That's My Boy: Review By ROFLitschristian

Jun 15th, 2012 by ROFLitschristian
I've Tried and Tried to Deny it, but it's Official: We've Lost Sandler.
  • OVERALL
    0.5
    HORRIBLE
  • Story
  • Acting
  • Directing
  • Visuals
That's right guys. Probably no shock to anyone that Sandler's career is going as far down hill as Jack and Jill (yes, that is a Sandler pun), I've been trying to deny it because to me, Sandler had that gleaming hope. Funny People couldn't save him and neither will this. He's now in the Hall of Shame with fellows Kevin James, Rob Schneider, and David Spade.

In That's My Boy, Sandler is a dead-beat father to his son whom he conceived with his middle school teacher. After about 20 years he- wait, I forgot something: no one gives a sh*t what this movie's about! Guys, I'm not going to sit here an lie to you. I only made it 20 minutes into this film. And in those 20 minutes I can confirm what that trailer pretty much already has: THIS - MOVIE - F*CKING - SUCKS.

Ladies and gentlemen, there's not a single thing going for this film. The cast is as clumsy as can be with what's probably Sandler's worst speaking role to date; I mean everything he says with that squeaky, disgruntled voice drove me insane. Samberg, in the 10 minutes he was on screen, tried his hardest and you can see it, but everything he says is so forced and insincere. If you can find a good actor in here, he or she's definitely in the supporting cast. Peggy Stewart as Grandma Delores is the only person who I got a chuckle from.

And that's the other problem; this isn't a comedy people. It's a sad, sad attempt at a raunchy date night. Every joke falls flat, and when something seems remotely funny, Sandler's character ruins it. Oh yeah, that reminds me: this movie tries to bring WAZZUP! back... Prep yourself.

Guys, save your money, save your time, and overall, save yourself the embarrassment of even asking the ticket lady for a ticket to this movie. I walked out so early I can't even give this garbage one of my impromptu ratings. That's My Boy gets half a star out of five.

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Comments (16)

  1. ROFLitschristian

    @skywise Thanks for reading. And yes, I agree. Click was mildly enjoyable.

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  2. skywise

    @ROFLitschristian i havnt enjoyed a Sandler movie since Click. That movie was funny and endearing but as you mentioned everything after that has been a let down. Still havnt seen this but great review all the same.

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  3. Nicholaus XX

    @ROFLitschristian -- Watch the entire movie, and I'll give you a thumbs up. Let me know when you do, man. I agree with you on "Grown Ups", however.

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  4. ROFLitschristian

    @XxNickTheFilmCriticXx I don't think the same way though. I rarely ever walk out of movies. Come to think of it, I never walk out of movies. Even when I hate it I always stick through the end. So when a movie forces not only me, but 3 other people away, I've no choice BUT to rate it this low. :/

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  5. ROFLitschristian

    @ghostman Grown Ups will never be funny. NEVER.

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  6. Nicholaus XX

    @ROFLitschristian -- If you watched the entire movie, I would've given this review a thumbs up. I don't believe in rating movies until you've seen the entire picture, because walking out/turning it off is equivalent to not even seeing it(when you put rating it into the mix). Nice job, regardless.

    @ghostman -- I haven't seen "Just Go With It", but I heard it was pretty bad. I have seen "Grown Ups", however. While it gauged two or three laughs out of me, the movie f*cking sucked; easily one of the worst movies of the decade! Those two movies might've had better reception, but it's not a huge difference.

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  7. Ghostman

    @ROFLitschristian Just go with it and Grown Ups were funny too. Those movies had better reviews, and i enjoyed them.

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  8. ROFLitschristian

    @ghostman If memory serves me right, that was the last Sandler film I saw in theaters. I remember laughing, but then again I was 6. Now I see it and I'm just...

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  9. ROFLitschristian

    @huntsman Agreed. I still enjoy Happy Gilmore from time to time.

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  10. Ghostman

    @dan1@ROFLitschristian Correct me if I'm wrong, but his last "funny" movie had to be Mr. Deeds.

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  11. Huntsman

    I've never been a fan of Adam Sandler. I never liked him on Saturday Night Live or in his films. He plays the same annoying type of character in almost all his films. The only film of his I'd give four stars or more to would be Happy Gilmore. The movie was hilarious. Especially Adams fight with Bob Barker. Other then that one really good film he sucks.

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  12. ROFLitschristian

    @bawnian-dexeus Ok? As in the movie's okay? I know you don't think my review's okay. :)

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  13. Bawnian©-Dexeus

    Ok

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  14. ROFLitschristian

    @dan1 I know. I think my self pity for him got in the way of that.

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  15. Dan

    He hasn't been funny for years.

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  16. ROFLitschristian

    @ghostman@XxNickTheFilmCriticXx@bawnian-dexeus@thedude-abides@SpaceCowboy@Georgia-DiPirro@corey@ChiRep-1@skywise@slysnide@moviegeek@Number1Wolverine@insertusernamehere@stoned@forrestgump1@jayaottley@kiion@moviewiz001@Zak-Lee-Ferguson@dan1@huntsman

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