Synopsis
Max Simkin repairs shoes in the same New York shop that has been in his family for generations. Disenchanted with the grind of daily life, Max stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to step into the lives of his customers and see the world in a new way. Sometimes walking in another man's shoes is the only way one can discover who they really are.
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Cast
- Adam SandlerMax Simkin
- Dan StevensEmiliano
- Steve BuscemiJimmy
- Dustin HoffmanAbraham Simkin
- Ellen BarkinElaine Greenawalt
- Dascha PolancoMacy
- Elena KampourisAlexia
- Jared SandlerCool Bar Guy
- Melonie DiazCarmen Herrara
- Glenn FleshlerJeffrey
Recommendations
- 63
Observer
Written and directed with precision and sensitivity by Thomas McCarthy (The Station Agent), it revives the pleasant art of storytelling most of today’s young filmmakers have all but abandoned, and cures (temporarily, anyway) my allergy to Adam Sandler. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
In a movie built on the idea of walking in someone else's shoes, shouldn't learning to see others as more than stereotypes be fairly central to the plot's development? - 38
Movie Nation
Whatever McCarthy hoped to do with this thin story and star casting, all he ended up with was another average Sandler movie — not as bad as some, no better than most. - 25
The Playlist
While the idea is original, it's also ridiculous, and the story is not close to clever enough to put it into any kind of context that is compelling, interesting or believable. - 25
The A.V. Club
Maudlin when it’s not being offensive, The Cobbler belongs to that special class of comedy that seems to get worse with every new (mis)step it takes. - 20
Variety
The result is a slow-motion zeppelin crash that starts as a dull-edged fable, and then spirals further and further out of control without ever growing more exciting or interesting. - 12
Slant Magazine
Thomas McCarthy evinces no interest in the people who come into Max's store and wind up as fodder for his increasingly violent and self-absorbed escapades. Not a shred. - 12
New York Post
A painfully earnest and totally unfunny magic-realist fable set on the Lower East Side that works in no way whatsoever.
