Rating of
3/4
Surprisingly touching!
MovieAddict - wrote on 12/26/12
Adam Sandler plays Sonny Koufax, a law graduate who spends one day a week working as a tollbooth operator, and the rest of the time living off a large settlement he got from being hit by a car. His girlfriend wants him to move on with his life, maybe go back to law school, but Sonny is far too self-absorbed, and she walks out on him.
He shares a luxurious studio with his successful roommate Kevin (Jon Stewart), but when his roommate takes off on a business trip to China, Sonny has a kid literally dropped onto his doorstep one day, with a note explaining that this is his roommate's son.
The tyke, named Julian (and portrayed by Cole and Dylan Sprouse), is Kevin's illegitimate son. Apparently the mother is sick and wants Kevin to raise the lad. Sonny pretends to be Kevin, adopts the child, and presents this to his girlfriend Vanessa (Kristy Swanson) as evidence of his maturity. Vanessa dumps him anyway, and Sonny finds himself a single father unprepared for the duty. He ends up keeping the kid and taking care of him, and grows to really love doing it.
Trouble ensues for Sonny though when the welfare office catches onto him and a legal battle begins between Sonny and the welfare for custody of the child. Sandler is funny and proves he's got a lot more to him than one liners and bathroom jokes. Particularly funny performances include Rob Schneider as a short tempered immigrant delivery man and Steve Buscemi as a bum.
