The movie has a heart, yes, but not a very big one.
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Big Daddy (1999)
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Reviews Counted:91
Fresh:36
Rotten:55
Average Rating:4.9/10
Consensus: It is sloppily put together and not as funny as Sandler's other movies.
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Sandler stars as Sonny Koufax, a perpetual adolescent whose girlfriend gives him the ultimatum of taking some responsibility into his life or saying goodbye to her. Magically, the child of his... [More]
Starring: Adam Sandler, Joey Lauren Adams, Jon Stewart, Rob Schneider
Director: Dennis Dugan
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Reviews for Big Daddy
Dismal. Lame. Not funny.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe kid is good, Mann and Swanson cut curvy figures and the ubiquitous Buscemi is a riot as a mercurial street bum.
01/01/00
Adam Sandler has a simplicity which is contagious.
01/01/00
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03/24/02
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.
02/09/06
Ending is predictably gooey but Sandler's edge staves off the sludge for long enough in an otherwise fresh and funny piece.
06/02/08
After seeing how funny and talented Sandler's fellow SNL alum Mike Myers is, Sandler's one note shtick seems pretty lame.
01/01/00
Just when you thought it was safe to see another Adam Sandler movie, along comes Big Daddy.
08/02/02
worth the trip but not the ticket price
04/04/01
A sure sign of a pending apocalypse: I enjoyed Adam Sandler's new movie.
01/01/00
Big Daddy is surprisingly sentimental and consistently amusing.
01/01/00
Top CriticAlthough it comes with spit and plenty of urine, Big Daddy also sneaks in a load of charm and a big heart!
01/01/00
I was perplexed by some of the decisions of the filmmakers to try to make this film into a comedy.
01/01/00
I wouldn’t call it good, but I’d surely call it a good time.
03/08/02
Sonny is heroic and right, even when he seems ludicrous and wrong. And this is the elegance of the Sandler film formula: for all its supposed anarchy, antics and acting out, it really just wants to reinstate the same old same old.
01/01/00
Big Daddy is clear evidence that -- for the moment at least -- this pony doesn't need a new trick.
01/01/00
Sandler's latest film isn't much of step up from those previous encounters, but it retains all of their good-natured affability.
01/01/00
...you just might wind up with a new found respect for Sandler.
09/26/02
However simplistic Big Daddy is, it is also easy viewing.
12/11/06
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