That's My Boy

Adam Sandler plays Donny, a former child celebrity whose claim to fame is having slept with and impregnated his smokin’ hot high school teacher (Eva Amurri Martino). The teacher gets 30 years in prison for what happened between them; Donny gets tabloid fame and a son he has no idea how to raise. The story jumps 30 years into the future to show us what happened to Donny. His fame, shallow and fleeting as it was, is over and he’s a drunken has been who needs to raise$43,000 to pay back taxes or he’ll be sent to jail. His son, Todd (Andy Samberg), on the other hand is a very successful businessman about to marry the love of his life (Leighton Meester). The secret to Todd’s success is simple. He’s convinced everybody that his ‘parents’ were killed in a tragic explosion and buried all thoughts of his real parents under the lie. Of course, Donny and Todd will find each other, and of course, after a series of wacky adventures, they will learn how much they really love each other. In terms of plot points, That’s My Boy is extremely predictable. But so are 90 percent of the comedies released each year. It’s how many laughs the film can cram in along the way that makes a comedy work or not, and on that level, That’s My Boy works pretty well.