I'm an Adam Sandler fan, so I was eager to see
"Big Daddy." However, it's not one of the most
memorable films he'll ever make.
Basically, Adam's a 30-year old still living the
life of a teenager and liking it. But, his girlfriend
has had enough of his non-committal attitude; so 1)
she takes a hike, 2) small child arrives at his
doorstep, 3) Sandler decides to adopt the kid in
hopes that he'll (Sandler) will learn those adult
characteristics so desired by a girlfriend that the
filmmakers didn't spend any time making us care
about.
There's really not much to say about this film. It
was refreshing to hear Sandler use his regular voice
and not one of his stupid character voices. You see,
I think he's both very funny and very talented on
screen -- he doesn't need the cartoon voices. Let me
just go way out on a limb here and say -- Adam
Sandler has the same kind of dramatic talent in him
that an actor like ... say Tom Hanks ... has. Now,
there I've said something profoundly dissonant
haven't I? Speaking of drama, "Big Daddy" is much
more of a light drama than a comedy. It certainly has
comedic moments, and even though they weren't very
uniformly or artfully distributed (for instance the
ending is strangely more silly than the rest of the
film); it's still moderately funny/dramatic
overall.
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