THE WATERBOY

A Filmfreak 5/10

Directed by Frank Coraci
Screenplay by Tim Herlihy, Adam Sandler
Cast includes Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Henry Winkler, Fairuza Balk

Basic plot outline:  Bobby Boucher is the idiot waterboy, picked on his whole life. One day he is pushed too far, and discovers his amazing tackling abilities. He is consquently chucked on the college football team. The antagonist is his mother, Kathy Bates, who doesn't want to lose her Mommy's Boy, and the protagonist is Balk, the wouldbe love interest.