Nice idea, but torn between being a juvenile comedy and drama.

Rating: 3/10 (26 June 2006)

This movie seems geared towards families, in fact my 8 year old daughter was bugging me to see this movie. Fortunately I saw it without her and boy was I glad about that!!
Sandler goes for the least common denominator here, he peppers the dialog with enough profanity to fill a swimming pool. Even the child actors let the curses fly. For why? I always believed when a movie lacks some serious comedic content the makers decide to reach far into the desperation bag and pull out the "everybody in this movie swears like a prisoner."
Aside from that, Sandlers mom was distractingly annoying, Henry Winkler was great, and Sandlers wife was stunningly beautiful and believable.
The story was okay, but my niece and I called the ending almost from the beginning, the message is one that is probably very much needed to be heard by most of American parents-not just dads.