Steven Brill directs Adam Sandler, Jennifer Hudson and Kevin James in this 1990s-set broad comedy romance about an unctuous Hollywood ‘little fish’ showbiz manager who falls for his latest client. 

This shameless mix of Broadway Danny Rose and A Star Is Born trundles along for too indulgent a running time with very few jokes that land. The nineties backdrop is rarely exploited and the star cameos are constant yet equally under utilised. Sandler creates an amusing lonely caricature as the titular Sandy and has great chemistry with Hudson… but it all amounts to further filler for his back catalouge.

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