Big Daddy (1999) Critic Reviews

Sandler's best movie, a surprisingly touching and consistent comedy that finds him reaching out to new audiences without abandoning the transgressive meanness that has enlivened his best work.Read the full review

While the loyal male-teen aud core will not be disappointed with the spate of gags just for them, story contains solid date-movie material.Read the full review

Much of Big Daddy looks like it was made up on the spot, but Sandler, with his bad-dog eagerness to get caught in the act of misbehaving, pulls you through it.Read the full review

Go to this movie for the cheap laughs and bodily fluid jokes -- those are its strengths.Read the full review

Sweetly dopey, kid-friendly, if overly contrived comedy.Read the full review

There's some heavy-duty Oedipal stuff going on underneath all the running gags about Hooters restaurants. [25 June 1999, Life, p.8E]Read the full review

There's no doubt Sandler is talented, but if he persists in believing that, like Elvis, his presence alone covers a multitude of omissions and inconsistencies, he will squander his gift and make a series of forgettable films in the process.Read the full review

It's a flimsy sentimental comedy with more product plugs and fewer laughs than might have been hoped for.Read the full review

Big Daddy should be reported to the child welfare office.Read the full review