The influence of the present conditions in America, as reflected through a limited and rather predictable artistic prism, largely derails The Cobbler.

| Feb 12, 2021

Has more sole than soul, and is a bit flatfooted in its approach to the story, but it is a nice change to see an Adam Sandler movie and not be bombarded with bathroom humor.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Feb 2, 2021

A clever, charming, old-fashioned, and frequently touching comedy.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 12, 2020

Adam Sandler is gifted, away from his usual tics, with a partly grateful character. The pity is that the interesting proposal ends up being more bland than it seems. [Full Review in Spanish]

| May 8, 2020

A step in the right direction for Sandler, maybe, but this cobbler can't repair the wear and tear from a career of so many missteps.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 10, 2019

It manages to turn a potentially charming piece of contemporary magic realism into a tedious and clunkily episodic mess that, with its lazy racism and unnecessary violence, is rarely fun to watch.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Oct 30, 2017

It's mostly just boring, and then toward the end it's actually confounding.

| Oct 16, 2017

Ugh.

| Original Score: 0.5/5 | Jan 9, 2017

You don't want to be in Adam Sandler's shoes right now.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Apr 2, 2016

Throughout the film's 99 minutes you will find yourself wondering whether this is a genuine black comedy, a family comedy, a dramedy, a cheap-shot drama, or possibly a melodramatic modern-day superhero story about being a good Samaritan.

| Feb 29, 2016

Method Man is the easy standout, proving to be the most memorable piece of a film that embraces its slightness to warm hearts and lets the rest come what may.

| Original Score: B- | Feb 27, 2016

The quirky magic-realist conceit has great potential but co-writer/director Tom McCarthy fails to bring it to a shine.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 3, 2016

The problem with this movie, like so many Sandler films, is that it tries to be a heartwarming tale while at the same time being offensive.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Dec 21, 2015

The Cobbler is startlingly thin and naive, especially in regard to the larger implications of its hero's actions.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Dec 18, 2015

The Cobbler is the rare movie so terrible that it's hard to figure out why it even exists, why somebody didn't run in front of the speeding train of its production yelling, "Stop!"

| Original Score: 1/5 | Dec 17, 2015

A strange departure into slapstick renders any genuine sentiment null and void and the balance between comedy and drama is just never properly gaged.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 6, 2015

Proves too high-concept for the indie sensibilities of writer/director Thomas McCarthy.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 3, 2015

Much play is made on "sole" and "soul", and Sandler looks depressed throughout. Fine - let it be him for a change.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 2, 2015

Sandler had an opportunity to explore ethnicity, family and morality. He botches the whole thing.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 31, 2015

It's difficult to believe this sentimental pudding is written and directed by Thomas McCarthy, who was behind the genuinely touching The Station Agent and The Visitor and wrote the script for Pixar's Up.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 31, 2015