Hubie Halloween: Adam Sandler’s latest comedy hits Netflix

Adam Sandler’s horror-comedy Hubie Halloween is now streaming on Netflix. The film follows the story of Hubie Dubois (Sandler) who loves Halloween celebrations and does his best to make sure the people of Salem stay safe on Halloween night. But the going gets tough when it is revealed that monsters are for real and people start to disappear. It falls upon good old Hubie to solve the mystery, for the police will not listen. (Photo: Netflix)

The official synopsis of the Hubie Halloween reads, "Hubie Dubois (Adam Sandler) thanklessly spends every Halloween making sure the residents of his hometown, Salem, celebrate safely and play by the rules. But this year, an escaped criminal and a mysterious new neighbor have Hubie on high alert. When people start disappearing, it’s up to Hubie to convince the police (Kevin James, Kenan Thompson) and townsfolk that the monsters are real, and only he can stop them. Hubie Halloween is a hilarious family film about an unlikely hero with an all-star cast including Julie Bowen, Ray Liotta, Noah Schnapp, Steve Buscemi and Maya Rudolph, produced by Happy Madison."(Photo: Netflix)

Hubie Halloween is a welcome departure from Adam Sandler's last Netflix outing Uncut Gems. It appears to be a fun family movie. (Photo: Netflix)

Kevin James as Sgt. Steve Downing and Adam Sandler as Hubie Dubois in Hubie Halloween. (Photo: Netflix)

Variety film critic Guy Lodge described Hubie Halloween as a film which is "indifferently silly to raise much ire." In his review, he wrote, "If the humor of Hubie Halloween is somewhat toothless, at least it follows the film’s own rules. Squibb’s randy T-shirt collection aside, Sandler’s script — co-written with longtime collaborator Tim Herlihy — makes the star the butt of most of its jokes, if only so it can then tell us that making anyone the butt of a joke isn’t very nice. As Hubie Dubois, a middle-aged virgin who has never shed the mentality of a middle-school hall monitor, Sandler takes a character whom a harsher era of lowbrow comedy would have portrayed as mentally disabled, and instead merely makes him a study in victimized, too-pure-for-this-world sweetness. It’s a fine line to walk, and the only one to be seen in a film otherwise drawn entirely with magic marker." (Photo: Netflix)

Tim Meadows and Maya Rudolph in a still from Hubie Halloween. (Photo: Netflix)

Produced by Happy Madison Productions, Hubie Halloween is directed by Steve Brill.

Here, Julie Bowen is seen as Violet Valentine along with Adam Sandler as Hubie Dubois. (Photo: Netflix)