The story of a child… and his son.
While in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent up until Todd's 18th birthday. Now, after not seeing each other for years, Todd's world comes crashing down when Donny resurfaces just before Todd's wedding.
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Unpretentious, comic, raw and classical in form.
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- gravecomic
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- classical in formformally daring
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- Kamuraion TMDB · Jul 20204/10
Bad watch, won't watch again, and can't recommend. I really couldn't believe I didn't know about this movie before. I've organized a series of Happy Madison watch parties before, but after watching it, then I know why I didn't know about ti. Now I'm not a big fan of either Adam Sandler (though he has movies I enjoy, repeatedly) or Andy Samberg (I think he's better at creating comedy than performing it), but this was really like he was at a party with a big head and bet someone that he could make anything funny. So, of course, the movie starts with a statutory rape case. Now, MAYBE, he was making a message out of the ridiculous double standard about whether or not the minor is male or female, but the seriousness of the situation (though flatly stated in the movie) is not conveyed properly. Since most of the movie is about sex, and possibly alcoholism (again, the point isn't made very clearly), there is a fair amount of sex positive messaging throughout the movie, being inclusive of maturity, skin color, body type, handicapability, and open expression. However because there is a key component of adultery and incest used for humiliation and comedy, it throws any of the previous sex si
Read the whole review on TMDB - John Chardon TMDB · Feb 20172/10
Risible! That's My Boy finds Adam Sandler on auto pilot, for this represents him not giving a care in the world about his fans or anyone remotely interested in watching a decent comedy. Sure this has fans, and it's not my want to chastise people's personal preferences, especially with what makes them laugh, and certainly making light of serious issues doesn't have me signing up for the next PC Brigade march, but this is pathetically played. It was a colossal failure at the box offices, and it deserved to be. Sandler and his writer, David Caspe, blend edgy offensiveness with base juvenile comedy, throwing erection and sperm gags together with incest and statutory rape was always going to be tricky to successfully pull off, even more so when Sandler and co seem to think shouting loud makes scenes more funny. It's just that it never comes off as a funny whole, just a series of mind farts dotted alongside a potentially warm bonding between estranged father and son thread. Next to this Little Nicky looks a masterpiece! It's a tough film for Sandler fans to defend, and I have been one in the past, but when Vanilla Ice sending himself up is a highlight then you got problems. Whilst Susan
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Cast
- Adam SandlerDonny Berger
- Andy SambergTodd Peterson
- Leighton MeesterJamie Martin
- Vanilla IceVanilla Ice
- Tony OrlandoSteve Spirou
- Will FortePhil
- Milo VentimigliaChad
- Susan SarandonMary McGarricle (Present Day)
- James CaanFather McNally
- Blake ClarkGerald
Crew
- Sean AndersDirector
- David CaspeWriter
- Brandon TrostDirector of Photography
- Rupert Gregson-WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
- Tom CostainEditor
- Jack GiarraputoProducer
- Allen CovertProducer
- Heather ParryProducer
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