That's My Boy (2012)

While in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent until Todd's 18th birthday. Now Donny resurfaces just before Todd's wedding after years apart, sending the groom-to-be's world crashing down.

Director:

Sean Anders

Writer:

David Caspe

Stars:

Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Leighton Meester

5 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Adam Sandler	...	Donny
Andy Samberg	...	Todd
Leighton Meester	...	Jamie
Vanilla Ice	...	Vanilla Ice
James Caan	...	Father McNally
Milo Ventimiglia	...	Chad
Blake Clark	...	Gerald
Meagen Fay	...	Helen
Tony Orlando	...	Steve Spirou
Will Forte	...	Phil
Rachel Dratch	...	Phil's Wife
Nick Swardson	...	Kenny
Peggy Stewart	...	Grandma Delores
Luenell	...	Champale
Ciara	...	Brie

Storyline

While still in his teens, Donny (Adam Sandler) fathered son Todd (Andy Samberg) and raised him alone until Todd's 18th birthday. Now, after years apart, Donny suddenly shows up uninvited on the eve of Todd's wedding. Donny tries desperately to reconnect with Todd and is forced to deal with the results of his bad parenting skills.

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Plot Keywords:

statutory rape | male objectification | teacher student relationship | argument | reference to vanilla ice | 

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Taglines:

The story of a child... and his son.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for crude sexual content throughout, nudity, pervasive language and some drug use

Did You Know?

Trivia

Todd was born while his mother was serving a jail sentence for statutory rape. Leighton Meester, who plays Todd's bride Jamie, was born while her mother was serving a jail sentence for drug smuggling.

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Goofs

When Donny is scaling the hotel to Jamie's room he is seen opening a beer and holding it in his right hand, in the next shot the beer is gone and the two ice cream comes are both in his right hand

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Quotes

Donny: [the waitress brings in drinks] Oh, alright, alright, now we're talkin'. Thanks, honey. What the fuck's your name? Jessica. All right. Hey, come on, here's to the kid! He's fuckin' gettin' all fucked up, huh? Tonight! Last night! Fuckin' last night of poontang for this kid!
[takes large sip from drink, then spits it out all over Jessica and Mrs. Ravensdale]
Donny: What the fuck is this?
Mrs. Ravensdale: It's water infused with cucumber, rose pedal, and harvest sandalwood.
Donny: It tastes like fuckin' dick infused with balls, and...

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Alternate Versions

When shown on Lifetime, after Todd mockingly says "nice suitcase" to Donny, Donny's follow-up line "This is a Hefty bag" is changed to "this is a garbage bag".

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Connections

References Late Night with David Letterman (1982)

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Soundtracks

Ice Ice Baby
Written by David Bowie, Earthquake (as Floyd Brown), John Deacon, Mario 'Chocolate' Johnson (as Mario Johnson), Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor and Vanilla Ice (as Robert Van Winkle)

User Reviews

Popular to hate Sandler these days.

Seems every movie Sandler does these days gets hated on. People saying this is the worst movie ever made in history...really? You people must not have seen many movies. Regardless of what Sandler does the rest of his career its now popular to point out how it sucks and not as funny as his old movies. I enjoyed this movie, laughing out loud several times. Sandler does a great job playing the father. The bachelor party scenes are epic, really feel for the characters. Uncle Vanny? Hilarious. 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. Much much better than the one where he played his sister.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 June 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

I Hate You, Dad

Filming Locations:

Brockton, Massachusetts, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$70,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$13,453,714, 17 June 2012

Gross USA:

$36,931,089

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$57,719,093

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, Happy Madison Productions, Relativity Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

116 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1