That's My Boy

Plot synopsis:
Opening in the year 1984, 15-year-old outgoing and rebellious wild child Donny Berger brags to his friends about scoring tickets to Van Halen. One of the friends suggests taking a girl who they think is cute, but Donny declares he's not into girls anymore...he's into women. Ms. McGarricle (Eva Amurri), the sensually hot teacher is seen walking through the halls of the school, attracting the attention of many young boys. Donny makes a very stupid move trying to hit on her by inviting her to the concert and asking for a handjob, resulting in a month's worth of detention by Ms. McGarricle.In detention, however, Ms. McGarricle comes on to Donny, a very obviously inexperienced virgin, and invites him into her office, where his friend can hear the action. We see that this affair continues over several occasions, culminating during a school assembly, where they are caught having sex behind the stage curtain. As Ms. McGarricle runs away embarrassed, the entire student body (and a few faculty members) begin applauding Donny, then give him a standing ovation as he runs upfront and embraces his victory.Ms. McGarricle is put on trial for statutory rape (having sex with a minor), where the judge sentences her to 30 years in jail because the affair has resulted in a pregnancy. Donny's dad is pissed because the baby will be in his custody. As a result of this scandal, Donny becomes a nationwide sensation, getting a deal for a TV movie and becoming an overall celebrity.Present Day. Donny (Adam Sandler) meets with a man named Jim Nance (Rex Ryan) who informs Donny that he owes the IRS $43,000 after skipping taxes since 1994. They both talk about Donny's son whom he hasn't seen since he moved out, evidently because he was named Han Solo and was incredibly overweight. Jim suggests Donny get him to help, but he doesn't think that'll do anything. Jim also tells Donny about an obese man running in a marathon, and the odds on him are 8,000 to 1. Donny then bets $20 on him.Donny goes to a strip club and talks to waitress Brie (Ciara) and stripper Champale (Luenell). He sees a magazine with his son's picture, now very slim and having changed his name to Todd Peterson, and even making up a story that his parents died in an explosion. Donny learns that his son is getting married and that he is a successful hedge fund manager.In the next scene, we are introduced to Todd (Andy Samberg) and his fiancée Jamie (Leighton Meester). He is so nervous about her overbearing and annoying parents coming over that he even has a spare pair of underpants with him. She tells him to relax.Meanwhile, Donny goes to see a guy named Randall Morgan (Dan Patrick) for money. He bumps into Vanilla Ice (playing himself), who hates Donny for sleeping with his mom. They get into a fight until Randall breaks it up. He meets with Donny privately and tells him that he is no longer relevant like he was when he was a kid, so Donny schemes to get his name back out there while scoring some money. Randall tells him to get his son to come with them to the prison where his mother is for a reunion special, and Donny will get $50,000.Todd takes Jamie and her family to stay at his boss, Steve Spirou's (Tony Orlando), house. Jamie's brother Chad (Milo Ventimiglia), a marine, comes in and intimidates Todd. As they are having lunch, Donny appears and freaks Todd out. He pretends Donny is his old friend, giving Donny the opportunity to come up with an outrageous story about how he saved his life, which the family seems to believe. Todd pulls Donny into a room to talk to him about how he was an awful father and he needs to go away so he won't ruin his wedding, but Donny asks Todd to give him a chance, as well as going to see his mother in prison, making up a story about how she is terminally ill. Todd tells him to wear a tie for a cocktail party that's about to happen.Donny puts on a tie but looks as informal as he can. He does manage to make an impression on Steve and his mother, along with other guests by going "WAZZUP!" He tells the guests about the made-up story about saving Todd. He also meets a co-worker of Todd's named Phil (Will Forte) and his wife (Rachel Dratch). Phil admits that he had no idea why Todd picked him as the best man, so he passes it to Donny. Donny then notices a baseball field nearby and has everybody go play. This makes Todd nervous because he can't play sports, and it shows as he gets hit in the throat during the game.That night, Donny hears Jamie yelling at Todd to get the cake, showing how whipped he is. Donny sees him in the shower wearing a swimsuit, revealing an old tattoo of New Kids on the Block with warped heads, which Donny finds hysterical. They suddenly get into a tickle fight which becomes awkward when Donny waves his boner in Todd's face. Chad comes in and thinks they're wrestling, so he starts wrestling Todd, only to get knocked out by a bottle. Later, he whacks off to Steve's mom, who used to be a model. He admits to being turned on by the old woman now as opposed to the picture of her younger self. In the morning, she and Todd find all the used tissues on his bed.Everybody goes to church for a rehearsal with Father McNally (James Caan). He says he is sorry Todd's dad couldn't be there, and Todd says he deserved his imaginary fate of dying in a car explosion. McNally berates him for speaking of his father like that when he didn't abuse him, so Todd insults him. This leads to a fight outside, and Todd getting his ass kicked until Donny knocks out the priest with a bottle. The family is pissed at Todd for provoking the priest, but Donny saves him by telling the family that Todd had a bad experience with churches after his dad's "death," so he is forgiven, and they decide to have the wedding at Steve's home.As they are preparing at the home, Donny learns that there will be a bachelor party. It turns out Phil booked a party at a men's treatment spa, bringing Donny, Todd, Chad, Steve, and Jamie's dad Gerald (Blake Clark). Donny hates the place because he is not getting pleasures, even trying to proposition the masseuse (Jackie Sandler). He decides to take the guys to the strip club (not before nailing the hostess (Ana Gasteyer) who, despite her acknowledging how vulgar he is, still wants to screw him), where they all get drunk and get lap dances. Brie appears and tells Todd she knows he is Donny's son, but it'll be a secret.Chad, Steve, and Gerald go home while Phil gets head from a stripper. Donny and Todd leave to bond. Donny gives Todd an earring that Ms. McGarricle gave him, though he makes him bleed while putting it in. They run into Vanilla Ice (who was known to Todd as Uncle V as a kid), working at a skating rink. Donny apologizes to Ice for sleeping with his mom, and he forgives him. They then go into the rink after smoking a bong, messing with the skaters, along with Todd Bridges, who also works there. They go to a convenience store and drink beer without paying and get chased by the clerk with a shotgun, though he joins them in creating chaos as well, including stealing a little girl's bike to teach Todd how to ride, even though he hits a car and interrupts an old couple having sex.They return home, and Donny tells Todd he loves him, but Todd doesn't appear to feel that way about him yet. Ice passes out in the front lawn as they go inside. Donny ends up having sex with Steve's mom while Todd sees Jamie's wedding dress, thinking it's her, and starts humping it. He wakes up to Jamie screaming about the dress covered in puke, along with semen (which Jamie discovers after licking it). She yells at Todd and tells him to send the dress to the dry cleaners and to take off the earring. Ice then comes in after hearing the commotion, then goes back to banging Steve's mom.Donny makes Jamie's family and the two Chinese servants breakfast when he gets a call from Todd. He tells him that he left Donny a present and is going to see his mom in prison. Donny rushes to stop him, but Ms. McGarricle (now played by Susan Sarandon) is already coming to talk to Todd and Donny. She is still in love with Donny, and he still wants her back. That's when Randall and his crew come in and tape the reunion, which angers Todd as he realizes what's really going on. He leaves, but not before hitting Donny and getting tasered, and he craps his pants. Because Todd didn't sign the release form, Donny will not get paid.Donny goes home and hears Jamie on the phone with Steve, learning that she is cheating. He goes to the rehearsal dinner at night and tries telling Todd, but she manages to make up a cover story. He leaves again, shamed. As Jamie and Chad leave, Kenny (Nick Swardson), a very creepy guy who goes to the strip joint, tells Donny to go after Jamie and try and win her forgiveness. He gets into the hotel room after the clerks recognize him as the kid who banged his teacher. He goes up with two ice cream cones when he hears Jamie having sex. After sneaking in through the window, he discovers that Jamie is having sex with none other than... Chad! Donny is understandably grossed out, telling Chad he is a disgrace as a marine, until Jamie says that he only buys those outfits so their dad won't find out he's a jazz dancer (which Donny thinks is worse than the incest). Donny starts leaving to tell Todd, but Jamie says she will give him money to keep his mouth shut.Donny calls Jim and tells him that he got the money, but he opens Todd's gift and discovers it's an oven mitt puppet from his childhood. This inspires Donny to move on and stop the wedding. He rounds up Ice, and they get to the wedding in time. That's when Donny and Todd reveal that they are father and son, and Donny rips Jamie's check, saying he'd rather go to prison than take her money. He forces her to tell Todd about her affair with Chad through a whisper, but Todd is so grossed out that he blurts it out to everybody, and Donny reveals she is also sleeping with Steve. Todd then quits his job and starts walking out, proudly accepting his name as Han Solo Berger, also telling Steve how Donny and Ice banged his mom. Jamie grabs a cake knife and starts running toward Todd, but Donny knocks her out with a bottle. Chad tries to attack, but he is knocked out by Father McNally. Donny, Todd, and Ice leave together.Sometime later, Donny and Todd are having a little going-to-jail party at the strip club. Todd is now with Brie, and Donny accepts that he'll be going to jail for three years, because by then, Ms. McGarricle will be done with her sentence, and they can get together again. Just then, Jim comes in and tells Donny that the fat guy they bet on is running the marathon. Since Donny placed the bet, the money would come to $160,000. The patrons all cheer him on as the fat guy wins the marathon, and therefore, Donny will now have enough to avoid prison.

Tags: humor

Review:
At no point in this movie did I think "oh man this is the worst thing I've seen in my life." Had good feeling, good comedy, a solid entry to Sandlers recent works.
I mean you cant tell me when he was on SNL and in some of his earlier movies he didn't act stupid, Maybe some of you reviewers are just getting old and don't know comedy anymore when you see it.
To be fair, Adam Sandler does act immature and pretty stupid throughout the movie, but lighten up folks.
But if you're an Adam Sandler fan who loves his earlier stuff, this one is right up there with Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore!
You will laugh at the movie because it can get very silly.Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg have AMAZING chemistry, and I think we are expecting more from the duo, well, hopefully!
I have tried to watch this abortion of a film called "That's my Boy" a couple of times now , and all I can say is "Who is giving Adam Sandler money to make "films" , and who in the hell thinks this CRAP is funny"?
wont' like this.The cast varied greatly from many well known actors and actresses to current top stars and new faces, they all played their parts really well.Adam Sandler has redeemed himself, That's My Boy is hilarious..
Actually at times through out this hard to watch excuse for a comedy, due to his hair style Adam Sandler looks similar to his Little Nicky persona without the obscure voice.
And which makes me sad since I've liked, and even loved, other Adam Sandler films.
Actually, James Caan stood out as the only proper actor, in my opinion.I really liked many previous comedies that starred Adam Sandler, and this film was real rubbish compared to any of them..
especially if he hasn't been in the media in a good decade or two at that point and he was near completely broke???) Plot holes aside I would still be lying if i said that i didn't laugh at a fair number of things that happen throughout the film, and i would be lying if i said that i didn't think the semi serious scenes between Sandler and Samburg didn't work.
(Especially in something like Click where the humor turns much more bittersweet in the last half) Its because I felt that Sandler geuinely wanted to be a better person to his kid, that i thought the ending worked, (even if the end reveal does kind of come out of nowhere) and i thought the movie to be a resonably good time if you've liked sandler's movies these past number of years more or less....and c'mon some of the things happening are pretty funny.Also the very quick scene with Vanilla Ice where Sandler asks him to drive him at the end and Vanilla goes "You Kidding Me????" and then strikes a pose and then Sandler waits a beat and says "Is that a yes or a no?
I haven't seen a movie like this before it was awesome and is a great combination of Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg.
although it had all of these amazing great things it wasn't as good as some of other Adam Sandler movies like the Waterboy, Happy Gilmore, and Billy Madison, but i still loved the movie but also disliked some of the things in the movie.
Otherwise, pick a cleaner comedy to watch, even if you have to go back several years in the film library to do so, because- honestly-Adam Sandler & the Hollywood crew have reached the bottom of the barrel in what they think is funny.
I don't mind edgy humor, but there should be a limit, This film takes things up a notch, to the point where it's not funny, it's sick.Donny(Adam Sandler) is drunk, broke, and is about to go to jail for failing to pay taxes, his only hope is his grown son(Andy Samberg), who Donny has not seen for nearly a decade.
Sandler, Samberg where not funny, neither was anybody else, except for Vanilla Ice who makes fun of himself perfectly, I thought Jack and Jill was bad, this was much worse.
Give that money, instead, to the families around this country that cannot afford food, a decent place to live, medicine for their children, teachers who are grossly underpaid, victims of sexual abuse (like the Sandusky victims), women who cannot afford health care, teenagers who cannot afford college tuition, dogs and cats that need a good home, talented children who cannot afford to go to school for arts, our soldiers who return home with major injuries or mental disorders, building safe housing for families in New Orleans, to young filmmakers around the country who actually have an interesting story to tell and need a career break.BUT PLEASE, PLEASE do not give anymore money to ADAM SANDLER.
First of all, one of the largest flaws I see with the user reviews involves 'I took my church group...', and 'was too childish and vulgar'; but I have to say that it is not intended for your church group, and Adam Sandler movies usually fit into the vulgar comedy category.
I have avoided Sandler movies on principle for years, and the local cineplex's line up wasn't very strong on the night, but I don't know what possessed me to choose this dog, especially to take 3 young ladies to see.Yes, there were some belly laughs but they were few and far between and I was over the constant swearing after the first 15 minutes.
In the circumstances I simply slid into my seat and cringed.The plot is simply inane, Sandler's acting is atrocious and resorting to incest and granny screwing for humor makes it clear that Sandler is finally scraping the bottom of the comedy barrel.After this debacle, I guess I won't be choosing the movies for some time to come.Folks, don't duplicate my mistake.
Adam Sandler does not seem to realize that stuff like what a character says, does, or their background can be funnier than gross out humor..
Jack and Jill yes indeed was not good in the slightest but this movie i was sure was guna Be Adam's come back.
Furthermore, the whole room was laughing as hard as I was so I know I wasn't the only one.In conclusion, if you are expecting a movie like Mr.Deeds you will be surprised or disgusted.
I know Adam Sandler is probably trying to go back to his roots of "Billy Madison" and "Happy Gilmore" style of movies.
The weak plot of a former child star bad boy (sandler) realizing he has a long lost son raised by a rich family(Andy Samberg) and needs to reconnect to pay a debt isn't enough to carry this movie past the over acting predictable jokes we have all seen time and time again.
To save you some time, not really, but for more informative details read on about this latest addition to the "comedy" family.As I'm sure you have all seen, That's My Boy tells the story about Donny (Sandler) who at the hormone crazy age of thirteen decides to have sex with his teacher.
After not seeing each other for almost ten years, Donny decides to visit his son days before his wedding to attempt to reconnect with his illegitimate offspring, while also keeping his eyes on the prize.If you think the trailer looked good, then I'll let you know now this movie is for once summed up in the trailer.
And I'm not some idiot who likes every Adam Sandler movie.* This movie has lots of laughs.
This is the kind of film that Adam Sandler has always been capable of making even though he chose to take a break so he could work on movies to watch with his wife and kids.
Bottom line: If you like crude sexual humor and you go into this movie with an open mind, you're going to have a great time.---------------------------------------------*I like Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore.
Now we know Adam Sander hasn't produced the best of films over the past year or two, most of his comedies would have a sense of homour that wasn't always funny, from sarcastic lines to terrible story lines made you think if he could ever get a movie right...I wasn't so keen on watching this movie as i was expecting it to be another stupid comedy flick but i have to admit this movie really did make my day.Amazing story line, good casting and just absolutely hilarious, don't know why people are rating it as a 4 on IMDb, i thoroughly enjoyed it, much better than waterboy and all of his previous movies, laughing my head off through out the film just makes it perfect...well done Sander and the cast, Adam Sander can always surprise you, glad i watched it and would probably continue watching his upcoming films....
Now, returning to the classic drunk, absent-minded, and squeaky-voiced man-child role, which has made him famous in the first place, Adam Sandler now stars in "That's My Boy", which although is better than the other crappy movies in Sandler's career, is still a disgustingly obnoxious, and incredibly insulting film that will leave audiences cringing...out of disbelief.
There were some funny moments, and Adam Sandler did make a better movie than "Jack and Jill", but overall, this was just a dumb, annoying, unrealistic, and unbelievable movie that really tries it's best to go beyond the odds of a comedy....way too much!
With the lack of these comedies being made, with a name like Adam Sandler attached to the project it can be expected for this movie to relish in the box office.
The movie stars Adam Sandler who plays Donny Berger, who at age 14 has sex with one his teachers and ends up fathering a child.
I do prefer comedies that don't use cuss words and vulgar jokes to get their laughs, but Adam Sandler movies will feature crudeness and disgusting jokes; even though I thought some were forced, I did think they worked out in this movie.
It's about time Adam Sandler made good "dumb" comedy again!.
this is a funny movie with Adam Sandler in it.
Any bad review of this film are coming from people who for some reason think Adam Sandler films are are supposed to be intelligently written & masterfully directed.
Adam Sandler is back at wasting the time and money of movie viewers once again.
It seems like Sandler follows a simple formulahe comes up with a funny voice and attempts to make a movie out of it.
It's obvious Sandler enjoys making movies that immature guys will find funny, and he doesn't seem to be looking to change.
From the moronic casting of people who can't act (Vanilla Ice, Ciara & New York Jets football coach Rex Ryan), to the jokes so forced they seem to be written by a panel of fart and puke loving 12-year-olds, to Sandler's stupid Boston accent that loses any sign of amusement within the first 10 minutes of screen time.It's sad to see Sandler refuse to grow as an actor, especially since he has shown glimpses of what he can accomplish with the right project (Punch Drunk Love, Funny People).
I'm certainly not going to give anything away, but even if you're not a huge Sandler fan, the movie is worth watching just for the unbelievable cameos, by people I haven't seen in years.
This film may go down as one of the greatest comedies and possibly a top 10 all-time movie, with the likes of the Godfather and so many other enduring classics.
This movie is the Adam Sandler of old, the Billy Madison, and Happy Gilmore I fell in love with as a kid that introduced me to what comedy movies should be!
IF you like to laugh and you like Adam Sandler you need to go see this movie..
I love most Adam Sandler movies, and i noticed a lot of reviewers say the same thing, Thats my boy, is a really funny movie (at least to me, my friends and all the other younger people in the audience ranging from about 16-30's) It wasn't a movie i went in hoping for some comedy classic, it's a great movie to watch when you just feel like watching a movie that gives some good laughs (depending on your humor) and slight amused disgust.....
the concept of the move was very straightforward with the teacher and student having sex and getting caught...etc then trying to reconnect with his son around 20-30 years later to pay off debt, which most of the audience would guess he would find out about and they'd get in a massive fight but i did not expect the major twist near the end of the movie that had the whole cinema i was in going 'gross' 'wtf' 'LOL' and causing a general sense of amusement.This is one of those movies where its crazy, stupid and funny....i loved it so did all my friends and the rest of the audience in the cinema with us - so really if you like his movies watch it with an open mind and see for yourself, it really all depends what you find funny...the other reviewers just say its bad don't watch it, but really you should give it a go.
With their jerk off jokes and ridiculous scripts this movie is a pile.I used to like Adam Sandler but give up it's over.
The acting would be bad even if this was some low budget amateur movie, specially Adam Sandler who makes a voice for his character that sounds as fake as it gets.
A bad Adam Sandler movie..
You know what an Adam Sandler movie is going to be like.
I'm a big fan of the happy Madison comedies, but Adam Sandlers movies recently for me have had very little laughs in them, 'funny people' 'Jack and Jill' 'grown ups' for example.
This one had me laughing all the way through, I'm not ashamed to admit I enjoy a daft Sandler comedy full of crude humour, it had a few nice cameos in there too, Vanilla ice and Willis from different stokes were good sports and fans of Adam Sandler/ Happy Madison movies will recognise a lot of the usual crew, I enjoyed this movie the same as I did when I watched Grandma's boy and Benchwarmers, I put this movie on par with those two so if you liked those two i'm sure you will enjoy this one.8/10.
It wasn't the best Adam Sandler movie, but it was hilarious,stupid, raunchy riot.
"That's My Boy" comes after his last flick: the outright horrible "Jack and Jill", and it indeed proves to be a comeback of sorts for the struggling actor/comedian.The laughs are big, and the supporting cast is excellent in this funny off-beat Rated-R comedy that benefits largely to the addition of SNL funny-man Andy Samberg who has become surprisingly adept at hanging around with the best of Hollywood and even surpassing them along the way.Sandler and Samberg are a team made in comedy heaven, and you wouldn't expect anything less than a wildly-gross, ridiculous comedy that does things you've never seen before on the big screen.
Adam Sandler has been delivering one horrible movie after another lately, but That's My Boy is actually pretty damn funny.
It hearkens back to the days of Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore, when Sandler made comedies people liked.
The best part is that as in all Adam Sandler films, there are all these "Easter Eggs" to find while watching the movie...
watching an Adam Sandler movie hits the spot when I just want to take a break from all of that and reset myself with humor with little thought...
I watched with my girlfriend and we both thought it was funny and the rest of the cinema was laughing also so i think maybe the other bad reviews are people still angry with Sandler for making Jack and Jill..
Lets face it, we all know that the days of great Adam Sandler Movies (Water Boy, Billy madison, Happy Gilmore) are behind us.
After all, there is an actual story to this movie and it's filmed, and written, beautifully.If you like classic Adam Sandler, you'll love this movie.
The film had its stupid parts, but they weren't too bad to where you just roll your eyes.I think that Adam Sandler is still a very funny person and if he continues to make movies like this one, then he will still have a career in making movies.
And not only was this funny but it was interesting as well, I mean it actually had a story that made you want to see how it was going to turn out.I was hoping this movie would take our minds off of our day at work, and boy did it not disappoint!
And honestly when was the last time Sandler made a funny movie or even a good one at that.
I really like many of Adam Sandlers films, but this isn't one of them!.
That's my Boy – TRASH IT (D) Reviewing an Adam Sandler's movie these days is like slamming your head on the wall again and again.
He is Adam Sandler in all of his movies these days.
Adam Sandler has done some Dodgy films in the past and I wasn't sure what to think of this before watching it.
Andy Samburg is a great comedy actor and does well but Adam Sandler la voice through the film gets very annoying.
It's a silly movie with rude humour, personally loved its silliness and classic Adam sandler feel good vibe.I laughed all the way through it and had a great time.
If you're a fan of Adam sandler movies you'll love it..
The best Adam Sandler Movie Ever!.