Big Daddy (DVD)

Big Daddy. Yet another Adam Sandler film, or well worth a watch? *********************History********************* Adam Sandler was born in 1966, making him much older than I'd realised, I'd say he tends to look mid-thirties in his newer films. Sandler is a well-known comic actor, with more than 30 films behind him. His first film, as far as I can find out, was Going Overboard back in 1989, meaning that his career has now spanned three decades, ...
... The current review is of Big Daddy. *******************Cast, release date etc.************ Big Daddy was released in 1999 It has a cinema rating of 12. I think that this is quite appropriate, some of the humour is a little adult, and there is a very very small amount of kissing, including gay kissing. The language isn't, to me, an issue. I'd say that if you have a child of 10 who wants to watch the film and you feel that they are generally mature, ...

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...and generally, just being a big child at heart! **Plot** Sonny Koufax (Adam Sandler) is a thirty-two year old law school graduate, who is steadfastly avoiding the responsible pressures of adulthood. As the lone rebel among his group of law school peers, he refrains from the career and marriage/partnership route. He takes on a part-time job (one night a week!), frequents the neighbourhood sports bar and eats endless amounts of take-out meals, ninety ...
...Directed by:...Dennis Dugan Big Daddy brings together a diverse cast of talented actors including Joey Lauren Adams (A Cool Dry Place, Chasing Amy), Jon Stewart (Playing by Heart, The Faculty), Rob Schneider (Knock-Off, The Waterboy), Leslie Mann (The Cable Guy, George of the Jungle), and Allen Covert (Happy Gilmore, The Wedding Singer). In Big Daddy, there are some funny scenes and situation, but this not the only way to view the film. It is always ...

wulise 29.11.2001 (01.12.2001) · Read full review
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The Film -------- Sonny Koufax is a wacky guy who can't seem to do anything right, mainly due to his ability to screw everything up for other people. Sonny (played by Adam Sandler, from The Wedding Singer fame) is, at first desperate to hold on to his girlfriend, who gets really fed up with him acting like a little kid all the time. At the same time a kid arrives on Sonny's doorstep, Julian - the alleged son of Koufax's friend, and Sonny has an ...
...he can be responsible. Unfortunately for him though, his girlfriend isn't interested and he ends up alone and having to look after a kid with no previous experience and a certain lack of maternal instinct! His first problem is Julian's bedwetting, which he solves by laying newspaper on the bed, and then Julian's spilling milk, which he also solves by laying down newspaper (not exactly someone you'd invite to babysit then) The interaction between ...

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The story is typically American and blends Jerry Maguire with Dumb and Dumber. Our hero, Sonny Koufax, is played by Adam Sandler – a well know comedy genius famous for Saturday night live and hit films such as The Wedding Singer and Waterboy. As per usual Sandler plays a social misfit but this time his character is a misfit by choice. Mr Koufax senior is a very well respected lawyer and Sonny has the potential to emulate his father. Sonny, ...
...work after a legal settlement won him several hundred thousand bucks but in reality he could earn that in a year if he put his mind to it. Sonny is happy and content in his responsibility free life – well he is until his girlfriend (Vanessa) dumps him. She decides that she needs more from a relationship and from her man – Sonny’s irresponsibility simply doesn’t cut it on the man front! But then through several strange twists ...

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...a selection. However I spotted Big Daddy and as I liked Happy Gilmore so much I decided to purchase this particular film. This could possibly be the best decision I have ever made regarding my entertainment system. Adam Sandler plays Sonny Cofax, a man that hasn't exactly made the most of his life. He lives with his flatmate and has a one night a week job at a toll booth. He is childish and wastes his money on just about anthing he see's. His life ...
...his child and hoding a big court case. The ending is a happy one however and Sonny finally has a little baby of his own. This film has its funny points but also has a more serious side that will have you feeling sorry for some characters while laughing at others. All the regular Happy-Madison cast are in there including Rob Shneider as the delivery guy. If you haven't seen this film and are a fan of Sandler then go and get it. Alternatively if you ...

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This is a fantastic comedy and one that many of you will enjoy if you haven’t watched it. It’s a really good family film to watch. Perfect for night in. It stars Sonny played by Adam Sandler, he also starred in the Wedding Singer. He’s this ‘laid back type of guy’ and has been dumped by his girlfriend for a more responsible guy. But, when a five year old boy-Julian arrives on his doorstep he can prove everyone wrong. ...
...a child... How the boy gets to Sonny?…..well long story but the mother who’s very ill close to her death in fact had a one night stand with Sonny’s flat mate but he’s away and Sonny get’s the responsibility. So, there’s two kids-one literally and one at heart….and it’s time for fun. The comedy starts and Sonny realises the joys of parenthood. Some excellent moments when he tries to toilet train the ...

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What a brilliant film !! This is one of my all time favourite films of recent times. This film will cheer you up no matter how down in the dumps you are feeling. THE BASIC IDEA OF THE STORYLINE Sonny ( played by Adam Sandler – also starred in the Wedding Singer and The Waterboy) lives along with his business type flat mate in an apartment. Sonny’s girlfriend has just left him for a more mature guy – she thinks Sonny is too easy ...
...of responsibility. But Sonny soon gets his chance to prove her wrong – his saving grace comes in the form of a five year old boy who has been dumped on his doorstep. The reasoning for choosing Sonny’s doorstep is cause the boy’s now dying mother once had a one night stand with Sonny’s flat mate who has just swanned off to China on a business trip. The five year old, who name is Julian – is the perfect way for Sonny ...

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...myself also. Big Daddy is a film that can confidently brag both to being funny and touching. It depicts a young go-as-you-please-I-don’t-want-any-responsibility- man, whose girlfriend dumps him for an OLDER version. Sonny Koufax (Adam Sandler-the wedding singer) portrays the young responsibility free man, whose life is about to change. Sonny pretends to be the boys’ father to the social services, who readily give the boy over to his ...
...favour to a friend. The film unwinds into a very funny and sometimes moving film. Sonny teaches he’s new ‘son’ –Julian (Cole and Dylan Spouse) how to piddle up a wall, how to strategically place lumps of wood to trip people up, amongst many other entertaining ‘male’ things. But what prospects can a man who works one day a week, offer a young lad who needs a home after the d eath of his mother? The boy manages ...

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Big Daddy I bet if I asked you, who’s Adam Sandler? Then the answer from 99% of you would be, Adam who? For this reason he is one of the film industries best kept assets. For all those who do not know who he is, he was the funny if yet geeky bloke in ‘The Waterboy’, and the title role in ‘The Wedding Singer’. Big Daddy stars Sandler as thirty two year old twelve years old, Sonny Koufax. He has failed at most things ...
...he has to do something big to prove to her that he is ready for responsibility. When five year old, Julian (Cole Sprose, Dylan Sprose) is dropped into his lap, by Julian’s dieing mother, who was a one night stand of his flat mate currently in China, then he has the perfect opportunity to prove to his ex that he has the qualities to be a responsible adult. Soon Sonny realises that there is more to being a daddy than he first anticipated, and ...

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THE STARS Adam Sandler Born on the 9th September 1966 in Brooklyn, he later graduated from the New York University. He has co-wrote and starred in several films to date including Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison and The Waterboy. Joey Lauren Adams Born on the 6th January 1971. In 1997 she was a Golden Globe Award nominee for Best Actress for her part in Chasing Amy, and actually won the award for most promising actress from the Chicago Film Critics ...
...1962 in Trenton, New Jersey. His full name is actually Jonathan Stewart Leibowitz. It’s not hard to see why he shortened it. He has been in several other films including Mixed Nuts (1994), Playing By Heart (1998), The Faculty (1998) and Half Baked (1998) Rob Schneider Born on the 31st October 1963 in San Francisco. His first television appearance was on The Late Show With David Letterman in 1987. He did the screenplay for the film Deuce in 1999, ...

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This is a definate Adam Sandler comedy - much along the likes of Happy Gilmore, and Billy Madison - man will not grow up, stuff happens, man grows up. What makes this different from the two I just mentioned, is that the character Adam Sandler plays is likeable. Sandler plays Sonny Koufax, a ex-trial lawyer, doing nothing and living of the proceeds of an accident. His life turns upside down when his gilfriend dumps him for a much older man, due to ...
...five year old boy knocks on his door looking for his daddy (Koufax's roommate - on holiday), Sonny decides that to prove he is responsible to his girlfriend, he adopts the boy - Julian - to impress her. Unfortunately for Koufax she isn't impressed, so Sonny is stuck with Julian. Sonny is freaked by this, and tries to give the boy back, the social services say he has to wait a while for this, so Sonny has to look after Julian, this is where the film ...

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Big Daddy- Sonny Koufax (Adam Sandler) is the irresponsible guy - he has no job, no manners, and no clue. Although Sonny has somehow managed to get a girlfriend, she is tired of his aimless ways, and gives him an ultimatum - do something with your life or I leave. Fate steps in with a ready-made 'solution': Sonny will raise the little boy who was dropped off at the apartment with a note proclaiming his roommate (Jon Stewart) the father, his girlfriend ...
...Plausibility this movie doesn't have. But we are talking about Adam Sandler, the man who has given us such brainteasers as Happy Gilmore, and Billy Madison. Sandler's frat-boy humor - childish and, scatalogical - has however, drawn a huge following as evidenced by The Waterboy's huge box office, (a movie that I myself enjoyed and will surely be pilloried for). I expected one thing from this movie - a good laugh. And it delivered. The obligatory ...

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...great quality of actors. Big Daddy stars my favourite actor Adam Sandler, I personnaly think he is great and he plays an amazing role in this film. He plays Sonny Covaks who got run over and claimed loads of compensation and thus lives in a appatment just lying around doing nothing. Then one day a little boy walks into his life and he has to look after him, until he is taken away from him, and eventually has to go to court to try and win him back!! ...
...film really support Sandler well. The actor that plays the little boy, I cant remember his name now, but he plays a very tough role for a youngster, and he plays it very well indeed. I would really reccomend this film to everyone, it is great. There are some extra features on the DVD, like actor and acctress interviews and all the usuall stuff you get. ...

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...Sandler, the kid (actually played by twins), has some great moments. Mostly involving him wearing what he likes and doing what he wants as part of Sandler's new way of raising a child. It's typical Adam Sandler commedy all the way, a big no-brainer really, but a great film none-the-less. ...

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I am a big Adam Sandler fan, so it is of no great twist of fate that I was one of the firsts ones out to see this movie. And I was not disappointed. Once again, Adam Sandler has provided the laughs that make a very good film. The story follows Adam, a not-so-young, but very immature young man who adopts a child without any knowledge of how to deal with one, thanking it may make his girlfriend stay with him. Unfortunately that all goes wrong and he ...

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