the happy bastard 's 30-second review big daddy happy gilmore as a father ?
of course !
that 's the latest scenario presented by adam sandler in the new movie big daddy , a movie that 's passable but is n't really considered some of sandler 's best work .
he does n't actually play happy gilmore in the movie , but a variation of him .
he 's sonny coufax , a man who 's living off a settlement he got for a cab running over his foot and his one - day - a - week gig as a tollbooth man ( tollbooth willie ? ) .
his girlfriend ( kristy swanson ) is fed up with his lifestyle and demands a change before she leaves him .
enter a 5-year old kid , who 's mysteriously dropped at his doorstep and intended for his preppy roommate ( jon stewart ) , who 's off in china on a business trip .
from there , coufax basically acts as the kid 's father , teaching him different things like peeing on the side of a building and tripping up skateboarders with sticks .
he even manages to use the kid in a sort of con game to get the attention of a beautiful law office worker ( joey lauren adams ) , but , somehow , he also garners the attention of social services , who are n't particularly pleased with coufax 's actions , as he pretends to be his roommate to keep the kid .
the reason i say it 's not really sandler 's best work is because it gets really sappy towards the end of a movie , showing some odd feelings that somehow did n't really belong in a sandler vehicle .
i mean , it fits the movie 's tone and everything , and sandler handles it well
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but it 's just oddly placed , that 's all .
fortunately , it does n't destroy the goofy glee path it 's been following and
it still makes you feel good .
sandler does a good job here , as he does in most of his movies .
rob schneider , however , is irritating as his friend , an immigrant delivery boy who ca n't read .
stewart
, in his minor time on screen , is great , and adams remains a joy to watch .
look for steve buscemi as well as a homeless bum .
he 's a hoot .
directed by dennis dugan ( director of happy gilmore ) , the movie remains a good couple of hours to pass the time with .
again , there are faults , but , hey , everyone needs to get emotional sometimes .
is great he 's a hoot it still makes you feel good remains a joy to watch fortunately remains a good couple of hours to pass the time with does a good job here it fits the movie 's tone and everything , and sandler handles it well