The Waterboy

The movie I have chosen to analyse is “The Waterboy”. The Waterboy is a story written from a comedy/sports film template and Gridiron is the featured sport. The movie features a talented cast of Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates and Henry Winkler (also known as the fonz).

Bobby Boucher (Adam Sandler) is a socially inept, 31-year-old man who still lives with his overprotective Mama (Kathy Bates) in their Louisiana home. Bobby had been the waterboy for the Cougars, the state's best team, for 18 years, where he became fixated on water: specifically, on serving the coolest, most refreshing H2O available. That was, until their coach, Red Beaulieu, fires him for "being stupid" and distracting his players by causing them to pick on him.
Dejected, but still proud of his water serving skills, Bobby approaches Coach Klein (Henry Winkler) of the South Central LSU football team and asks to be the team's waterboy. Klein, who suffered a nervous breakdown after Red stole his playbook and credit yea...