The Waterboy poster & wallpaper
Get movie widget Recommend it Add to Favorites

Adam Sandler, Al Whiting, Alan Pasqua, Allen Covert, Blake Clark ...( see more  see more... ) , Clint Howard , Fairuza Balk , Henry Winkler , Jerry Reed , Jonathan Loughran , Kathy Bates , Larry Gilliard Jr. , Peter Dante , Rob Schneider , Robert Kokol , Todd Holland

Despite being the constant target of gross jokes and public humiliation from the university football team players he serves, lowly water boy Bobby Boucher loves his job and thinks dispensing water to ...( read more  read more... )dehydrated athletes is life's greatest calling. However, when he is unceremoniously fired, for no reason other than pure ineptitude, Bobby gets a chance with a team that's clumsy with a football on the field as he is with a water jug on the side lines.

Flixster Users

74% liked it

845,335 ratings

Critics

31% liked it

71 critics

PG-13, 1 hr. 36 min.

Directed by: Frank Coraci

Release Date: November 6, 1998

Invite friends to see

DVD Release Date: March 16, 1999

Get It:

Stats: 35,165 reviews

report incorrect info

Photos

The Waterboy Waterboy The Waterboy The Waterboy The Waterboy (1998) Waterboy The Waterboy Fairuza Balk The Waterboy The Waterboy The Waterboy The Waterboy! The Waterboy The Waterboy The Waterboy The Waterboy
Upload a Photo |

View All The Waterboy Photos (16)

Your Rating


clear rating

Flixster Reviews (35,165)

  • magnum32004
    October 10, 2006
    magnum32004
    Wildly hysterical with heart behind it.
  • SirPant
    January 12, 2010
    SirPant
    Silly but inoffensive, not as horrible as I'd thought but still not exactly a masterpiece.
  • Chiefilms
    September 23, 2009
    Chiefilms
    Saw this movie on a boat in 1998, everybody thought this was the funniest movie ever at the time with all the catch phrases and stutters. Saw it again recently and its still funny but real dumb. It's the last classic in Sandler's 90's movie formula in my opinion. What came aft...( read more)er? Little Nicky, Mr. Deeds, Big Daddy, Eight Crazy Nights, Anger Management. Some of those are funny but not like Sandler's comedies from Billy Madison to the Waterboy.
  • mrpopcorn
    December 17, 2008
    mrpopcorn
    "Instant Hero. Just Add Water."

    The story concerns Bobby Boucher, a Louisiana-born-and-bred kid living in the swamps with his overbearing, alligator-eating mom (Kathy Bates). Bobby is a water boy for the local college football team, and a damn good one, even good at turni...( read more)ng a deaf ear at the ridicule he gets from the players and coach (Jerry Reed). But when Bobby is fired from his job, he is forced to continue his water management skills at the rival college, a losing team with a washed-up coach (Happy Days' "The Fonz," Henry Winkler). It's here that the coach teaches Bobby to channel his anger, and he makes a surprising discovery. The water boy can tackle like no one he's ever seen. Forced to keep his football talents from his mom, Bobby soon joins the college as a student and learns that there's more to life than alligator stew. He even falls for a perky ex-con (Fairuza Balk) who teaches Bobby about the birds and the bees. As Bobby leads his team toward victory, they get an invitation to play in the annual Bourbon bowl against his old college rivals. Bobby must choose between the love of his ailing mother and the glory of the final game -- or maybe there's a way he can get both.

    Review
    Adam Sandler takes on a role of a moderate mannered waterboy to a vicious killing machine. Now I must say that the movie had its laughs, but fell short of any real super comedy. The ending game in the movie was not only predictable to the last play but old and overdone. Henry Winkler and Kathy Bates stole the show, but even Bates's character was overdone and tiresome by the end.
  • dooritor1
    April 21, 2008
    dooritor1
    cant not laugh at this stupidity.
  • laprieta092000
    February 9, 2010
    laprieta092000
    One of my fa-fa-fa-favorite movies of all time!
  • QueenCityFilms
    February 8, 2010
    QueenCityFilms
    Somebody get that kid a helmet!

    Raising this to 3 stars....no idea why I had it at 2 1/2. This movie has got some awesome moments, babayyyyy.
  • xUnderwearxModelx
    February 4, 2010
    xUnderwearxModelx
    Water sucks, it really really sucks lol
  • saadkhanuk
    February 3, 2010
    saadkhanuk
    Everybody needs some good H20 & Mama says girls are the devil... lol too funny!!! good comedy.
  • Sw33tBrittanie
    February 1, 2010
    Sw33tBrittanie
    ...WEL HE SPIT IN TH-TH-THE COOLER HEHEHEHEHE

View All The Waterboy Reviews

Critic Reviews

May 11, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Sandler makes the laughs go down easy, even if The Waterboy isn't exactly quality H2O. full review

January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

A character whose manner and voice has the effect of fingernails on a blackboard! full review

View more The Waterboy reviews at RottenTomatoes.com

Comments

  • terris85017
    September 18, 2007
    terris85017
    (1998 Director: Frank Coraci)....Hmm...Henry Winkler as the "bad guy" ...a young & sensitive "coming of age" Adam Sanderl...This story has humor(dark hum,or perhaps?) but allows for real feeling!! NOT as hammy as it appears on the survace.. I was BORN IN THE HILLS...and the mom's (Kathy Bates) performance & manipulation by warnings of "the Devil" are remini8scent.....
  • loser1314
    July 27, 2007
    loser1314
    haha this is like the best fuckin movie ever!!!!!love you
  • adz1996
    February 28, 2007
    adz1996
    this film is hi quality H2O!
  • kamdenphillips
    June 28, 2006
    kamdenphillips
    i luv this movie funny very funny
  • V4Vendetta
    June 11, 2006
    V4Vendetta
    "and Vicki showed me her boobies, and I like dem too!"

    Thats the best line in the movie, it shows Bobby finally being a man and telling his mom she's wrong. Its really the climax line of the movie.
Post A Comment | View All Comments

Critic ratings and reviews powered by RottenTomatoes.com

Fresh (60% or more critics rated the movie positively)

Rotten (59% or fewer critics rated the movie positively)

Cast

More Like This

Click a thumb to vote on that suggestion, or add your own suggestions.

  • A Cinderella Story
    A Cinderella Story (64%)
  • Meet The Fockers
    Meet The Fockers (65%)
  • Mr. Deeds
    Mr. Deeds (74%)
  • The Game Plan
    The Game Plan (50%)

More Movies like The Waterboy

Facts

No facts approved yet. Be the first

The Waterboy : Watch Free on TV

The Waterboy Trivia

  • in waterboy : What did Bobby's mother refer to everything as?  Answer »
  • in what film do the mud dogs win the bourbon bowl?  Answer »
  • Which movie has the tagline: " High-Quality H20 " ?  Answer »
  • Which movie has the tagline: " Instant Hero. Just Add Water " ?  Answer »
More The Waterboy Trivia

Movie Quizzes

Create a Quiz |

All Quizzes

Video Clips

Upload a Video |

All The Waterboy Videos

Meet Other Fans

Add The Waterboy to favorites

Recent News

No recent headlines. Got one?

Recent Lists

Make a List |

View All Lists

Most Popular Skin

No skins yet. Interested in creating one?