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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.
Released: 1998-11-0690 minDir: Frank CoraciComedyBudget: $23.0MBox office: $186M
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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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