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Satan (Harvey Keitel) is thinking of retiring after 10,000
years as the chief devil, but doesn't have a lot of confidence
that his sons are up to the job. In fact, while he loves them,
he rates them very poorly in the fire-of-hell stakes and decides
not to promote any of them.
This, of course, peeves the older two - Cassius (Tommy "Tiny"
Lister) and Adrian (Rhys Ifans) - who escape Hell and, by
doing so, start the place falling around Satan's ears. Speaking
of which, the big-daddy devil himself starts to fall apart
as well.
Fortunately, Little Nicky is there to help his darling dad,
and he sets off to bring his brothers back and restore order,
or is it chaos, to Hell.
Now, Nicky isn't what you'd expect for the son of Satan.
He's gormless, as only Sandler can be, courtesy of a whack
across the face with a shovel that Cassius gave him. Still,
despite his nice nature he's got evil inside and that's what
counts.
Nicky's adventures in New York are seriously amusing and
while some of the jokes are crude, in general there are a
lot of laughs to be had watching the movie.
His episodes with trains and buses are hilarious, his wise-arse
dog's comments are a hoot and the gags with Hell's gatekeeper
growing breasts on his head are very funny. There are also
scenes with Hitler and pineapples that will make your eyes
water. Mind you, that scumbag deserves all he gets.
Little Nicky has a whole host of special effects that
lift it above the usual Sandler fare, as do the storyline
and characters. The support players have key roles this time
around meaning that the gormlessness of Sandler's Nicky is
softened.
While you should watch out for some very funny cameos from
Dana Carvey, Jon Lovitz, and Henry Winkler, the performance
of Harvey Keitel as Satan is sensational. He plays it as a
caring dad, with a touch of malice towards all others, and
steals the show as far as this chap is concerned.
Even for non-Sandler fans (of which there are many) this
may be worth a peek.
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