Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Adam SandlerSonny Koufax
- Joey Lauren AdamsLayla Maloney
- Jon StewartKevin Gerrity
- Cole SprouseJulian McGrath
- Dylan SprouseJulian McGrath
- Josh MostelArthur Brooks
- Leslie MannCorinne Maloney
- Allen CovertPhil D'Amato
- Rob SchneiderDelivery Guy
- Kristy SwansonVanessa
Recommendations
- 80
The A.V. Club
Sandler's best movie, a surprisingly touching and consistent comedy that finds him reaching out to new audiences without abandoning the transgressive meanness that has enlivened his best work. - 70
Variety
While the loyal male-teen aud core will not be disappointed with the spate of gags just for them, story contains solid date-movie material. - 50
L.A. Weekly
Sander has turned mediocrity into the triumph of the smug. - 50
Film Threat
Hooter babes and the ubiquitous Steve Buscemi is a riot as the mercurial bum on the street. - 50
San Francisco Examiner
In a sense, Sandler is damned if he develops, damned if he devolves. But he needn't apologize for being who he is by turning a goldmine sitcom into a tame "Baby Boom" for guys. - 42
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Though the cast is talented, the script is a mess. It's essentially a collision of missed opportunities. - 38
Chicago Sun-Times
Big Daddy should be reported to the child welfare office. - 38
Chicago Tribune
Recycling the regressive humor of his (Sandler’s) previous films, it piles on so much sentimentality that you wonder how anyone could consider him a renegade. [25 June 1999, Friday, p.A]
