'' (
2000 ) is a
Comedy Film written, produced and starring
Adam Sandler .
Rhys Ifans ,
Tom 'Tiny' Lister, Jr. ,
Harvey Keitel ,
Allen Covert , and
Patricia Arquette co-star, with
Robert Smigel providing the voice of a talking dog.
Nicky, the only good-hearted son of
Satan , goes on a quest to save his father from his evil brothers, Adrian and Cassius. On the way, he learns the basic differences between
Earth and
Hell (after
Dying several times), what
Love is, and acquires a certain fondness for
Popeyes Chicken .
Although the movie was one of Sandler's least profitable, it remains a cult-like classic amongst his fans, particulary his die-hard fans.
Ozzy Osbourne appears briefly in this film as himself, biting the head off of a bat. Other cameos include
Dan Marino ,
Henry Winkler ,
Dana Carvey ,
Michael McKean ,
Rob Schneider ,
Carl Weathers ,
Rodney Dangerfield ,
Jon Lovitz (singing the same tune as was sung by his character in Sandler's ''
The Wedding Singer ''),
Reese Witherspoon ,
Ellen Cleghorne ,
Kevin Nealon , and
Quentin Tarantino .
The
Harlem Globetrotters also are featured in a scene.
The title character's name, Little Nicky, may be inspired from the skit "Respect" from Adam Sandler's album "What The Hell Happened To Me!"
Nicky is the only good hearted son of Satan, who is constantly bullied by his cruel brothers Cassius and Adrian. The ten thousandth year of Satan's reign is coming to an end, and he wants to retire, and so must choose which of his sons will succeed him on the throne. Believing none of his sons are ready for the responsibility, Satan decides to rule for another ten thousand years. Enraged, Cassius and Adrian decide to create their own Hell on Earth. They jump through the gates of Hell, which freeze, stopping the influx of damned souls, and causing Satan to slowly weaken and fall apart. With only a week left before he dies, Satan sends Nicky to Earth to track down his brothers and trap them within a magical flask.
With help from a pair of
Satanists , a talking bulldog, and his roommate, Nicky successfully finds a girlfriend (to whom he later confides in), and defeats Cassius, imprisoning him. However, Adrian is not so easily fooled, and, possessing the Chief of Police, sets out to arrest Nicky. With the Satanists betraying him and giving Nicky up to Adrian, Adrian discovers their betrayal is a scheme to trap him too. Nicky, in an effort to save his girlfriend, tackles Adrian onto a subway rail, prompting them both to die. However, since they're the sons of Satan, they just go back to Hell. But only Adrian emerges, and asks where his brother went.
Nicky is in heaven. Finding his mother (
Reese Witherspoon ), Nicky is shocked to discover his mother is not a mountain goat as Adrian and Cassius told him: she's an angel. While Nicky enjoys his stay in Heaven, Adrian is told that, with his father weakened, he can claim the Seat of Satan for himself. Sitting down, Adrian grows horns, and the fires of Hell behind him grow in intensity.
Adrian summons a castle-like structure in Central Park, and declares that mankind shall be stripped of their souls by midnight. Receiving an orb of light from his mother, Nicky descends to Earth to battle Adrian. As the son of an Angel, he possesses the powers of both goodness and darkness in him. After a fight (including a show of power, a pillowfight, and a three-way battle of brothers inside the flask), Nicky smashes the orb from his mother, calling forth
Ozzy Osbourne . Ozzy grabs Adrian, now transformed into a bat, and bites his head off.
Nicky returns his brothers to Hell, rejuvinating his father to full health. Satan confesses he still loves Nicky's mother, and tells his son that "with his mom up high, and his dad down low, he can take the middle ground". Nicky returns to Earth to marry his girlfriend and have a son (although he remains the Son of the Satan).
