That's My Boy

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  • Opened June 15, 2012 
  • 1 hr 56 min
  • R | Nudity, Crude Sexual Content, Pervasive Language and Some Drug Use

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+. More on child suitability

  • While still a teen himself, Donny (Adam Sandler) fathered a son,Todd (Andy Samberg), and raised him as a single parent. On Todd's 18th birthday, Donny cut the youth loose. After years of estrangement,the older man shows up unexpectedly on the eve of his son's wedding day, sending the young man's life into a tailspin. Donny wants desperately to reconnect with Todd, but he must now deal with the repercussions of the bad parenting he exhibited in the past. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Leighton Meester, Vanilla Ice, James Caan
  • Director: Sean Anders
  • Genres: Comedy

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Funniest movie of the year

by lanelle23

I went to see the midnight showing of this movie and could not stop laughing. The jokes are more for the adult audience but that's okay this movie is laugh out loud funny. The whole theater was...

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Hilarious, too raunchy but funny

by nng

Don't listen to the bad reviews-- the reason being...YES this movie was very very perverted..and every other line seemed to revolve around sex or something sexual. The entire premise of the movie is...

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How A Short-Term Fantasy Really Plays Out

by Reel Reviewer

Everyone had that teacher, friend's parent, etc. they wanted when going through that right of passage known as puberty. This is how that wonderful fantasy would have actually played out over the long...

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Critic Reviews

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Entertainment Weekly
| Owen Gleiberman

Never underestimate the importance of guy-on-guy sentimentality in the Adam Sandler universe. It's his way of making his fans feel as if he's high-fiving them, or maybe giving them a group hug. But Sandler, bottom line, is too good at playing louts like Donny to spend this much energy getting us to like them. Read full review

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New York Post
| Kyle Smith

That's My Boy is pretty raunchy, and by "pretty," I mean "amazingly," as in Howard Stern- or Seth MacFarlane-style gags. Read full review

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Movieline
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No matter how much good-hearted licentiousness follows in the rest of the movie, the opening sequence brings a unshakable sourness to the whole affair. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter
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With enough wedding-related shenanigans to pull in the date crowd, the guffaw-to-gag ratio remains relatively respectable, though there's nothing here that hasn't been attempted many times over. Read full review

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Andy Samberg as Todd and Adam Sandler as Donny in "I Hate You, Dad."