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The Waterboy is a 1998 American comedy film directed by Frank Coraci. Produced by Robert Simonds and Adam Sandler, the screenplay was written by Tim Herlihy and Sandler. The cast includes Kathy Bates, Fairuza Balk, Henry Winkler, and Jerry Reed. Alan Pasqua composed the music. The film was produced by Touchstone Pictures and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and Netflix. It was filmed in Florida, which also serves as the narrative location.
The movie has a runtime of 90 minutes and is rated PG-13. It focuses on American football. The production budget was $23,000,000, and the revenue reached $185,991,646. Review scores include 34% and 4.6/10, with a Metascore of 41. It received 6 wins and 6 nominations. The film was released on November 6, 1998, and later on April 15, 1999. It is available as video on demand.
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6.1Bobby Boucher is a water boy for a struggling college football team. The coach discovers Boucher's hidden rage makes him a tackling machine whose bone-crushing power might vault his team into the playoffs.
Cast
- Adam Sandler as Bobby Boucher
- Kathy Bates as Mama Boucher
- Henry Winkler as Coach Klein
- Fairuza Balk as Vicki Vallencourt
- Jerry Reed as Red Beaulieu
- Lawrence Gilliard Jr. as Derek Wallace
Themes
- sports
- stutter
- louisiana
- social outcast
- ridicule
- deserted by husband
- low self esteem
- waterboy
- college american football
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Ratings
IMDb
6.2/10
189,980 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
32%
Metacritic
41/100
- Year
- 1998
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Sport
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 6 wins & 6 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Frank Coraci
- Screenwriter
- Adam Sandler
- Cast member
- Lynn Swann
- Composer
- Alan Pasqua
- Producer
- Adam Sandler
- Production company
- Touchstone Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Steven Bernstein
- Narrative location
- Florida
- Filming location
- Florida
- Duration
- 90
- FilmAffinity ID
- 354166
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Sport
- American football
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- publication date
- 1999-04-15
- title
- The Waterboy
- distributed by
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 41/100
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