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.

This film is one of those films that depresses the living crap out of me knowing that so much effort was put into this garbage. I say that because this films animation is surprisingly really good. Almost as good as a Disney film from the late 90s. But the animation is no where near enough to make up for unfunny jokes, mean-spirited premise, overwhelming amount of product placements that would make even the most forgiving viewer sick, and a really bad story. There is no doubt in my mind that this film is one of Sandler's worst. Granted, this movie isn't awful, considering its great animation. But for a holiday film, this is nothing memorable in the slightest. The humor used in this film is not only not that funny, but some jokes and scenes in this film is down-right disgusting. It's almost worse than Movie 43. I don't think I'm able to recommend this film to anyone as there's little to nothing great about it. The animation is no where near enough to save this film. In fact, the great animation seems really off putting for what this film is about, and I couldn't be more depressed knowing that all that effort was wasted on this joke of a holiday special. The only people that I can think of that would like this film are the absolute biggest Adam Sandler fans, but even then, they and every one else would be better off watching something else.

Originally published on Dec. 6, 2002: If there's one thing worse than an Adam Sandler film, it's an ANIMATED Adam Sandler film, and the newest Columbia release, "Eight Crazy Nights," is certainly no exception to this rule.And despite some allusions to Dickens' tale of redemption and forgiveness in "A Christmas Carol," this story is vile, depressing and mean-spirited with absolutely no redeeming value but to give the normally intelligent viewer a terrific migraine.The title refers to the eight nights of Hannukah and is about as respectful to the Jewish faith as a Yassar Arafat speech in the West Bank or Adolf Hitler's Nuremberg Laws.Plot has Sandler-voiced Davey Stone, a bitter alcoholic (can you feel the Holiday spirit?!) sentenced to community service by a judge with as much sense as Lance Ito.This punishment, which involves him as a referee for youth basketball games is like putting Jeffrey Dahmer in charge of a Boy Scout picnic. In this position, Stone is sheltered by another ref, Whitey (also voiced by Sandler), a small, goofy old man whose kindness is repaid by being shoved down a hill while using a porta-potty.Sidesplitting so far, isn't it? Another scene we're supposed to laugh at is when Stone insults a pudgy boy by making fun of his breasts. Comedy like will most likely appeal to drunken idiots or college frat guys with absolutely nothing better to do.Another problem with this film is that with each rotten insult, each lame joke and each failing gag is that the viewer - if he or she has ANY brains at all - actually feels embarrassed to be in on it. In other words, there is nothing even remotely humorous about this horrid dung-heap.And Stone, even though a cartoon, is such a revolting, nasty, unsympathetic lead that one feels nothing but open disdain for his character. Even the script's lame attempt to justify his behavior by making his parents die on the eve of Hannakah when he was a kid, does not illicit one bit of positive emotion at all.To make things even worse, the picture is sprinkled with several Holiday song parodies, including a new version of Sandler's "Hannakah Song," making it one of the worst musicals since "Grease 2" and "Newsies." Like any number of Sandler movies (with the possible exception of "The Water Boy" and "The Wedding Singer"), intelligent dialogue is substituted with maniacal outbursts and acts of bizarre violence, while comedy is replaced with vulgarities and just plain stupidity.Then, there's the artwork, which features Stone drawn to look just like Sadler, but other principal characters inked like poor versions of Yoda, while several of the star's stable-mates, including "SNL" alumni Rob Schneider and Kevin Nealon, among others fill up the non-talented vocal cast.All in all, "Eight Crazy Night" is about as cheerful and watching an embalming and is a film that only Ed Gein would enjoy - although he might have had better taste than that now that I think about it.

I wanted to watch this movie in the past because I am a big fan of Adam Sandler and I love all his movies and his gross-out humor. Let me tell you now that this movie is 100% gross-out humor. If you're not a big fan of that, you'll hate this. But, this movie has gotten so many negative reviews. But, I finally saw this movie and I really liked it.Adam Sandler plays 30-year-old Davey. His life goal is to make everyone in his town miserable as possible. But he finally gets caught and was sentenced to community service as an assistant basketball referee under Whitey whom has been there for ages.My favorite character is Whitey. His voice sounds so childish but hilarious. I felt like Davey needs a nice kick in the behind. I felt sympathetic for Whitey.Overall, this is a really funny musical. My favorite song is Chanukah Song Part Three. I can't see why this movie has gotten so many negative reviews. I rate this film 9/10.