The Waterboy

(Buena Vista)

This Adam Sandler vehicle finds him playing a waterboy for a down-and-out Louisiana college football team led by Coach Klein (a bored Henry Winkler). Surprise surprise, the waterboy turns out to be the world's greatest tackler once he channels his negative energy. His psychotically restrictive mother (Kathy Bates in overbearing Southern mode) is more sad than funny. But if Sandler is truly determined to soften his image, his persona here is an acceptable compromise.