History YMMV / EightCrazyNights

** The narration after Davey lashes out at Whitey, for two reasons. First, there's the incredibly on the nose line "Just when you started to really like Davey"(which some viewers still didn't at that point making it somewhat inaccurate).

** You know that scene where [[spoiler: the brands come alive and give Davey a huge WhatTheHellHero speech]]? Well, [[Film/Branded2012 it seems that someone decided to turn that scene into a movie]].

* TheWoobie: Whitey. Whether you like him or not, he's a long-suffering guy and is crushed to discover how little the town appreciates him.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: At the mall, among the many stores are The Sharper Image, KB Toys, Tie Rack, and [=RadioShack=], nearly all of which closed all their stores years after this movie came out. [=RadioShack=] still has some locations, but even then, there aren't many left, with many people not even realizing they're still around, and even those who do feeling their best days are behind them.

** The narration after Davey lashes out at Whitey, for two reasons. First, there's the incredibly on the nose line "Just when you started to really like Davey". What makes it even worse though is that the line is incredibly inaccurate, as most viewers hate Davey and still hated him before that scene.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: While Davey isn't seen facing any further punishment, considering what his top priority was after his HeelFaceTurn, it's entirely possible that he no longer cared [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty if he still gets arrested for his charges,]] [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight so long as he makes sure Whitey finally gets the respect he deserves]].

** Adam Sandler's X[[labelnote:Explanation]]Parodies of one of the posters for the film, which shows Davey throwing a snowball at the screen and the rest of the cast in the background became popular in 2023, with many [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBZQnTTaPPY re-drawing it to feature characters from other franchises.]][[/labelnote]]

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Yes, it's a wacky animated holiday musical rife with juvenile toilet humor, but it is most definitely not for children, what with profanity, alcohol abuse, mean-spirited humor, and deers eating crap. Doesn't help that in Canada, the movie's rated PG, whereas a 14A would have been more like it. Also, expect certain retailers to put it near family-friendly movies as well. Also, the movie was advertised on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} when the network had its short-lived [[AnimationAgeGhetto Sunday Movie Toons]] slot.

* CriticalBacklash: While ''no one'' is gonna go for bat for this movie, it is one of the few mainstream holiday movies that deals with Chanukah, not to mention it is one of the few traditionally animated movies at the time, with the animation being one of the few things that was unanimously agreed to be good, so it has some millennial fans who appreciate it for those qualities if nothing else.
* DesignatedHero: Davey, of course. He is an asshole to just about everybody and commits a lot of crimes such as vandalism, theft, assault, and purposely dumping Whitey in the porta potty and freezing him with a hose, and gleefully leaving him to freeze to death in the blizzard. His eventual HeelFaceTurn feels incredibly hollow as a result, especially since he faced no repercussions for his actions.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Eleanore for being as nice as Whitey while also having a slightly less obnoxious voice that actually makes her sound like a different character. Not to mention she can kick your ass if she needs to.

* {{Moe}}: Whitey. Even with his unbearable voice, he's just so kind that you can't help but have a little love for him.

** Creator/RobSchneider proves to be a rather odd choice for TheNarrator, given his completely unexceptional voice combined with an underwhelming and dull delivery. There's also the matter of him portraying a Chinese man with a horribly stereotypical accent.

** You know that scene where [[spoiler: the brands come alive and give Davey a huge WhatTheHellHero speech]]? Well, [[{{Film/Branded}} it seems that someone decided to turn that scene into a movie]].

** Adam Sandler's X[[labelnote:Explanation]]Parodies of one of the posters for the film, which shows Davey throwing a snowball at the screen and the rest of the cast in the background became popular in 2023.[[/labelnote]]

* StrangledByTheRedString: [[spoiler:David and Jennifer getting together at the end can come off as this. While it's established that they have a past, they didn't directly interact much as adults, and the times they did were mostly built around her scolding him for doing something bad. Davey has more meaningful interactions with Jennifer's son Benjamin than he does with her!]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Jennifer. She's meant to be the other half of a ChildhoodFriendRomance with Davey, but most of their relatively few interactions as adults are negative, which doesn't allow them to build much chemistry. Also, her struggles as a divorced single mother are mentioned, but she's so OutOfFocus that they aren't really shown or expanded on.

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7vRR8-n_Rc Davey's Song]]" does a good job of letting the viewer know just what they're in for while being as outrageously over the top as possible. Fitting, as it's the very first song in the movie.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: While Davey isn't seen facing any further punishment, considering what his top priority was after his HeelFaceTurn, it's entirely possible that he no longer cared [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty if he still gets arrested for his charges,]] [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight so long as he makes sure Whitey finally gets the respect he deserves]].

* OlderThanYouThink: Whitey actually first appeared in Creator/AdamSandler's 1999 album ''Stan and Judy's Kid'', as well as the film ''Film/LittleNicky'', where he was played by Creator/DanaCarvey.

** Davey is meant to be a JerkassWoobie but comes off more as an outright {{Jerkass}} with little to no woobiness. Yes, he [[DefrostingIceKing eventually learns to be a better person]], but he also [[KarmaHoudini never faces any consequences]] for his nasty behavior or selfish attitude. It doesn't help that [[spoiler: even ''after'' he comes to terms with the death of his parents and finally grieves for them properly, his first instinct is to assault the officers who try to take him in and then attempt to skip town in order to avoid any negative consequences. It takes a "Hanukkah miracle" for him to actually go back and help Whitey]]. The worst punishment he gets is a self-inflicted wedgie. Worst of all, his bad attitude is said to have come entirely from [[spoiler: his parents' deaths]] when he was a child, but [[spoiler:his parents]] don't even come up until their deaths are mentioned, which doesn't really communicate a deep, profound love for them so much as a decades-long tantrum that his nice things got taken away.

* WTHCastingAgency:
** Adam Sandler as Whitey. He gives him a voice that's both irritating and unfitting for the character. Not to mention, his voice barely even sounds like a different character when he's doing both Whitey's voice and Davey's voice.
** Creator/RobSchneider proves to be a rather odd choice for TheNarrator, given his completely unexceptional voice combined with an underwhelming and dull delivery. There's also the matter of him portraying a Chinese man with a horribly stereotypical accent.

** Creator/RobSchneider's depiction of the Chinese restaurant owner would be considered racist by today's standards. He would most likely be replaced by a fully Asian voice actor [[note]]Schneider is a quarter-Filipino from his mother's side[[/note]] with the character's stereotypes toned down.

* TheWoobie: Whitey. Whether you like him or not, it is sad to feel like you don't exist by having someone you've been trying to make into a better person tell you so.

** Creator/RobSchneider's depiction of the Chinese restaurant owner would be considered racist by today's standards. He would most likely be replaced by a fully Asian voice actor [[note]]Schneider merely being a quarter-Filipino from his mother's side[[/note]] with the character's stereotypes toned down.

** Creator/RobSchneider's depiction of the Chinese restaurant owner would be considered racist by today's standards. He would most likely be replaced by a fully Asian voice actor [[note]]Schneider merely being a quarter-Filipino from his mother's side[[/note]] being with the character's stereotypes toned down.

* NightmareFuel: The brief but viscerally uncomfortable image of Davey screaming ''“GOOD! YOUR HOUSE '''SUCKS!'''”'' at Whitey, after he bans Davey from his house. When he yells, his face is drawn with more anatomy for emphasis, almost looking like he came straight out of ''WesternAnimation/TheChristmasTree'', and his voice is downright ''hateful''. It perfectly represents that horrible feeling you get when someone is yelling at you.

 * TaintedByThePreview: The previews put a few people off the movie from the outset when they showed Whitey's infamously high-speaking voice, along with the disgusting scene of the deer with poop in their teeth.

** "Intervention Song" (a.k.a. "Let It Out, Davey") despite being one of the most gratuitous scenes of ProductPlacement in the entire movie, is incredibly catchy. The Foot Locker guy, voiced by Peter Dante, has some ''wicked'' pipes. [[spoiler: There's also the MoodWhiplash TearJerker coda in which Davey finally reads the card his deceased parents wrote him and breaks down in tears.]] Makes it better that Sandler's own father (before his passing) [[spoiler: voiced Davey's father in the scene]].

* BrokenBase: [[SugarWiki/AwesomeArt The animation]]. Nobody will deny that this is a very well-animated film, especially since it was one of the last major American hand-drawn animated films, but there's some debate whether its [[ArtStyleDissonance dissonance from the vulgar humor]] makes it funnier or just awkward.

* DesignatedHero: Davey, of course. He is an asshole to just about everybody and commits a lot of crimes such as vandalism, theft, assault and purposely dumping Whitey in the porta potty and freezing with him a hose, and gleefully leaving him to freeze to death in the blizzard. His eventual HeelFaceTurn feels incredibly hollow as a result, especially since he faced no repercussions for his actions.

** One of the biggest criticisms for this movie was how Davey does not deal with his loss the way most people really do, and rather than be introverted and antisocial is a troublemaker. Years later, Creator/AdamSandler would star in ''Film/ReignOverMe'', one of his few dramatic roles where he was hugely praised for his sincere portrayal of someone who lost their whole family to a tragedy.

** Any attempt at a serious scene with Whitey is destroyed by his incredibly over the top and obnoxious voice.

* TaintedByThePreview: The previews put a few people off the movie from the outset when they showed Whitey's infamously high speaking voice, along with the disgusting scene of the deer with poop in their teeth.

* UncertainAudience: The main reason why the film ended up bombing as hard as it did. Besides being a traditionally-animated film released in a time where those kinds of films were going out of favor as [[AnimationAgeGhetto viewers at the time considered them too-kiddie]] compared to the CG-animated films from Creator/{{Pixar}} and Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, it's a typical PG-13 rated Creator/AdamSandler comedy, making it too crude and inappropriate for younger viewers. Yet, at the same time, the heavy amount of toilet humor made it too juvenile for adults.

** Davey is meant to be a JerkassWoobie, but comes off more as an outright {{Jerkass}} with little to no woobiness. Yes, he [[DefrostingIceKing eventually learns to be a better person]], but he also [[KarmaHoudini never faces any consequences]] for his nasty behavior or selfish attitude. It doesn't help that [[spoiler: even ''after'' he comes to terms with the death of his parents and finally grieves for them properly, his first instinct is to assault the officers who try to take him in and then attempt to skip town in order to avoid any negative consequences. It takes a "Hanukkah miracle" for him to actually go back and help Whitey]]. The worst punishment he gets is a self-inflicted wedgie. Worst of all, his bad attitude is said to have come entirely from [[spoiler: his parents' deaths]] when he was a child, but [[spoiler:his parents]] don't even come up until their deaths are mentioned, which doesn't really communicate a deep, profound love for them so much as a decades-long tantrum that his nice things got taken away.
** For that matter we are clearly supposed to sympathize with Whitey when Davey snaps on him because he brought up Davey's [[spoiler: parents' deaths]]. The problem is that Davey had beforehand asked Whitey not to bring it up in a firm but respectful way, but Whitey did it anyway. Even if Davey went over the line with his comments and Whitey meant well, Whitey had no place to continuing talking about an obvious touchy subject that Davey clearly was not willing to talk about. At the very least, it was completely understandable why Davey was pissed at Whitey and snapped on him.

** «[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7vRR8-n_Rc Davey's Song]]" does a good job of letting the viewer know just what they're in for while being as outrageously over the top as possible. Fitting, as it's the very first song in the movie.

* CriticalBacklash: While ''no one'' is gonna go for bat for this movie, it is one of the few mainstream holiday movies that deals with Chanukah, not to mention it being one of the few traditionally animated movies at the time, with the animation being one of the few things that was unanimously agreed to be good, so it has some millennial fans who appreciate it for those qualities, if nothing else.

** For that matter we are clearly supposed to sympathize with Whitey when Davey snaps on him because he brought up Davey's [[spoiler: parents' deaths]]. The problem is that Davey had before hand asked Whitey not to bring it up in a firm but respectful way, but Whitey did it anyway. Even if Davey went over the line with his comments and Whitey meant well, Whitey had no place to continuing talking about a obvious touchy subject that Davey clearly was not willing to talk about. At the very least, it was completely understandable why Davey was pissed at Whitey and snapped on him.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: At the mall, among the many stores are The Sharper Image, KB Toys, Tie Rack and [=RadioShack=], nearly all of which closed all their stores years after this movie came out. [=RadioShack=] still has some locations, but even then, there aren't many left, with many people not even realizing they're still around, and even those who do feeling their best days are behind them.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Yes, it's a wacky animated holiday musical rife with juvenile toilet humor, but it is most definitely not for children, what with profanity, alcohol abuse, mean-spirited humor and deer eating crap. Doesn't help that in Canada, the movie's rated PG, where a 14A would have been more like it. Also, expect certain retailers to put it near family-friendly movies as well. Also, the movie was advertised on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} when the network had its short-lived [[AnimationAgeGhetto Sunday Movie Toons]] slot.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7vRR8-n_Rc Davey's Song]] does a good job of letting the viewer know just what they're in for while being as outrageously over the top as possible. Fitting, as it's the very first song in the movie.

** "Intervention Song" (aka "Let It Out, Davey") despite being one of the most gratuitous scenes of ProductPlacement in the entire movie, is incredibly catchy. The Foot Locker guy, voiced by Peter Dante, has some ''wicked'' pipes. [[spoiler: There's also the MoodWhiplash TearJerker coda in which Davey finally reads the card his deceased parents wrote him and breaks down in tears.]] Makes it better that Sandler's own father (before his passing) [[spoiler: voiced Davey's father in the scene]].

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Say what you want about Davey, but "Bum Biddy" reveals that he can have a ''great'' singing voice if he needs to.

* OlderThanYouThink: Whitey actually first appeared in Creator/AdamSandler's 1999 album and ''Film/LittleNicky'', played by Creator/DanaCarvey.

* {{Squick}}: The scene with the shit eating deer. Eating while watching is not recommended.

** Creator/RobSchneider's depiction of the Chinese restaurant owner would be racist in today's standards. He would most likely be replaced by a fully Asian voice actor [[note]]Schneider merely being a quarter-Filipino from his mother's side[[/note]] being with the character's stereotypes toned down.

** The "My darling wife was once a he!" line depicting the mayor's relationship with his trans wife. The depiction might be seen as transphobic nowadays and cut from the final release of the film in favor of a different rhyme. Could double ValuesResonance, since it's depicted as a loving relationship.

** The "My darling wife was once a he!" line depicting the mayor's relationship with his trans wife. The depiction might be seen as transphobic nowadays and cut from the final release of the film in favor of a different rhyme.
** Creator/RobSchneider's depiction of the Chinese restaurant owner would be racist in today's standards. He would most likely be replaced by an actual Asian voice actor with the character's stereotypes toned down.
* ValuesResonance: Although the former being depicted as a loving relationship may mitigate that.