Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- whimsical
- witty
- sentimental
- lazy sunday
- light fantasy night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the fantasy premise and sentimental identity story underdeveloped, with weak plotting and characterization despite being less aggressively crude than some of Adam Sandler's recent comedies.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The inherited shoe-repair device grants Max the ability to inhabit his customers' lives.
Max repeatedly enters customers' bodies and experiences the world through their social positions.
The magical premise unfolds through a generations-old Lower East Side shoe shop and its surrounding Jewish neighborhood.
Max's routine as a cobbler is disrupted when shoe repair gives him access to radically different lives.
Films like The Cobbler, and why
Bedazzled
shares body-switching fantasy, comic identity exploration, and a gentle redemptive tone
Click
shares magical transformation, comic wish fulfillment, and a disenchanted protagonist seeking a better life
Freaky Friday
shares whimsical identity exchange, family themes, and comedy built around inhabiting another person's life
Movie Details
- Director
- Tom McCarthy
- Release Date
- 2014-09-11
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 (1850)
Cast
- Adam Sandler
- Method Man
- Dustin Hoffman
- Steve Buscemi
- Melonie Díaz
- Ellen Barkin
- Dan Stevens
- Elli
- Sondra James
- Dascha Polanco
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Cobbler about?
- A dispirited Lower East Side cobbler discovers that a magical family heirloom can turn repairing shoes into a passport to other people's lives.
- What is The Cobbler like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Cobbler as measured, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Cobbler violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Cobbler as mild.
- What did critics think of The Cobbler?
- Critics broadly found the fantasy premise and sentimental identity story underdeveloped, with weak plotting and characterization despite being less aggressively crude than some of Adam Sandler's recent comedies.
- Which films are like The Cobbler?
- Films with a similar feel include Bedazzled, Click, and Freaky Friday.
- How long is The Cobbler?
- The Cobbler runs 99 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Cobbler?
- In United States, The Cobbler streams on Philo.
