I'm So Not Inviting You to My Review

Terrible. It's a terrible movie. To start, I'm not a huge fan of Adam Sandler comedy; childish and slapstick. That's the case in this film, too. The jokes, including the alleged inside Jewish jokes, just fall flat. He used every cliché in a vast Jewish repertoire; none of them new. Just not funny. The story is, of course, trivial and obvious.

My real beef lies elsewhere. Sandler, both in real life and in this film, poorly represents the tribe. Yes, there are many different kinds of Jews; less observant, more observant, Reform, Conservative, Orthodox and more. The problem is that to Sandler, in real life and on film,  nothing is sacrosanct. Anything and everything can be the butt (no pun intended) of a joke.

Worse, still, whether out of ignorance or time pressures in the film, he trivializes the rites and rituals of Judaism. This is tragic given his stardom, popularity and reach. Many folk in his larger viewership may have little or no other contact with Judaism. It is terrible that this terrible film will be the taste of such a beautiful religion that stays in their mouth.