Rating 12
Length 1h34
Release 01.10.1999
Director Dennis Dugan
About An irresponsible Koufax is dumped by his girlfriend for an older man. He adopts a five-year-old boy to impress her. But after spending time with him, he decides to become the father the boy needs.
Moon: no moon sighting
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
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The Good
I enjoyed the final act court case.
I loved the apartment. For however impractical it was, I want to live in it.
I’ve got to admit, the treating Julian like he’s a dog and just covering pee and vomit with papers was funny. I’ll give the film that.
The Bad
I know the Sprouse twins were only seven, but what directions were they given to have such an appalling performance? There’s a whine they use whenever they speak and it is a performance rather than how they actually speak. So annoying.
Rob Schneider does another Simpsons-esque accent that feels like it’s taking the piss to get a laugh rather than it being a genuinely funny character.
Leslie Mann’s character. Mann can play uptight really well, but this character was… well, it was shit and she absolutely deserves more.
The Ugly
This is one of Sandler’s shouter movies. I’m guessing some audiences find it funny, given it became a staple of his films, but for me it grates and at no point is it funny.
The set up of the plot is mindnumbingly dumb. While Uncle Buck and 3 Men and a baby successful set up a believable situation in which someone unprepared for parenthood is placed in a situation that helps them mature.
However, there’s no real motivation for Sandler’s Sonny to take on a young kid that isn’t his and the inclusion of social services just makes the set up convoluted.
Final Thoughts
This film could have been Uncle Buck meets 3 Men and a Baby, but it falls very short.
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