The Waterboy fingerprintHigh energy, funny.
Thrilling and fast-paced
Fast from start to finish.
Hopeful
Much of it is about family.
Plenty of situational comedy and slapstick
Sports, everyday modern life, and family
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Thrilling and fast-paced
Fast from start to finish.
The Waterboy is thrilling and fast-paced.
Hopeful
Much of it is about family.
Emotionally, it's hopeful. Much of it is about family.
Plenty of situational comedy and slapstick
Expect plenty of situational comedy and slapstick.
Sports, everyday modern life, and family
Its world is built around sports, everyday modern life, and family.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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The Waterboy is included with a subscription to Hulu, fuboTV, YouTube TV, and FXNow in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Tubi TV. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 52/100 (IMDb 6.2 and Metacritic 41). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated PG-13 in the United States. Content advisories: violence.
1 h 30 min
The Waterboy runs 1 h 30 min.
Not quite. Audiences rate The Waterboy higher (64) than critics (41). It's more of a crowd-pleaser than a critics' pick.
Yes, a big one. It cost about $23 million to make and earned $186 million worldwide, 8.1 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+60GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Waterboy in 74 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 146 storytelling tropes for The Waterboy, including Foreign Queasine, Establishing Character Moment, Disability Superpower.
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