5.2 Score

1998 • 1h 30min • PG-13 • Comedy

The Waterboy

"You can mess with him. But don't mess with his water."

Bobby Boucher is a water boy for a struggling college football team. The coach discovers Boucher's hidden rage makes him a tackling machine whose bone-crushing power might vault his team into the playoffs.

IMDb 6.2

RT 33%

MC 41

Director

Frank Coraci

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Adam Sandler

Tim Herlihy

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Adam Sandler

Bobby Boucher

Kathy Bates

Mama Boucher

Henry Winkler

Coach Klein

Fairuza Balk

Vicki Vallencourt

Jerry Reed

Red Beaulieu

Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

Derek Wallace

Blake Clark

Farmer Fran

Peter Dante

Gee Grenouille

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Blake Clark Farmer Fran

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