1.   The movie is full of cameos and crass, vulgar humor, including a talking bulldog engaged in naughty activities.

2.   We watch Nicky slowly learn to eat fried chicken, with the help of Beefy, a talking bulldog who is an old family friend.

3.   But a talking bulldog engaging in naughty activities in an Adam Sandler movie about the devil should mean big box-office dollars, despite what any evil critics may say.

4.   The talking bulldog alone would probably draw throngs of people to the multiplexes.