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Critics Savage Adam Sandler's That's My Boy

But audiences like it

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 15, 2012 1:38 PM CDT

(Newser) – Adam Sandler fans can take heart knowing that audiences like his new That's My Boy flick with Andy Samberg, giving it a 71% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. They probably want to stop reading now, though, because critics hate it (20%). A sampling:

  • Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: "Much of the comedy derives from sex, nudity, bodily fluids, and four-letter words—a focus so single-minded that the script sometimes seems to have been written by a 13-year-old."
  • Kimberly Gadette, Doddle: "It’s getting so bad, you have to wonder if Adam Sandler doesn’t sit in his gazillion dollar mansion, flipping through scripts, looking for the worst possible piece of crap he can find."

  • Marshall Fine, Hollwood & Fine: It "isn’t the worst Sandler comedy ever. But that’s like saying, 'This isn’t the worst case of food poisoning I’ve ever had.'"
  • Adam Graham, Detroit News: "Sandler's Berger is the most loutish, annoying character he's come up with since Little Nicky. Nicky came from hell; viewers of That's My Boy will feel like they're in it."

This film image released by Columbia Pictures shows Adam Sandler, left, and  Andy Samberg in a scene from That's My Boy.
This film image released by Columbia Pictures shows Adam Sandler, left, and Andy Samberg in a scene from "That's My Boy."   (AP Photo/Columbia Pictures - Sony, Tracy Bennett)
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LReyes
Jun 20, 2012 9:41 AM CDT
The next movie to SWEEP the 2013 Razzies awards!
Nxxxx
Jun 17, 2012 4:35 PM CDT
When Adam Sandler steps away from loudmouth, overblown, ludicrous characters, he's really worth it. Funny People worked, in large measure, thanks to him and the ensemble. Punch Drunk Love the same. Neither of these were Happy Madison productions, I'm pretty sure.
shaboom
Jun 16, 2012 3:00 PM CDT
Someone behaving like a frat boy into his 60s is never pretty to watch. Despite assertions that every frat boy is a maverick, they are actually skittish/terrified to venture out of lock step.
 

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