The Cobbler Is Way Deeper Than We Expected!

About this episode

The episode explores the deeper themes of identity and loneliness in the film The Cobbler.

Send us a Text Message we would love to hear what you thought of the show. In this episode of Wicked Psychotherapists, we dive into the surprisingly layered Adam Sandler film The Cobbler — a movie that didn’t exactly win over critics, but absolutely won over us. What starts as a quirky, magical-realism story about a cobbler who can literally become other people by wearing their shoes quickly turns into something deeper: identity, loneliness, generational patterns, grief, and what it means to ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Tanya, Erin

Topics covered

• identity
• loneliness
• generational patterns
• grief
• magical realism
• film analysis

Keywords

• The Cobbler
• Adam Sandler
• identity
• loneliness
• grief
• film analysis
• magical realism

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Cobbler

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