Sandler co-wrote Billy Madison and says it “stung” when critical response was so negative.
While millions of people loveAdam Sandler’s movies, critics area different story.
“When I was 17 and I got into this, I didn’t think aboutcritics…
Adam Sandler in ‘Billy Madison’.Universal/Everett
I didn’t even realize that stuff was coming.
I just thought you made movies, people go see it,” Sandler said.
We grew up reading the papers, we were going to NYU.
And then we read the first one and we were like, ‘Oh my god, what happened?
They hate us.’
He worried that his family might be put in a position to defend him against naysayers citing bad reviews.
“People would call us up, “Can you believe they said this about you?'
I’d be like, ‘I didn’t read it, man.'”
But all those years of harsh reviews haven’t led to any harsh feelings on Sandler’s part.
“It’s great, everything has turned out excellent,” Sandler said.
“And it’s okay, I get it.
Critics aren’t going to connect with certain stuff and what they want to see.
I understand that it’s not clicking with them.”
That his latest film,Hustle,isclicking with them, however, is gratifying.
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