Plot: What’s it about?
The movie starts out introducing you to Sonny Koufax (Adam Sandler) and how he is single and lives the life a ten year old and has pretty much no responsibilities. Sonny received $200,000 in a court settlement and he now lives off of what he makes in the stock market. One morning a little five year old boy, Julian, is delivered to his doorstep by a teenager who said he was given five bucks for dropping off the kid. There is a note attached and it says that the boy is the son of Sonny’s roommate Kevin. (Jon Stewart) Well Kevin is on his way to China and Sonny tells him that he will take him to social services in the morning since it appears to be a mix up.
The next morning turns out to be Columbus day and social services is closed for the day. So Sonny spends some time with Julian at the park and doing Sonny’s regular morning stuff which starts out at an early 10:30 for Sonny. Sonny takes Julian to social services and Sonny pretends to be Kevin, the boys father. The worker tells him that they will put him in an orphanage until he can get a foster home. Sonny doesn’t like the idea so he tells him that he will take care of him until a home is found. Over the course of weeks Sonny falls in love with the boy and wants to adopt him. With the help of his lawyer friends he sets a court date. The mishaps and adventures turn into laughs and a rather good ending.
This is a humorous and entertaining movie and I laughed out loud on a couple of scenes. It can even be a little touching towards the end. You may recognize several actors from Sandler’s other movies making appearances in this film. You can purchase this movie for some real low prices on the internet, less than $14, so it is worth picking it up for that price or at least a rent. If you like Sandler’s slap stick comedy then you will like this one, but he is not as off the wall as he was in Waterboy and Happy Gilmore. This floats more along the waters of The Wedding Singer.
Video: How does it look?
You get a 1.85:1 aspect ratio that is also 16 x 9 enhanced and a 1.33:1 full frame version as well. The picture looked pretty good, but nothing really stood out and caught my eye. A good transfer but not of reference quality.
Audio: How does it sound?
Another decent audio track and like the picture itself it does its job, but doesn’t really get you excited. It is a comedy so you shouldn’t expect much from the surrounds or subwoofer. Just a plain 5.1 soundtrack and the dialogue is clear.
Supplements: What are the extras?
There is a HBO first look making of featurette for the movie. Two music videos from Sheryl Crow and Garbage, both in Dolby Digital 2.0 surround sound. You also get some talent files on the actors and director, two theatrical trailers for Big Daddy, one for Go, Dick and one for the 15th anniversary of the Ghostbusters DVD. All trailers are in 5.1 Dolby Digital except for the Ghostbuster’s trailer.
