Thursday, December 26, 2019
Bad things can happen to talented people. Take Tom McCarthy, who wrote and directed The Station Agent,The Visitor and Win Win. All gems. His fourth film, The Cobbler, is a failure on every level. It's a toxic smear of curdled whimsy about a New York shoe-repair man (a lumbering Adam Sandler), who transforms into his customers when he puts on their shoes. The film is beyond awful and beyond repair.