It kind of pains me to realize that Adam Sandler’s Little Nicky is now a quarter of a century old. I consider it to be close to the end of Adam Sandler’s classic comedy gold era—before he got too rich and famous for his own good. Out of that whole batch of films, Little Nicky was one of my lesser favorites, even though I still liked it quite a lot.

Little Nicky is obviously based on a very Christian concept of Heaven and Hell, which is a little funny considering Adam Sandler is Jewish—along with many other people in the cast. Yet he plays the son of Satan, and Nicky couldn’t be any sweeter as a person, despite who his father is and where he comes from.

I thought Harvey Keitel did a pretty good job as the Prince of Darkness. But apparently, in this universe, the title of “Satan” is hereditary—and he’s not even the original one. He’s ready to retire, then suddenly changes his mind, much to the disappointment of his sons.

Nicky has two older brothers who are the very embodiment of evil. Cassius appears to be the most physically intimidating, but he’s defeated far more easily than I expected.

That makes his brother Adrian the true villain of the movie. His ambition and intelligence make him a serious force to be reckoned with. His actor, Rhys Ifans, would later go on to play Xenophilius Lovegood in Harry Potter and Otto Hightower in the Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon.

Watching Nicky wander around New York City was such a fun adventure. He had a talking dog named Mr. Beefy, and thanks to this movie, I’ll never forget Popeyes Chicken. At the time, I had no idea the chain even existed—growing up in upstate South Carolina, we had zero Popeyes locations.

Valerie Veran, however, was one of the weakest love interests in a classic Adam Sandler movie. I get that she was a good fit for Nicky, but their love story definitely took a back seat to the rest of the movie. While she was purposely made to be plain and unfashionable, it felt a little out of place—especially since Sandler would later cast drop-dead gorgeous women like Kate Beckinsale, Salma Hayek, and Marisa Tomei as his romantic leads.

I also thought it was kind of cute that Nicky’s mother was an angel played by Reese Witherspoon. Also appearing as an angel was Sandler’s now-wife Jackie, who he actually met while filming Big Daddy, where she played a waitress at a bar.

And of course, it was awesome to see Chubbs Peterson from Happy Gilmore show up among the crowd in Heaven.

Like I said, Little Nicky isn’t the greatest Adam Sandler movie of all time—but it’s definitely one of his better ones. Even after 25 years, there are still plenty of people who feel nostalgic about it.