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 Director
: Dennis Dugan
Starring
: Adam Sandler, Kristy Swanson, Joey Lauren Adams, Jon Stewart,
Rob Schnieder & Steve Buscemi
Picture
1:85:1 Anamorphic & 4:3 Full Screen, DD 5.1, Single-Side,
Dual Layer, Keep Case
Running
Time : 89 mins
The
story:
Nature
called. Look who answered.
Sonny
is a 30 year old layabout. He works one day a week, drinks
all day and watches football and hockey for a living. When
his friend and room mate, Kevin (Jon Stewart) is on a business
trip in China, Sonny (Adam Sandler) discovers that Kevin
has a son (Cole & Dylan Sprouse). In an attempt to help,
Sonny offers to take care of the child, while thinking it
will help his ailing relationship relationship. It's not
easy being a father but in the process, he grows to love
the child and realises he cannot let him go. Helped by his
lawyer friends he files for custody in an attempt to do
the right thing and perhaps finally grow up.
The
summary:
Okay
you get the idea. This is another Adam Sandler movie that
is written by Adam Sandler, starring Adam Sandler and uses
his usual brand of comedy. Its nothing new and yet it is
still immensely watchable.
After
the abysmal Waterboy, this film sees Sandler return to his
trademark routine and involves him abusing, yelling and
jeering most of the characters in the film, whilst still
retaining his lovable charm. It will never be on a par with
the likes of Happy Gilmore or even the Wedding Singer but
at least the film pushes some buttons correctly. This time
it uses a child as its central love interest and places
Sandler in yet another situation where he must save the
day. The set pieces are funny most of the time and there
is a good supporting cast to act as the foil for Sandler's
lead. You will laugh on more than one occasion and fortunately
it is not one of those films that has all the funny bits
in the trailer, so there will be some surprise moments.
On
the downside the film lags a bit towards the over schmaltzy
ending and falls the wrong side of twee for its own good.
There are also a number of niggling faults with the such
as Sandlers ability to adopt a kid without ever having to
show ID or sign any forms or his sons' mysterious italian
accent that keeps breaking through. However these do not
ruin the film, merely bring it down a peg on two with its
overall score.
The
DVD itself is a double sided Widescreen/Full screen Region
2 release that uses extra's from the Region 1 edition. The
sound and picture are both of an average quality befitting
of a (sort of!) rom-com. Overall this will be for Adam Sandler
fans but does give an enjoyable watch.
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