New Trailer for Adam Sandler’s THE COBBLER
I used to be a huge Adam Sandler fan, but over the years his movies just seem to get progressively worse. I know a lot of you feel the same way, but I think his next film, The Cobbler, looks like it could actually be a decent movie.
He plays a shoe repairman who isn't happy with the life that he’s leading. While he’s feeling down on himself he comes across a magical sewing machine in the basement of his shop. He starts to repair shoes with the machine, and he comes to realize that each pair of shoes that he wears that is repaired by the machine gives him the ability to live in the body of the original owners of the shoes.
This seems like a very odd and offbeat type of movie, but that’s one of the things that I like about it.
The Cobbler is a warm and character-driven comedy that plays to the strengths of Adam Sandler’s and Thomas McCarthy's most commercial successes. Sandler plays a 4th generation shoe-maker who discovers a magical sewing machine in his father’s basement that allows him to transform into other people by wearing their shoes. Similar in theme to Tom Hanks' Big, Trading Places, and 13 Going on 30, The Cobbler provides the perfect vehicle for Sandler to exhibit his endearing and selfless boyish charm, taking him on a voyage of self-discovery and learning the importance of family via the magic of “walking a mile in another man’s shoes.” A journey that results not only in changing himself, but the world around him.
The film was directed by Tom McCarthy (The Station Agent, Win Win), and it also stars Steve Buscemi, Dustin Hoffman, and Ellen Barkin.
Look for The Cobbler to hit theaters in a limited release on March 13th.