A lazy law school graduate adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned.A lazy law school graduate adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned.A lazy law school graduate adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned.
- Awards
- 8 wins & 14 nominations
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAdam Sandler's wife, Jackie Sandler, played the waitress in the bar that gets Julian (Cole and Dylan Sprouse) a root beer. This started the tradition of having her cameo in almost every Adam Sandler film.
- GoofsWhen the skater coming down the path in the park hits Sonny's stick, he careens down the hill into the pond between two large rocks. The smaller rock on the right lifts and floats a little to the right.
- Crazy creditsThis movie is dedicated to our fathers. Thanks for putting up with all our crap. We love you.
- Alternate versionsWhen aired on TV, some scenes were altered, like:
- When Sonny finds out McDonalds stopped serving breakfast at 10:30, his scream of "horseshit!" was changed to "Noooo!";
- The word 'ass' was changed to 'butt'; the word 'shit' was altered or worked around;
- The names of Sonny's snacks when he's watching hockey were blurred out; Sonny's line of "the money I got in the cab accident is kicking ass in the stock market" was altered.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Clock (2010)
- SoundtracksPassing Me By
(LP Version)
Written by Slim Kid 3 (as Trevant Hardson), Imani (as Emandu Wilcox), Booty Brown, Fatlip (as Derek Stewart), J. Swift, Steve Boone, and John Sebastian
Performed by The Pharcyde
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Featured review
what you'd expect
Sandler stars as a crude N.Y.C. slacker who's too lazy to do anything with his life even though he's a law school graduate and his father is a prominent Florida attorney. A kid shows up at his doorstep one day and he adopts him as a desperate ploy to win back his demanding girlfriend, that is until both of them unexpectedly develop a mutual bond. Undeniably silly, but very funny comedy is very likely to offend some with its immature, atypical parenting style, but it's well-cast and overflowing with Sandler-esque gags. Buscemi and Schneider have amusing supporting roles as a philosophical bum and a witless delivery man, and the film's climax is hilarious. **½
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- Special-K88
- Sep 9, 2002
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Box office
- Budget
- $34,200,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $163,479,795
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $41,536,370
- Jun 27, 1999
- Gross worldwide
- $234,801,895
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