Mark this day on your calendar. It will long be remembered as the day Al Pacino's career died a miserable death. All the good work the Oscar-winner has done will be forgotten because of the stench created by his participation in this oozing sore of a movie, "Jack and Jill."

There hasn't been a casting decision this bad since Robert De Niro played Fearless Leader in "The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle."

At least DeNiro got to hide behind a character. Pacino plays himself – or at least a version that obviously has no pride left – in the story of bickering twins Jack and Jill Sadelstein, both played with magnificent incompetence by Adam Sandler.

Rick Bentley's one-minute review

Jill meets Pacino during her annual trek from the Bronx to be with her brother – who can't stand her – for Thanksgiving. Jack's trying to lure Pacino into doing a commercial for Dunkin' Donuts.

Steve Koren gets credit for a screenplay, but the entire movie comes down to one joke: Look how funny it is that Sandler's playing a man and a woman. Having Sandler play two roles is like being diagnosed with typhoid, then learning you also have leprosy.

And both characters are so unlikable that by the time the move grinds to a much-welcomed end, it doesn't matter what happens to them.

It doesn't get any better. Other lame attempts at humor are a series of racial jokes, cameos by actors who must be working off jail time, and having Jack's adopted son enjoy taping things to himself. Bad, sad and egad.

There are more laughs in those car-wreck movies shown to driver's education classes than in "Jack and Jill."

This dreck was directed by Dennis Dugan, whose credits include "Grown Ups," "The Benchwarmers" and "The Mullets." In his case, direction means allowing Sandler to rant and rave in hopes of saying something at least marginally funny, ignoring all continuity and letting scenes run on until your eyes start bleeding.

Don't feel sorry for cast and crew. There is so much blatant product placement that this film had to have paid for itself 40 times over.

The best thing to say about this movie is to quote Pacino. He says in the final scenes, "Burn this." Too bad someone didn't start a fire with this odious, repugnant, loathsome excuse for a movie before it got out.