Adam Sandler

Andy Samberg

Leighton Meester

Vanilla Ice

Tony Orlando

Will Forte

Milo Ventimiglia

Susan Sarandon

James Caan

Blake Clark

Nick Swardson

Eva Amurri

Meagen Fay

Ana Gasteyer

Rachel Dratch

Peggy Stewart

Luenell

Ciara

Justin Weaver

Todd Bridges

Dan Patrick

Rex Ryan

Dana Goodman

Julia Lea Wolov

Rebecca Marshall

Abigail Klein

Carrie Wiita

Jackie Sandler

Erin Andrews

Sam Kaufman

Danny Mendelson

Colin Quinn

Peter Dante

Rao Rampilla

Patty Ross

Chris Titone

J.D. Donaruma

Alan Thicke

Ian Ziering

Mike Sandler

Sadie Sandler

Sunny Sandler

Abdoulaye NGom

Baron Davis

Amber Paul

Brad Grunberg

Dennis Dugan

Allen Zwolle

Nancy Yee

Koji Kataoka

Jason Venezia

Kristen Valinch

Sheriden Thomas

Claude Tondreau

Michael J. Cammilleri

Scott T. Beardsley

Christian E. Boeger

Sue Lee

Robert Harvey

Paul Pabst

Todd J. Fritz

Patrick S. O'Connor

Andrew J. Perloff

Rich Eisen

Darra Boyd

John Franchi

Colleen Kelly

Sean Anders

David Caspe

John Morris

Rupert Gregson-Williams

Brandon Trost

Naomi Peters

Rachel Tenner

Aaron Osborne

Erin Cochran

Jennifer M. Gentile

Ellen Lutter

Daniel Silverberg

Conte Mark Matal

Tyler Spindel

Darryl Byrne

Baird Steptoe

Greg Wimer

Jennifer Lamb

Gary Archer

Clay Cullen

Aaron Vexler

Mike Burke

Jared Burke

Bill Anagnos

Paul Eliopoulos

Randy James Beckman

Tim Buchanan

Shane Geraghty

Jery Hewitt

Anthony Hoang

Paul Marini

Mark Odgers

Chazz Menendez

Janet Paparazzo

Jessi Sheldon

Christopher Place

Eddie Yansick

Victor Paguia

Mam Smith

Markus Mentzer

Daryl Kass

Timothy S. Wiles

Ronit Ravich-Boss

Candide Franklyn

Terry Wolcott

BJ McDonnell

John Skotchdopole

Christian J. Hollyer

Caroline Errington

Camille Argus

Laurie Bramhall

Carol Kunz

Ann Pala

Kathleen Freeman

Carme Tenuta

Alexis Walker

Eliza Coleman

Patsy Bouge

Stephen Shapiro

Jamie Keeney

Sarah Lucky

Joseph Titone

Tateum Kohut

Greg Orloff

Elmo Weber

Russell Farmarco

Matthew P. Hanson

Cameron Steenhagen

David Williams

Marc Glassman

Anita Cannella

Amy Kane

Jeff Gross

David Weisberg

John Persichetti

J.J. George

Stuart Grusin

Frank Wolf

Dan DeLeeuw

Calum Jess

Allen Covert

Jack Giarraputo

Heather Parry

Kevin Grady

Barry Bernardi

Tim Herlihy

Tom Costain

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That's My Boy

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infidelity

statutory rape

incest

teacher student relationship

deadbeat dad

female pedophile

Risible!

That's My Boy finds Adam Sandler on auto pilot, for this represents him not giving a care in the world about his fans or anyone remotely interested in watching a decent comedy. Sure this has fans, and it's not my want to chastise people's personal preferences, especially with what makes them laugh, and certainly making light of serious issues doesn't have me signing up for the next PC Brigade march, but this is pathetically played.

It was a colossal failure at the box offices, and it deserved to be. Sandler and his writer, David Caspe, blend edgy offensiveness with base juvenile comedy, throwing erection and sperm gags together with incest and statutory rape was always going to be tricky to successfully pull off, even more so when Sandler and co seem to think shouting loud makes scenes more funny. It's just that it never comes off as a funny whole, just a series of mind farts dotted alongside a potentially warm bonding between estranged father and son thread.

Next to this Little Nicky looks a masterpiece! It's a tough film for Sandler fans to defend, and I have been one in the past, but when Vanilla Ice sending himself up is a highlight then you got problems. Whilst Susan Sarandon and James Caan should look in the mirror and ask questions about appearing in this... 3/10

Kamurai

Bad watch, won't watch again, and can't recommend.

I really couldn't believe I didn't know about this movie before.  I've organized a series of Happy Madison watch parties before, but after watching it, then I  know why I didn't know about ti.

Now I'm not a big fan of either Adam Sandler (though he has movies I enjoy, repeatedly) or Andy Samberg (I think he's better at creating comedy than performing it), but this was really like he was at a party with a big head and bet someone that he could make anything funny.

So, of course, the movie starts with a statutory rape case.  Now, MAYBE, he was making a message out of the ridiculous double standard about whether or not the minor is male or female, but the seriousness of the situation (though flatly stated in the movie) is not conveyed properly.

Since most of the movie is about sex, and possibly alcoholism (again, the point isn't made very clearly), there is a fair amount of sex positive messaging throughout the movie, being inclusive of maturity, skin color, body type, handicapability, and open expression.  However because there is a key component of adultery and incest used for humiliation and comedy, it throws any of the previous sex situations into comedy bits, which means not only the message to laugh at people in a messed up sex situation because of incest / adultery (the morality between the two directly addressed), but also statutory rape, the elderly having sex, people expressing thoughts about sex, sex with big black women as things that are comical and that you shouldn't do and should repress.  And if that's a thing, then fine, but don't make a movie about it and make me think about it, and then call it a comedy.

All of that is on top of the usual thing where everyone wants to bang Adam Sandler, and then he's an alcoholic on top of it, and then we add the litany of things that happen to Andy Samberg's character, to include child neglect, and probably abuse.  And it's great for a family to rectify and come to terms together, but to make a movie where they bond over Donny's awful social magic is a weird message on which to make a production.

Look, I like being able to turn off my brain and watch some silly movie, and I was ready for it, but then I go thrown into a someone else's debate about if it's okay for a high schooler to knock up his teacher, and it kind of ruined it for me.

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THAT'S MY BOY - raunch-tastic Rated R trailer

That's My Boy( 2012)

The story of a child… and his son.

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Sat Feb 04 2017

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