Going back to
watch an Adam Sandler movie from the ’90s will make you wonder what changed in
this guy’s style of filmmaking. I guess, from seeing it, it would be his soul.
His old movies had soul—there was an attempt to connect with the viewer. On top
of that, they always had soundtracks that were so well-crafted, they made you
want to listen and own them.
If you can recall any of his old movies, you’ll understand this better. They
may not be masterpieces, but they were enjoyable, and you went through the moments
with him.
Yes, this wasn’t
one of his best movies, as you can easily pick holes in the plot. From social
services’ inability to hand over a child to his rightful father properly, to
the raising of the child being made to seem easy and just a fun ride.
The movie’s “fall in love with my best friend’s fiancée’s sister” subplot was
lame to the max. If it wasn’t their intention to speed up the romance, she
seemed a little too easy to win over—and what a coincidence that she happened
to be the one in the park that day.
That aside, no
matter how much you can point out the silliness in this movie, the fun is
watching Sandler’s character, Sonny, play dad. He sucked at it, and no matter
how much he tried to make us believe he had it covered, you could easily see
that he didn’t.
He lies to
social services, claiming he’s Kevin (his best friend) and that the
five-year-old child they dropped at his doorstep (since he and Kevin are
roommates) is his.
He does this to make himself seem responsible as he tries to win back his now
ex-girlfriend.
She’s not
impressed by his “adoption” of a child, and it all blows up in his face. He
then decides to keep the child, and we get to see the comedy play out as he
raises the child and deals with the repercussions of his lie.
Like I said, the
only fun when it comes to Adam Sandler is going back to watch his old movies,
because his new ones haven’t made any attempt to please.
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