Not everybody on the planet had a horrible, horrible, no good, very unhealthy 2019. Adam Sandler, for one, had a implausible yr.
For starters, Daniel Day Lewis, maybe the best actor of our period, complimented his dramatic chops a few month in the past. The 2 are pals, evidently, and the Oscar winner known as Sandler up after seeing the Safdie brothers’ new movie, Uncut Gems.
“He begins speaking about grabbing the seat in entrance of him. ‘I couldn’t let go of the seat in entrance of me,’ and simply saying how a lot he dug the film,” Sandler informed Invoice Simmons in early December. “It was one of the best name ever,” he added.
Talking of Uncut Gems, the movie has made a blinding sum of money in its first few days in vast launch — greater than $20 million in North America alone, making it the largest premiere to this point for indie studio A24. The film is holding at 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, and Sandler is getting critical Oscar buzz for his position as a vendor in New York Metropolis’s diamond district.
Whereas Uncut Gems might dominate the Sandler discourse this yr, the Sandman has another excuse to rejoice: on Monday, Netflix divulged its hottest films of the yr, and Homicide Thriller, co-starring Sandler and Jennifer Anniston, topped the record.
Netflix, which is often fairly tight-fisted with its information, didn’t launch viewership numbers. However again in June, the streaming big tweeted that Homicide Thriller had the largest opening weekend ever for a Netflix unique. Greater than 30 million accounts streamed the well-reviewed comedy-mystery, and a sequel is at the moment in improvement.
Whereas Eddie Murphy and Harry Types gave him a run for his cash, Sandler additionally made a triumphant return to Saturday Night time Stay this yr. His flip as host felt like an prolonged model of the surprisingly delicate comedy particular he launched on Netflix in late 2018. Each Sandler’s SNL monologue, addressing his firing from the present within the mid-90s, and his tribute to former co-star and good friend Chris Farley had been fairly shifting. Plus, he revived some beloved and really humorous characters, like Opera Man.
This yr has been one thing of a renaissance for the Sandman, and we truthfully like to see it. Oh, aside from when the web dubbed him horny. That kind of 2019 chaos is the place we draw the road.
