Jack and Jill introduces us to Jack and Jill (both played by Adam Sandler), twin siblings who live on opposite sides of the country. Jack lives in Los Angeles, where he's a successful commercial director. Jill lives alone in Brooklyn. Once a year, Jill comes to visit, but Jack dreads these reunions, as he finds his sister annoying. Jill comes to visit for Thanksgiving, and immediately gets on Jack's nerves, although his family, wife Erin (Katie Holmes), and children Sofia (Elodie Tougne) and Gary (Rohan Chand), like her brash shenanigans. Jack tolerates Jill's visit and has no sympathy for the fact that Jill is lonely. However, this changes when Jack sees an opportunity to better himself. Jack wants Al Pacino (yes, Al Pacino) to do a commercial and this seems like an impossibility until it becomes clear that Al is attracted to Jill. Jack suddenly becomes interested in Jill's situation and will seemingly do anything for her.

When I review a movie, they typically fall into one of two general categories -- I either liked the movie or I didn't. I then go one to give reasons to support my opinion. But, Jack and Jill is a different breed. In the grand scheme of things, this isn't a very good movie. It's stupid, it's brash, and it presents us with a leading character who is incredibly unlikable (I'm talking about Jack). The story is scatter-shot and, as has become his habit, Sandler shoves in an incredible amount of pointless cameos from his celebrity friends and acquaintances. Slapstick takes a backseat to clever and the movie rarely moves beyond the obvious.

Having said that, this is Sandler's best movie since 2004's 50 First Dates. Now, that may not be saying a lot, but when someone has been in a slump as long as Sandler (although people keep going to see his movies), it's nice to see them bounce back, even if it's just a little bit. What makes Jack and Jill different? Well, for the first time in a long time, Sandler finds himself actually playing a character in Jill. From the outside looking in, Sandler had reached a point in his career when he would do anything to play himself. His "characters" dressed like him, talked like him, and, I would assume, acted like him. With Jill, he's been forced to put on a costume, and actually change his voice and mannerisms. It would probably be an overstatement to call this acting, but at least a little imagination went into it. If you look at Sandler's early films, like The Wedding Singer and The Waterboy, they worked because he was actually playing a character. Jill steals the show here, as she's brash, loud, and very sweaty. For some reason, she doesn't seem to comprehend everyday life and this creates some memorable moments.

Of course, the thing which really makes Jack and Jill stand out from Sandler's recent attempts is that it's actually funny. Yes, it's very stupid humor, but I found myself laughing out loud several times, typically at Jill's antics or that of her bird. There are a few good lines, and some of the visual gags work nicely. Again, Jack and Jill is far from being a top-notch comedy. Things fall apart in the second half and the Al Pacino stuff simply doesn't work. Still, Jill is funny, as is Jack's son's odd habit. I can't believe that the general public, who seem to adore Sandler, pretty much turned their back on this movie. I can't put it up there with Billy Madison or Happy Gilmore, but Jack and Jill is the first Adam Sandler movie in nearly a decade which I was able to watch in one sitting and that's saying something.

Jack and Jill shamelessly steals from Carlos Mencia's character from The Heartbreak Kid on Blu-ray Disc courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The film has been letterboxed at 1.85:1 and the Disc contains an AVC 1080p HD transfer which runs at an average of 20 Mbps. The image is very sharp and clear, showing no overt grain and no defects from the source material. The colors look good and the image is never overly dark or bright. The picture shows a good amount of detail, but it is a tad soft at times. The depth is fairly good, as the characters and backgrounds are clearly separate. The Disc carries a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track which runs at 48 kHz and an average of 2.0 Mbps. The track provides clear dialogue and sound effects. The stereo effects are nicely done, as they illustrate things happening off-screen. The surround sound effects are subtle, but effective, especially in the cruise-ship scenes. We get some occasional subwoofer effects, mostly from pratfalls.

The Jack and Jill Blu-ray Disc contains a few extras. We start with thirteen DELETED SCENES which run about 19 minutes. The first one assures us that Sandler's friend Kevin Nealon and Sandler's wife did appear in the film at one point. We also see that Dan Patrick had more lines at one point. There are several new scenes here, mostly from the second half of the movie. None of them are classics, but the underwear scene is worth a chuckle and it's fun to see the bird puppet at work before CG was added. "Laughing is Contagious" is a 4-minute gag reel. "Look Who Stopped By" (9 minutes) is a featurette which focuses on the many cameos by familiar faces in the film. "Boys Will Be Girls (4 minutes) has Sandler talking about the look of Jill and what it was like to act in the Jill costume. "Stomach Ache" (4 minutes) follows Regis Philbin around the set and shows him shooting his cameo. (Which is odd, as he's only in the movie for a few seconds.) "Don't Call It a Boat-Royal Caribbean" (3 minutes) has the cast and filmmakers talking about their experiences on the cruise ship in the film.