Big Daddy

What’s Aged the Best?

In the discussion (6)
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  • Acceptance of Sonny’s gay friends holds up better than expected, including the child being taught to accept them. — Bill Simmons
  • Young Jon Stewart works as Sonny’s friend in a relatively small supporting part; an initial claim that he plays the brother is corrected. — Joe House
  • Kristy Swanson and Leslie Mann are praised, with Mann the final preferred answer. — Bill Simmons
  • Mr. Herlihy continues Sandler’s funny pattern of confrontations with combative older men. — Bill Simmons
  • Sonny’s misguided parenting discovery—options rather than orders—is amusing. — Bill Simmons
  • The soundtrack captures its era through Sheryl Crow, Garbage, Limp Bizkit, Everlast, Big Audio Dynamite, Styx, Eurythmics, Springsteen, New Radicals and Harvey Danger. — Bill Simmons