 "Dying was their first mistake."
The Do-Over
5.7| 1h48m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 27 May 2016 Released
Producted By: Happy Madison Productions
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
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Official Website: https://www.netflix.com/title/80063265
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The life of a bank manager is turned upside down when a friend from his past manipulates him into faking his own death and taking off on an adventure.

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Vlassis Tzo Pros: One funny moment... or maybe two. That's it. Luis Guzman 6/10 (Good actor) Casting 6/10 (A bounch of well known comedians, Matt Walsh, Kathryn Hahn etc) Cons: Scenario 2/10 (Unrealistic and predictable scenario, even for a comedy with silly jokes) Direction 2/10 Adam Sadler 3/10 David Spade 4/10 (funny in his role, or just funnier than Sadler) Not what I call a good comedy. 3/10 by me.
Michael Ledo Adam Sandler and David Spade fake their deaths. The wind up taking on the identity of two dead guys one which has a safety deposit box with cash. It seems the dead men are wanted. This is typical Sandler stuff, some course humor and some good funny stuff. Guide: F-word, brief sex, nudity (some not so pretty)
Kapten Video Two down-on-their-luck guys (Adam Sandler, David Spade) fake their own deaths and start over with new identities, only to find the people they're pretending to be are in even deeper trouble. Also playing, Paula Patton, Kathryn Hahn, Nick Swardson, Luis Guzmán, Michael Chiklis, Torsten Voges, Stan Ellsworth and the others. A curiously unusual comedy for Sandler, but not in a bad way like „Sandy Wexler". It has its fair share of dirty jokes but relies even more on unexpected turns, absurdist and black humor, and… action. Oh yeah, if there ever was Sandler action movie, this is it. Watching the man in this new mode is kind of exciting. He's not a born action star but he's not actually that bad either. At least it makes his character more intriguing than usual. He feels unpredictable – you can't figure out whether he is more of a bad or good guy here. Spade is a great sidekick as always, which is probably why most of his roles happen in Sandler's movies these days. But he feels so bland by himself that it's difficult to imagine him starring anywhere again. Some of Sandler's regulars are here – Swardson, Guzmán, Spade – but the more colorful smaller appearances belong to Stan Ellsworth as Dakota and Torsten Voges as the Gymnast. The screenplay is weak as usual, more like a loosely tied bunch of sketches, but this is one of those times where it more or less works for the result's favor. It helps to give „The Do-Over" this rare tone where you can't predict where the story's heading more of the time. It's rare for Sandler's comedy at least. If there were only less twists in the final third, they get a bit exhausing… All in all, I enjoyed it more than many recent Sandler comedies, at least ones from this decade. Looking bad, now it's kind of surprising that he has never tried to do action before. The result isn surprisingly watchable. Not that I would like to see him do this kind of stuff all the time. „To-Do List" is the second out of Sandler's four-movie deal with Netflix, 2015's „The Ridiculous 6" being the first and this year's „Sandy Wexler" being the third. Let's wait for 2018's "The Week Of" now...
HeirOfDorne It is rare that I watch a comedy, with so many good dramas on T.V, but I was interested to see what Sandler, a childhood favorite actor, was up to. After watching movies that just weren't that funny, (everything since Billy Madison aside from Zohan) I was skeptical. However, after watching the film it would seem that Sandler and Spade are a comedy duo that fits together perfectly.It was a nice role reversal to see Sandler play the brains of the operation, while Spade played his usual unsuspecting goofball. There were multiple times where I couldn't help myself but to laugh out loud. It is nice to see Sandler target a more adult audience, with some of the crude humor, and re-engage the fans that started watching him when he started out. It is also nice because the film actually has a decent plot, I won't give it away. I will conclude by saying that if you have ever enjoyed any of Sandler's films, and don't mind crude humor, than you will more than likely enjoy this film. I hope that Sandler and Spade team up again to either reprise their roles, or start another new adventure together.