Big Daddy
January 1999
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Lisa Alspector
This light yet earnest drama starring Adam Sandler deals openly with one of the most insidious elements in popular filmmaking -- the male screenwriter's relationship with his own father.
This lightweight, bubblegum caper synthesises robust, physical humour, self-deprecation and witty one liners. The main problem, as with most other dumb boy pictures, is that the supporting characters are underwritten.
Jeff Millar
Funny-sweet, understand, not bleccchh sweet.
Edward Guthmann
Worst of all is the way Sandler wants to have it both ways: to muck around in gross-out humor one minute and then turn schmaltzy the next minute with some fraudulent business about how much he loves the kid.
Rick Groen
How's this for a novel complaint: Big Daddy just isn't stupid enough.
Kenneth Turan
There's no doubt Sandler is talented, but if he persists in believing that, like Elvis, his presence alone covers a multitude of omissions and inconsistencies, he will squander his gift and make a series of forgettable films in the process.
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Lisa Alspector
This light yet earnest drama starring Adam Sandler deals openly with one of the most insidious elements in popular filmmaking -- the male screenwriter's relationship with his own father.
This lightweight, bubblegum caper synthesises robust, physical humour, self-deprecation and witty one liners. The main problem, as with most other dumb boy pictures, is that the supporting characters are underwritten.
Edward Guthmann
Worst of all is the way Sandler wants to have it both ways: to muck around in gross-out humor one minute and then turn schmaltzy the next minute with some fraudulent business about how much he loves the kid.
Kenneth Turan
There's no doubt Sandler is talented, but if he persists in believing that, like Elvis, his presence alone covers a multitude of omissions and inconsistencies, he will squander his gift and make a series of forgettable films in the process.
James Berardinelli
The film offers its share of big laughs, but the serious side is sunk by mawkishness and sentimentality.
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Cast and credits
Actors | Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, Dylan Sprouse, Joey Lauren Adams, Cole Sprouse, Leslie Mann, Jon Stewart |
Producers | Jack Giarraputo, Sid Ganis |
Director | Dennis Dugan |
Writers | Adam Sandler, Tim Herlihy, Steve Franks |
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Run time
93 minutes
Rating
PG-13
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