While this movie does contain plenty of potty jokes and foul words, what it makes up with it's lack of holdiay family fun, and any real sense of comedy, it makes up with a fantastic music score and a message of treating others how you'd like to be treated. The movies ending does show a happy ending, and reasoning behind Sandler's antics in the film. However throughout the film Sandler's character Davey isn't that polite, mature, or family friendly. It really isn't until the climax of Davey finally letting out a cry that the movie turns to a positive footnote. However again I must say for a Sandler film (good or bad) the films soundtrack is very enjoyable. With catchy beats and good singing, it can make you replay it. However as a holiday movie it can be depressing to an extent. The only happy parts are when the people realize their mistake towards Whitey, another sandler character. My only advice is if you really want to watch this, keep in mind it will pick up for the better towards the end.

I recently watched this film, having heard that it was considered one of the worst animated films. Upon watching it, I found a film with good animation, a nice story and a couple of good overall messages to the plot. Not enough films will openly address male mental health and the impact of ideals of manliness. It felt like someone had put some work into coming up with a good holiday film premise.However, there were some extremely clear points that made it feel like someone was trying to derail the entire thing. There was the over-the-top toilet humour, such as the deer licking the frozen poo off of Whitey, occasionally bizarre character design, such as a woman with three breasts, and a couple of casting decisions that should have been stopped immediately, such as Adam Sandler playing Whitey with a voice like a pubescent bat.In conclusion, watching this film will make you feel torn: there are moments where it feels like someone was trying to put together a good holiday film and you will start to be drawn into it, but be warned that soon some deer are going to start defecating on themselves.

Eight Crazy Nights (2002): Dir: Seth Kearsley / Voices: Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, Jon Lovitz, Lainie Kazan, Kevin Nealon: Dividing line of good and bad with the celebration of Adam Sandler's celebrity through his own animation. It is highly adult content with a title that doesn't represent the film. The idea in itself is fine from a Sandler perspective. The plot introduces Davey Stone looking much like Adam Sandler. His hate and chaos cause destruction, which lands him in court but is saved a ten year jail sentence when 70 year old basketball coach Whitey suggests taking Stone in and teach him the values of life. Formula story that echoes the far superior It's a Wonderful Life, with a cop out ending but director Seth Kearsley knows the Sandler persona well. That is pretty much the film's one claim, and that doesn't say much in the stretch of things. Sandler provides a majority of the voices and he does well lending his personality. What truly sucks is that supporting players are left with next to nothing. Other than Sandler other voices include Rob Schneider, Jon Lovitz and Lainie Kazan as well as Kevin Nealon voicing the Mayor. They more or less provide nothing but bit characters who factor in when convenient. The potential was here but the payoff left much to be desired. Fine animation but vulgarity should be avoided by children so that parents can avoid crazy nights ahead. Score: 3 ½ / 10

It's so stupid, it's funny. While this movie is not traditional Christmas or a Hanukah movie, it's still a holiday movie. The movie is full of crude humor, potty jokes, and tasteless puns. I can't even comprehend the scope of the suck-age that this movie amounts to, and I commend who ever, sir, for actually sitting through it. It's hard to watch, but it's kind of funny if you don't take it so serious. Once a happy boy and now the town delinquent, Davey Stone (voiced by Sandler) is given one last chance to redeem himself with the community after raising havoc during the holiday season. Davey is no less than the animation self-character of Adam Sandler's man yelling child. 33-year-old alcoholic troublemaker with a long criminal record who evade arrest and destroy public properties was about to be sentenced to jail when Whitney Duvall (also Sandler) a 70-year-old volunteer basketball referee comes forward at his trial offering Davey to community service as a referee-in-training for Whitey's Youth Basketball League. Under the terms of the community service, if Davey commits a felony before his sentence is completed, he will be sentenced to ten years in prison. While at the Youth Basketball court he meet single mom Jennifer Friedman, Davey's childhood girlfriend, and her son, Benjamin (Austin Stout). She is just there to play the love interest, and somebody to help Davey get back into the system of life. As time progresses, Davey and Whitey's relationship becomes more contentious, as Whitey's various attempts to encourage Davey are met with humiliation and assault. Whitey opens his home to Davey after his trailer burn down, where he meets Whitey's bald, diabetic fraternal twin sister Eleanor (Adam Sandler). Sandler does a great job in voicing Eleanor as most people couldn't tell that it was him. While there Davey begins to turn his life around. Davey's progress in reforming is halted when one morning Whitey recalls the events of Hanukkah twenty years ago about his parents. Davey withdrew from society and developed alcoholism, embarking on a life of juvenile delinquency and adult criminal behavior. The rest of the movie is him trying to make amends to both Whitey and the community, while trying to get over his past. I genuinely felt that Adam Sandler and his Saturday Night Live friends made a dumb comedy on purpose. There's nothing wrong with dumb comedies if done right. The problem is that it's a well animated film with a lot of quality that would turn off the viewers. First off, Davey is a main character that crude humor against others meant make the movie seem too mean-spirit. If there weren't any flashbacks, and other character mentioning how good he was at one time, it would seem Davey was just a bad apple. It's a mixed bag that follows the Happy Madison formula, but doesn't deliver as a holiday film. I think people didn't really expect it to be so crude. With Davey being really bipolar, it's the ultimate form of walking on eggshells. The other thing that hurts the movie is the amount of scatological, steady stream of fart, belches and butt-cracks, animal droppings, human feces and urine stains. It was way too much. What's special about the movie is how totally it believes in itself as a musical. The endurable songs co-written by Sandler take on rock opera and traditional Jewish folk music with boyish exuberance. The movie starts with Davey's Song ('I hate me' -It's kind of rare for a character filled with self-loathing to be aware of it, that works to establish the character. Long Ago is a song that of him missing the old time. The song 'technical foul' is the best of the movie songs establishing the relationship between Davey and the Duvalls. "Let It Out' Davey is so-so song, and need for Davey's chance of heart, but all the product placement ruins it. The numerous mascots of popular businesses come to life and attempt to force Davey to confront his past are not needed. It felt the movie went on to trying to buy business, than improve the story. The sub-plot of Whitney trying to win the All-Star Banquet, an annual town celebration in which one member of the community is recognized for positive contributions. Despite having vied for the award for over thirty five years, Whitey get pass over, and Davey is trying to stop that from happening this year with the song 'Bum Biddy'. There are other songs in different version of DVD. One DVD has the new installment of "The Chanukah Song" and a deleted song, called "At The Mall", sung by Whitey as he strolls through the mall in an alternate opening, which is included in the DVD release of the movie. Whitey is a great character, but some people might find his voice a bit annoying. Other supporting character are stereotypes or one-dimension; no less than Rob Schneider being Mr. Chang. The pacing in the film is annoying. The film has good design, effective animation, but Sandler wants to slam his sentiment and wallow in it too, and he compromises with the worst of both worlds. Given that this is the first feature-length film dedicated to Hanukkah, it's a little disappointing that history gets the brush-off and the Festival of Lights is relegated to serving as a backdrop for the movie's madcap mayhem. One of the raunchiest holiday movies ever made that has a legit story of human spirit. People are too high brow nowadays so check it out once.