Overrated and overhyped

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

First off I love Adam Sandler and his movies...I gave The Ridiculous 6 a 9 out of 10.... which it deserves.... it is better than Blazzing Saddles. Yea, I said it.That being said, even though I am a big fan of Adam I did not like this movie enough to watch twice. It was interesting to see him play a serious role, but the movie as a whole didn't work for me. I really enjoyed Punch Drunk Love. That is still Adam's best serious role movie.

One of the worst movies I've ever seen.Adam Sandler plays a sociopath that you're supposed to sympathize with; however, one of the first scenes involves him putting the shoes of someone else on, becoming that person, then going to that person's house and almost raping the guy's girlfriend in the shower but then realizing he can't because he would have to take his shoes of and change back into his real self. OMG. WTF.Another scene involves a 2 minute montage of him becoming different people when he puts their shoes on; one of these people happens to be transgender. The montage then stops abruptly to make an incredibly awkward and unfunny joke about transgender people: as he looks in the mirror, he says, "I'm a woman", then he puts his hand in his pants and pulls it out, shaking it in disgust, "No I'm not, no I'm not!"When he's a Chinese person, he goes to chinatown for the first time. When he's a black person, he robs people.The climax involves him, playing the transgender woman, kidnapping a drug dealer. The drug dealer overpowers him and the drug dealer says, "don't worry, I'm not going to shoot you, she-man. I'm going to choke you to death". The man begins to do so, until Sandler kicks him in the neck with his high-heel, killing him. Remember, this is supposed to be a comedy.In the final scene, Steve Buscemi becomes Dustin Hoffman, Adam Sandler's dad, and he tells Adam about how he has learned about what it means to be a cobbler. They get into a limo in the back of a barber shop and drive off into the night, setting up a sequel.

I enjoyed this film, where Adam Sandler gave a good Robin Williams type serious role performance that showed off some of his talented acting abilities. I would love to see Adam Sandler play in a few more serious type of roles, where I would even say that he would very pleasantly surprise the Oscars panel if offered a good role similarly to what Tom Hanks did in Philedelphia! Keep up the good work Adam!

Max Simkin (Adam Sandler) is a cobbler in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. He unhappily follows his late father (Dustin Hoffman) and fathers all the way back. Jimmy (Steve Buscemi) is his friend and barber next door. Carmen Herrara (Melonie Diaz) is a local organizer trying to stop land developer Elaine Greenawalt (Ellen Barkin). Local thug Leon Ludlow (Method Man) brings in his shoes. Max is stitching a new sole when the machine breaks down. He goes down to the basement to dust off the old manual stitcher. After fixing Leon's shoes, Max tries them on and finds himself turned into a copy of Leon. The magical machine had been passed on from father to son.There are a few ways to go with this intriguing concept. It could be a heart-felt indie about walking a mile in someone's shoes. It could be a superhero origin story. It could be a dark dive or a comedic take into humanity. This fails to walk down any of these more compelling paths. I'm not sure if it's Adam Sandler or a failure by Tom McCarthy. I tend to blame McCarthy. I expected more from him. This is not completely horrible like many of Sandler's recent efforts but it is still not good.