Big Daddy (1999/I)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Dennis Dugan

Writers (WGA):

Steve Franks (story)
Steve Franks (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

25 June 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Nature called. Look who answered.

Plot:

A lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned and he becomes the unlikely foster father.

Plot Keywords:

Father | Law | Law School | Relationship | Child

Awards:

8 wins & 11 nominations

Cast

Adam Sandler	...	Sonny Koufax
Joey Lauren Adams	...	Layla Maloney
Jon Stewart	...	Kevin Gerrity
Cole Sprouse	...	Julian 'Frankenstien' McGrath
Dylan Sprouse	...	Julian 'Frankenstien' McGrath
Josh Mostel	...	Arthur Brooks
Leslie Mann	...	Corinne Maloney
Allen Covert	...	Phil D'Amato
Rob Schneider	...	Delivery Guy
Kristy Swanson	...	Vanessa
Joseph Bologna	...	Lenny Koufax
Peter Dante	...	Tommy Grayton
Jonathan Loughran	...	Mike
Steve Buscemi	...	Homeless Guy
Tim Herlihy	...	Singing Kangaroo

Also Known As:

Guy Gets Kid (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language and some crude humor.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby | SDDS

Certification:

Brazil:Livre | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Belgium:KT | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12/9 | France:U | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:PG | Norway:A | Portugal:M/6 | Singapore:NC-16 | Singapore:PG (cut) | South Korea:12 | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #36455) | Philippines:G | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Jack Giarraputo Productions

Trivia:

In the courtroom scene, Mr. Brooks' attorney is named Ted Castelucci. This is also the name of the film's composer, Teddy Castellucci.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: The game Julian is playing is Twisted Metal III (1998) (VG). However, the sounds we hear while he's playing are generic "boop-boop-beep" arcade noises, and not actual sounds from Twisted Metal III.

Quotes:

Mr. Herlihy: Koufax is a good egg, he was nice to that kid. But he fights like a girl. You like that? I'm right here Miss, what are you gonna do about it? Hahaha.
Sonny: What are you drunk Mr. Herlihy?
Mr. Herlihy: Well, I-I had a few chardonnays, what of it?
Sonny: Get off the stand please.
Mr. Herlihy: You got it. Got a few problems.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "HBO First Look: The Making of 'Big Daddy' (#6.5)" (1999)

Soundtrack:

Blue Collar Man

A rather funny movie featuring Sandler.

I am not a Sandler fan in the least, in fact for the most part I do not enjoy his movies. Still, this one was a rather funny little comedy even if it did have a rather unbelievable premise. Guy loses girl, guy tries to get girl back by taking in a kid who may or may not be a friend of his kid. So aside from that you have your funny scenes of Adam trying to raise a small boy to the best of his ability while also getting the attention of a new female in his life. Granted some of the jokes were just lame such as Sandler dressing up as the boy's favorite toy, but for the most part the jokes were hits. It did tend to get a bit sentimental towards the end, but not as bad as other movies of this type tend to get. Jon Stewart is in this one as is Sandler buddies Rob Snider. Steve Bushemi is also in it, but his appearance in the movie is rather stupid. So for a rather good comedy that isn't really great, but not unbearable like many Sandler comedies can get try this one on for size.