Critical reception of his catalogue show far worse films than Little Nicky if you're bringing in "almost everybody."
Apparently a big problem with this film is it's treatment of the actual material. Using nostalgia and references to beloved things but not actually caring about the things in any meaningful way. Much like "The Big Bang Theory."
"Oh you don't like PIXELS? But you LOVE video games! That's crazy!"
Of course every stereotype of quote unquote geek gamer culture is appropriated throughout across nonsensical breaking of their own movie universe rules run rampant alongside sexism and the pandering of LOOK AT FROGGER YOU PLAYED FROGGER FROGGER EXISTS.