Adam Sandler's brand of juvenile comedy is an acquired taste at the best of times, but this leftover from the US holiday season set around Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Year is very hard work to sit through. Adam Sandler in drag is no Dustin Hoffman or even Robin Williams (but thankfully one step above Martin Lawrence), and it is a shame that Sandler gives a good performance as the brother but is a car-crash as the twin sister. Katie Holmes does little with nothing, the kids are acceptable (especially the little boy who sellotapes random items to himself), only a small portion of the gags - mostly physical ones - are funny (and at times some are quite crass and offensive), and the narrative has about as much traction as a runaway bus on ice. Stars pointlessly cameo, but Al Pacino's presence is beyond comprehension in this bewilderingly weak film.
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