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'Leo' is an animated lizard with an SNL sensibility — and the voice of Adam Sandler

If the pets in a 5th grade classroom could talk, what would they say? That's the premise of Leo, the new coming-of-age movie musical from Netflix.
In <em>Leo</em> Adam Sandler voices a 74-year-old lizard who learns he has a gift for helping kids sort through their problems.

If the pets in a 5th grade classroom could talk, what would they say? That's the premise of Leo, a new movie musical from Netflix.

A snarky turtle, voiced by comedian Bill Burr, shares a terrarium with Leo, a more mild-mannered lizard voiced by Adam Sandler.

At the age of 74, Leo discovers he has a special gift for helping kids on thetired of . ("No one gets to eat Charlotte," Leo opines, "You just have to hear about this delicious spider for days and get hungry thinking about it.")

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