The Waterboy (1998)

Name: The Waterboy
Director: Frank Coraci
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1998
Duration: 90 min

"You can mess with him. But don't mess with his water."

ThumbScore

👍 82%Google users liked it ⓘ

Critics Score

🎬 36% (RT: 32%, MC: 41)

Comedy

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Director

Frank Coraci

Runtime

1h 30m

Country

United States of America

Language

English

TMDB Rating

6.0/10 (1,976 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes

32%

Metacritic

Cast

Adam Sandler as Bobby Boucher · 72% avg

Kathy Bates as Mama Boucher · 72% avg

Henry Winkler as Coach Klein · 72% avg

Fairuza Balk as Vicki Vallencourt · 75% avg

Jerry Reed as Red Beaulieu

Lawrence Gilliard Jr. as Derek Wallace · 71% avg

Blake Clark as Farmer Fran · 73% avg

Peter Dante as Gee Grenouille · 79% avg

Is The Waterboy good?

Most people think so. 82% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 36%, but audiences disagreed.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre

#739 / 2672 · Comedy

Rank in its year

#44 / 116 · 1998

Rank among its director's films

#2 / 8 · Frank Coraci

On ThumbScore's lists

95 Best Sports Movies Ranked by Audience Score (#45)

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

Bobby 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. Wikipedia ↗