It's not a movie that panders to the lefties but it definitely panders to fans of the first film and Sandler in general. For the wrestling fans MJF and Becky Lynch have small parts and both are fine. MJF charisma does come through while maintaining that heel smugness he's known for.
I was a big fan of the first one and smiled through this one. It's full of flashbacks, references, and gags from the first movie. I would probably give it a low C as far as a grade.
That sounds....like A LOT of Sandler films where he does them for a paycheck.
Can't dislike him for that as you can see which films he TRULY wants to do, he'll just do the standard thing for the rest.
It's funny. Adam once said that whenever he wants to vacation, he'll come up with a movie at that location and use the travel and hotel as a tax write-off. It's also why so many of his friends are in his movies, so they can get paid and have a good time.
Sandler is good in the movie, he's not phoning it in.