Not really a good movie - Big Daddy Reviews

Big Daddy was not really a great movie. There was a little bit of comedy, but that it. I don't have a favorite part becuase there is no cool parts. Please don't waist you money and time watching this horrible movie... its not worth it... I'll tell you a good movie... "Black Knight".

Not bad - Big Daddy Reviews

Big Daddy is great for film, even if you're a dad. The movie has outraeously funny scenes which are non-stop laughs. Adam Sandler does a historical performance and the acting is amazing. I don't see why people shouldn't see this film, it's too funny.

Very funny - Big Daddy Reviews

Sandler has a thing about him that makes his screams and rants very amusing. His "buddies" help make the supporting cast excellent as they have in his previous films. The kid idea was pretty interesting and well played out. This was a pretty funny movie for the summertime and remains as one of his best.

Big daddy was off the hook..... - Big Daddy Reviews

Adam Sandlers role in this movie was so good that it made me want to try out parenting. no one ever knows what a little child can do for you if it's a smile to brighten up your day i believe that this is a great movie to watch if you never want to have any kids.

Funny previews, not as funny in movie - Big Daddy Reviews

When I saw the previews of this movie, I find many funny things in it. Then when I saw the actual movie, such funny things are very spaced out, and the movie is a little boring. There are some drama in it, that was not shown in the preview. We rented and watched this movie at home in December 1999. My favorite part of the movie was the rotating bookshelf in B&W, and the background music. My least favorite part of the movie was when the father and his son treated the entrance doors of the church as a restroom.

"daddy" falls flat on most cylinders - Big Daddy Reviews

Adam Sandler's films got progressively less clever after his peak in "Happy Gilmore." There came "The Waterboy," which had enough funny moments to distract from its stupid plot. However, the problem with "Big Daddy" is that it is not funny, and when an Adam Sandler movie cannot make you laugh it loses reason for existence. Sandler's character is a Syracuse Law Gradaute who sleeps most days and works once a week at a toll booth. Am I supposed to believe that? I actually think the waterboy with a knack for knocking down people is a more plausible character. And this guy who passed Syracuse Law covers wet bedsheets and milk spills with newspapers? Being a college student myself, I would expect even the most unsanitary of my classmates to use paper towels in these situations! I'd scream defamation if I was a Syracuse Law grad. Actually, I don't think I'll even apply to Syracuse Law for Law School after watching this movie. The kid Sandler's character takes care of offers his own problems. The whole "adoption" process is unrealistic. How does the adoption bureau not ask Sandler for ID when he presents himself as his buddy (John Stewart, who emerged as a comedy star in his own right since then, a star of intellectual comedy)? Besides, Sandler is an awful father to the kid: they urinate in public, throw sticks in front of skaters and go to bars. Unfortunately there are really parents who raise their kids this way in the U.S., but I doubt any of them have J.D.'s. If Sandler won possession over the kid, the kid would probably grow up to smash his Chevy into your car while driving under the influence. In addition, Sandler's romantic subplot is awful, so are all the Hooters references. Sandler's gay-couple friends are totally out of sync too. "Big Daddy" does not flunk due to a few good moments. There's the episode where Sandler rushes to McDonald's in the morning only to find out that McDonald's breakfast now ends at 10.30am and not 11. A wonderful way for somebody in Hollywood to express his unhappiness with the new McDonald's hours. The music in the film is also pretty good with 70's grooves like "Fooled Around And Fell In Love" by Elvin Bishop, "If I Can't Have You" by Yvonne Elliman and "Babe" by Styx. The musical highlight comes when the mariachi sings Styx's "The Best Of Times" while Sandler and his girl are dancing. Overall though, this is a disappointing movie with too few good moments.

Has some good laughs - Big Daddy Reviews

Big Daddy is funny, in spots. Adam Sandler really impressed me with Happy Gilmore, I thought every scene in that movie was absolutely hilarious. Big Daddy was the second film I saw of Sandler's, and I half to say, I was impressed for the first half of the film. The second half starts to get repetitive, and just when we think we know what's gonna happen in this comedy, it tries to switch to drama, quite unsucessfully, might I add. It's the story of Sonny Kaufax (Adam Sandler), a grown up kid who's girlfriend just dumped him and he thinks that maybe he can impress her with this kid that accidentaly showed up at his doorstep. But then he starts to actually like the kid and shows him useful, fatherly things, such as picking your own name (he picks Frankenstein), tripping rollerbladers with sticks, and pissing in your teacher's plants. So yeah, Sonny ain't a good father, even when he tries. He doesn't do anything to stop his kid from doing extremely antisocial and mean-spirited things, but that's really besides the point. All the movie wants to do is get a cheap laugh or two out of the viewer, and for the first 3/4 of the film, it suceeds at getting the viewer to crack up (however mean-spirited the humor is) on several occasions. The last chunk of the film sort of expects us to sympathize deeply with Sonny or something as he battles in court to get custody of the kid. Unfortunetely, Adam Sandler never proved he was very good at drama till Punch-Drunk Love, but that was 3 years later. He needed more maturity to bring to hte role than he had then. Nonetheless, Big Daddy is worth checking out if you wanna see how Adam Sandler evolved from doing crap like Billy Madison to doing the good stuff like Punch-Drunk Love and 50 First Dates.