User Score
7.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 48 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 35 out of 48
  2. Negative: 5 out of 48

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  1. DesmondL.
    Aug 5, 2009
    8
    Adam Sandler teach the kid to peep in the park!! So, Don't teach your children do that!!
  2. Jeremy
    Oct 16, 2003
    3
    The same Adam Sandler film, only this time with a kid even more annoying than his tiresome co-star.
  3. JesusM.
    Jan 9, 2005
    10
    This movie rules :D
  4. SandlerRocks
    Aug 9, 2008
    10
    This movie rocks!! Screw all your crap about cinematography, it's a funny comedy, which manages to transform itself into a very well done sad movie at the end. I thoroughly enjoyed it, as a movie is supposed to be, I couldn't care less if someone didn't find it good brcause they knitpicked at everything. The movie is incredibly entertaining as long as you allow it to be.
  5. Mark
    Jun 12, 2010
    10
    Sandler did a great job making this comedy. The Sprouse twins are exceptionally talented. The only flaws are too much foul language and Sonny should have gotten to adopt the little boy.
  6. MarcS.
    Jan 15, 2003
    7
    A lot of good laughs, but definitely not a great film.. however, if you're looking to spend an hour and a half not having to think or worry about anything, check it out. Kudos to the twin child actors who played the boy. They do an excellent job. The story does sound very familiar, but the movie has a certain charm about it that played very well. I would recommend it just for a few laughs, so don't expect very much out of it. Expand
  7. PatC.
    Jan 12, 2004
    4
    Well intentioned. Sandler continually threatens to come across as a genuinely redeemable person, but what would be the point in this slipshod contrivance of a film? And child welfare folks are prone to meddle in the lives of children at the slightest provocation. Lying to those bureaucrats constitutes child abuse.
  8. KentC.
    Jan 13, 2008
    8
    Sandler's second funniest movie he's ever done. A little touching, but very funny. Extremely quotable. If you want to see a film that will make you laugh, watch this movie.
  9. Apr 22, 2012
    7
    I don't understand why this was critically disliked, even Rotton Tomatoes gave it a poor grade of (2 / 5). This is my first Adam Sandler movie I saw when I was a kid, I loved watching every minute of it. Without this movie, I wouldn't be able to see Anger Management, Mr. Deeds, Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, and moony other funny Adam movies. I can understand that this wasn't that much of his "Best" movies, but it's definitely not bad. It's great to see a low-life who doesn't know how to take care of a kid, and soon he see's the enjoyment of being a dad. I love the hilarious scenes like with the gay guys and the moment at McDonalds. Rob Schneider and Steve Buscemi were hilarious too, their best friends with Adam and always appear in his movies. I'm gonna use the same quote that lil Julian said in court, but in a different subject. "Big Daddy is one of the most funniest comedic movies, and it only caught a bad rap because most critics are cynical a**holes." Expand
  10. May 22, 2012
    8
    Like a lot of Adam Sandler's best movies it's funny but manages to be sweet also, but this time it's also a lot more touching then his other works. So if your looking for a comedy with a sweet side look no further.
  11. Dec 11, 2011
    8
    I think a great deal of my fondness for this movie stems from nostalgia but still I think it is a sweet movie in it's own way. Now in 2011 it is so hard to remember what it was like when Adam Sandler made movies that were actually half decent.
  12. Jan 22, 2012
    6
    It was funny. Definently worth the watch and definently one of Sandler's best films. It does get a little bit generic and sappy about half way into it but its still worth the watch.
  13. Sep 1, 2012
    9
    This was pretty much Adam Sandler at his best. Funny and sweet. Even though it is pretty stupid at times. the ending is flat out hilarious. Adam Sandler's best film.
  14. Aug 27, 2012
    9
    This was pretty much Adam Sandler at his best. Funny and sweet. Even though it is pretty raunchy at times, it seemed like a good family movie. Sit back and relax, and you will laugh throughout.
  15. Nov 7, 2012
    4
    The jokes are a given. The movie is flat. It plays like an episode of Friends.
Metascore

Mixed or average reviews - based on 26 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 26
  2. Negative: 6 out of 26
  1. 50
    Sander has turned mediocrity into the triumph of the smug.
  2. Nasty to women, cruel to old people and tosses in a cardboard gay couple for gratuitous laughs. It's also got one of those annoying soundtracks that lays rock music right over the dialogue -- as if it wanted to distract us from it.
  3. Though the cast is talented, the script is a mess. It's essentially a collision of missed opportunities.