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film directed by Dennis Dugan

Big Daddy is a American comedy-drama film directed by Dennis Dugan, written by Steve Franks, Tim Herlihy, and Adam Sandler from a story conceived by Franks, and produced by Sid Ganis and Jack Giarraputo.

The film stars Sandler, Joey Lauren Adams, Jon Stewart, Rob Schneider, Dylan Sprouse, Cole Sprouse, and Leslie Mann, with Allen Covert and Josh Mostel in supporting roles. The plot follows a year-old man who gets dumped by his girlfriend for not accepting responsibility and then tries to be responsible by adopting a five-year-old young man who appears on his doorstep.

Produced by Giarraputo's Jack Giarraputo Productions in association with Out of the Blue Entertainment, Big Daddy was released in the United States on June 25, , by Columbia Pictures. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film was a victory at the box office, grossing $ million on a $34 million budget and becoming Sandler's highest-grosser domestically until Hotel Transylvania 2 ().^[2] The film was nominated for five Razzies and Sandler won the Worst Performer category.^[3]

Plot

In New York City, Sonny Koufax is a year-old slacker and law school graduate who hasn't taken the bar exam, works one day a week as a toll booth attendant, has his food delivered by his friend Nazo, and lives off a $, compensation from a minor accident.

His girlfriend Vanessa threatens to break up with him unless he takes more responsibility. His roommate Kevin Gerrity proposes to his podiatrist girlfriend Corinne before he leaves for China to work on a case for his regulation firm and she accepts. Corinne vehemently dislikes Sonny because he constantly teases her about her former job at Hooters when she was in medical institution.

The next day, Sonny wakes up to find Julian "Frankenstein" McGrath, a five-year-old from Buffalo left at their apartment. A note states that his mother is no longer able to care for him after falling ill and that Kevin is his biological father.

Sonny contacts Kevin who is puzzled by the news. Despite his selfishness and lack of parenting skills, Sonny assures him that he will take care of Julian until Kevin returns from China. To win Vanessa back, Sonny introduces her to Julian. However, he discovers that she is now dating Sid, whom&#;&#; despite existence much older than her&#;&#; she reveres as more motivated and intelligent with a "five-year plan".

Becoming frustrated with parenting, Sonny poses as Kevin and takes Julian to his social worker Arthur Brooks telling him that Julian should return to his mother. However, Brooks informs Sonny that Julian's mother died of cancer and offers to place Julian into a foster home.

After this, Sonny rants about it in a phone call to his father, Lenny, who is shocked and infuriated with Sonny for trying to raise a child, due to his irresponsibility. Sonny decides to raise Julian his own way.

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They develop a strong bond and Julian helps Sonny find a new girlfriend in Corinne's lawyer sister Layla. Brooks finds a foster dwelling for Julian and leaves messages for Sonny, but is suspicious when he does not respond.

After a meeting at institution where Julian's teacher complains about the bad habits he has developed due to Sonny's impact, Sonny rethinks his parenting methods and turns Julian's behavior around.

Days later, Brooks arrives to find out Sonny impersonated Kevin and threatens to have him arrested if he does not hand over Julian. Sonny complies, although Julian is hurt that he has to leave. Sonny contacts Layla to help seize legal action.

In court, Layla, Kevin, and Sonny's lawyer friends Phil and Tommy represent Sonny, while his friends and even Corinne provide positive testimony for Sonny.

Julian also testifies and provides information regarding his birth in Toronto (he moved to Buffalo to be with his mother), which appears to spark Kevin's memory. Sonny then calls himself to the stand and asks his father to interrogate him. Despite Lenny's fervent doctrine that he is not father material, Sonny convinces him that he will not fail at being a father (his words touch the men present in court, even Brooks and his prosecution team, who all contact their own fathers to show their love for them).

Impressed by Sonny's sincerity, Lenny vouches for his son to boost Julian. Nonetheless, Judge Healy^[a] states that Sonny should be imprisoned for defrauding the city. However, Kevin refuses to press charges and admits to Corinne about his one-night stand during a past trip to Toronto.

Assess Healy grants Kevin custody pending a DNA test. Sonny promises Julian that although he cannot be his father, he will always be there for him. He then passes Julian to Kevin and the two commence to bond. Sonny still maintains contact with Julian through Kevin, often meeting up with him for activities such as basketball.

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One year later, a more mature and responsible Sonny is now a prosperous lawyer. He is given a surprise birthday party at Hooters by his friends with Kevin, Corinne, and Julian in attendance. It is shown that he is now is married to Layla and they have a baby.

With Nazo sticking around for a short time due to his other deliveries, Sonny encounters Vanessa working there as a waitress with Sid productive as a cook, revealing that his "five-year plan" did not go as she had hoped. Sonny's friends and Layla rejoice Sonny's birthday.

Cast

In addition, Carmen De Lavallade appears as the judge^[a] during the custody hearing, Geoffrey Horne appears as Vanessa's current boyfriend Sid, while other Adam Sandler film repeat regulars incorporate Edmund Lyndeck as an elderly bar patron named Mr.

Herlihy who claims that Sonny "fights like a girl", Steven Brill as lawyer Ted Castellucci who assists Brooks at the custody hearing, Sandler's wife Jackie Sandler as a waitress at the bar Sonny frequents and his niece and nephew Jillian and Jared Sandler as two people named Jillian and Jared.

Dennis Dugan has an uncredited appearance as a reluctant trick-or-treat giver.

Production

Principal photography took place in New York from September 24 to December 21, Pete Davidson auditioned for a role.^[4] The script was originally titled Guy Gets Kid and was considered for Chris Farley.^[5]

Reception

Critical response

On Decaying Tomatoes, Big Daddy has an approval rating of 39% based on 93 reviews, and an average rating of / The site's critical consensus reads, "Adam Sandler acquits himself admirably, but his charm isn't enough to make up for Big Daddy's jarring shifts between crude humor and mawkish sentimentality."^[6] On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 41 out of , based on reviews from 26 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[7] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the movie a grade B+.^[8]

Nathan Rabin of The A.V.

Club called it "Sandler's best movie", noting that "Sandler possesses an innocence that makes the mean-spiritedness inherent in much of his work surprisingly palatable."^[9] Robert Koehler of Variety called it "a step forward for Adam Sandler, as adv as a strategy to grow his audience.

While the trustworthy male-teen aud[ience] core will not be disappointed with the spate of gags just for them, story contains solid date-movie material."^[10]

Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times said: "There's no challenge 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."^[11]Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the production one-and-a-half out of four stars, describing the main character as "seriously disturbed" and the story as "predictable", although he did praise Joey Lauren Adams's traits as "entertaining".^[12]

Director Paul Thomas Anderson is a noted fan of the film, considering it one of his favorites.^[13]

Accolades

Soundtrack

The film won a BMI Film Music Award.^[17] The soundtrack included the following:

Track listing

1. "Sweet Child o' Mine" by Sheryl Crow (Guns N' Roses cover)
2. "When I Grow Up" by Garbage
3. "Peace Out" by Adam Sandler (a sound clip from a scene in the movie)
4. "Just Like This" by Limp Bizkit
5. "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" by Everlast (a Neil New cover)
6. "Ga Ga" by Melanie C
7. "What Is Life" by George Harrison, covered in movie by Shawn Mullins
8. "The Kiss" by Adam Sandler (a sound clip from a scene in the movie)
9. "Instant Pleasure" by Rufus Wainwright
10. "Ooh La La" by The Wiseguys
11. "Sid" by Adam Sandler (a sound clip from a scene in the movie)
12. "If I Can't Have You" by Yvonne Elliman
13. "Smelly Kid" by Adam Sandler (a sound clip from a scene in the movie)
14. "Passin' Me By" by The Pharcyde (a sound clip from a scene in the movie)
15. "Rush" by Big Audio Dynamite
16. "Hooters" by Allen Covert (a sound clip from a scene in the movie)
17. "Babe" by Styx
18. "Overtime" by Adam Sandler (a sound clip from a scene in the movie)
19. "The Kangaroo Song" by Tim Herlihy (made specifically for the movie)
20. "The Finest of Times" by Styx (only a portion of the song)

Other songs used in the film

Songs from the theatrical trailer not in the film

Notes

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