Little Nicky (2000) review

Adrian (Rhys Ifans) and Cassius (Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr.), the two eldest sons of Satan (Harvey Keitel), escape the confines of Hell and incite chaos on Earth, so Satan's dimwitted youngest child Nicky (Adam Sandler) is instructed to bring them back - while roaming around Manhattan, he receives valuable assistance from talking bulldog Mr. Beefy (voiced by Robert Smigel), becomes smitten with Parsons School of Design student Valerie (Patricia Arquette) and meets his angelic birth mother Holly (Reese Witherspoon).  Although the casting decisions are neat (there are even cameos by Dan Marino, Henry Winkler and Quentin Tarantino as a blind street preacher), the timing is so atrocious and cringe-inducing most attempts at comedy fail, and then there's Sandler with his greasy emo hair and bizarre voice, which makes it sound like he's actually had a stroke (the movie explains it's because his brother Adrian hit him with a shovel).  For whatever reason, it also can't go twenty seconds without playing a different song, and Adam's production company Happy Madison must have struck a nice deal with Popeye's Chicken ... except everyone should be aware the Colonel, with his "eleven herbs and spices," is slightly superior.