The Shorts

In case you didn't know, there are 4 shorts known that Adam Sandler has starred in. We watched all of them throughout the course of Sandlerfest, and I think it would be fun to look back on these for a little bonus. We'll go in order:

A Day with the Meatball

Release year: 2002
My Rating: ★★★½ out of 5

Synopsis: A day with Adam Sandler’s dog, Meatball.

A Day with the Meatball follows Adam Sandler's dog, Meatball, as we see what a normal day of his life is like. This one is probably my favorite. It's not all too cinematic, but it's just cute. That little Meatball, man, he's adorable. Such a goober. 

Something interesting I learned is that Meatball is actually the son of the dog from Little Nicky in real life. I thought he looked familiar!

Couch

Release year: 2003
My Rating: ★ out of 5

Synopsis: A man shops for a new couch at a Levitz furniture store.

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson of Punch Drunk Love, Couch pulls you in at the beginning as you wonder what the 2 minutes of silent couch shopping are leading up to. Well, let me tell you.

Adam Sandler gets hurt, fart joke ensues.

Hilarious!

Puppy

Release year: 2017
My Rating: ★★½ out of 5

Synopsis: The residents of Hotel Transylvania find their world turned upside-down when youngster Dennis gets a surprise monster-sized pet.

Puppy is a movie based on the Hotel Transylvania universe where Dracula gets, you won't believe this, a puppy. But this puppy is a little different because he is a monster puppy. Very big. It's cute enough, not much else to say.

So when we watched this short, I thought the most interesting part about it was that I had seen it before. But where? It's not like I owned any Hotel Transylvania DVDs.

This short film actually premiered before showings of The Emoji Movie. Yes, The Emoji Movie is the reason I have seen Puppy. I suppose the reason I saw The Emoji Movie in theaters is a fun story, but I think I'll save that for another day.

Goldman v Silverman

Release year: 2020
My Rating: ★★★ out of 5

Synopsis: Rod Goldman and Al Silverman are street performers who work the tourist scene of Times Square. Goldman gets no respect and Silverman is the first one to make sure of that.

This one sees Adam Sandler and Benny Safdie, known for directing Uncut Gems, also known for voicing Bowser Jr. in the Super Mario Galaxy Movie, as they play opposing human statue street performers. Sandler is the Goldman, Safdie is the Silverman.

Not really a fan of this one. It feels really slow and uncomfortable. Not bad perse, but just like Uncut Gems, it didn't make me feel all that good.