I kind of realize all that but it was just painful to watch and I couldn't enjoy it. I didn't really care that the near death experience failed to change Sandler's character. I just didn't want to watch an asshole being an asshole for two and a half god damn hours. There was no strong message. It was just Adam Sandler being a douche bag, almost losing everything, continuing to be a douche bag, really losing everything, and then being slightly less of a douche bag at the movie's end.

Also it was a mental typo Gwahir