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Little Nicky
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Release
Date: November 10th 2000
Distributor: Entertainment Films
Certificate: 18
Starring: Adam Sandler, Patricia Arquette,
Harvey Keitel, Rhys Ifans, Tom 'Tiny' Lister Jr, Rodney Dangerfield, Reese
Witherspoon, Dana Carvey, Jon Lovitz, Kevin Nealon, Quentin Tarantino,
Rob Schneider, Lewis Arquette, Laura Harring, Erinn Bartlett, Salvatore
Cavaliere, Henry Winkler, Ozzy Osbourne
Director: Steven
Brill
Running Time: 90
mins
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Little
Nicky (Adam Sandler - 'Big Daddy', 'The Wedding Singer'), is a shy and awkward
guy with a penchant for heavy metal music and two bullies for older brothers,
who is asked by his father (Harvey Keitel - 'The Piano', 'Pulp Fiction')
to take over the family business.
The only problem with this inheritance is that his dad is Beezlebub and
he has to rule over the underworld...
His first task is to go out into the world of the living in search of his
older brothers (Rhys Ifans - 'Notting Hill' and Tom Lister - 'The Fifth
Element'), who both left Hell after an argument with their father. They
wanted to rule Hell; he didn't let them, so they decided to make a little
Hell on Earth and move to New York.
In the process, they have disrupted the natural order of things, and caused
The Devil to lose his powers, weaken and slowly die. |
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fails to restore the balance between Good and Evil, the planet will be destroyed
and with only a foul-mouthed, talking bulldog called Beefy as his guide,
Nicky has a tricky job on his hands. Moving in with an unsuspecting room
mate Todd (Alan Covert - 'Big Daddy', 'The Waterboy') and picking up two
devil worshipping groupies, John (Jonathan Loughran) and Peter (Peter Dante)
Nicky attempts to find, and bring back to Hell, his brothers, knowing that
they have the power to possess any one and could therefore be hiding anywhere... |
He's
given a little light relief along the way, when he meets a mortal woman,
Valerie (Patricia Arquette - 'Stigmata', 'Bringing Out The Dead'), begins
to feel human emotions and falls in love. Closing in on his corrupt clan,
Nicky is surprised to find the stakes have been raised because while possessing
a city official, his brother has put a multi-million dollar price tag on
Nicky's head and all of New York is after him.
In an explosive finale, a duel begins as Mr nice guy Nicky unleashes his
newly found destructive powers and finally tricks his brothers into capture,
but will he have time to get them back to Hell and save civilisation as
we know it? Probably. |
Directed
by Steve Brill ('Heavyweights' and unfortunately the man who sold the idea
for 'The Mighty Ducks' to Disney), 'Little Nicky' is a prime slice of fantasy
- comedy, Sandler plays the shy and retiring Nicky perfectly and Harvey
Keitel is as usual (even under the make up) brilliant. Watch out for Quentin
Tarantino, who makes a bizarre cameo appearance as a blind preacher who
freaks out whenever Nicky goes near him, and, in a totally over the top
performance, rock legend Ozzy Osbourne.
Clayton Everett |
