I must have seen this movie at least twice during my childhood and I liked it. Then I re-watched it last April and guess what? I still liked it in the same ways, and I think it's one of those movies that no matter how many years pass after you watch it for the first time, it's still great.
Sonny Koufax (Adam Sandler) is a loser that despite he is graduated hasn't got a job and has problems with his girlfriend Vanessa, and shares an apartment with a friend named Kevin that is his total opposite: has a job and is soon to be married. One day, after leaving Kevin to the airport, Sonny receives a visit from a 5 year old kid named Julian McGrath that is assigned to him by social services. As you expect, Sonny calls the social services for not having the kid but since they are closed, Sonny is forced to take care of Julian and gradually he becomes smitten with him. Sonny and Julian will have lots of various adventures in town meeting some funny characters such as an Italian delivery man (Rob Schneider), a homeless man (Steve Buscemi) and a fat cab driver, and in all this Sonny will learn what it means to be responsible.
Adam Sandler, no matter what you think about most of his modern movies, is great and it's probably his best movie. Twins Dylan and Cole did a nice job as the kid and he and Sandler had lots of great moments. The supporting cast was a hoot and the soundtrack was full of many memorable songs of the 1980s and 1990s (with SWEET DREAMS repeated at least four times throughout the movie).
All in all, a comedy that only the darnedest curmudgeons would hate and one of Sandler's best.
Sonny Koufax (Adam Sandler) is a loser that despite he is graduated hasn't got a job and has problems with his girlfriend Vanessa, and shares an apartment with a friend named Kevin that is his total opposite: has a job and is soon to be married. One day, after leaving Kevin to the airport, Sonny receives a visit from a 5 year old kid named Julian McGrath that is assigned to him by social services. As you expect, Sonny calls the social services for not having the kid but since they are closed, Sonny is forced to take care of Julian and gradually he becomes smitten with him. Sonny and Julian will have lots of various adventures in town meeting some funny characters such as an Italian delivery man (Rob Schneider), a homeless man (Steve Buscemi) and a fat cab driver, and in all this Sonny will learn what it means to be responsible.
Adam Sandler, no matter what you think about most of his modern movies, is great and it's probably his best movie. Twins Dylan and Cole did a nice job as the kid and he and Sandler had lots of great moments. The supporting cast was a hoot and the soundtrack was full of many memorable songs of the 1980s and 1990s (with SWEET DREAMS repeated at least four times throughout the movie).
All in all, a comedy that only the darnedest curmudgeons would hate and one of Sandler's best.