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That's My Boy
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySean Anders
Written byDavid Caspe
Produced byAdam Sandler
Jack Giarraputo
Heather Parry
Allen Covert
StarringAdam Sandler
Andy Samberg
Leighton Meester
CinematographyBrandon Trost
Edited byTom Costain
Music byRupert Gregson-Williams
Production
companies
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • June 15, 2012 (2012-06-15)
Running time
114 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$70 million[2]
Box office$13,000,000

That's My Boy[3] is a 2012 American comedy film starring Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, and Leighton Meester. The original script was written by David Caspe. Sean Anders directed the film. The film was produced under Sandler's production company Happy Madison, and shot in Massachusetts, around Boston, Everett, Lynn, Brockton, Stoughton and Cape Cod.[4] The film was released on June 15, 2012,[5][6]and is distributed by Columbia Pictures.

Plot

In 1984, 12-year-old Donny Berger (Justin Weaver) was with his friends as school, seen checking out a 22-year-old teacher, Mary McGarricle (Eva Amurri) drinking water in slow motion. He asks her out, and she gives him a month detention. During detention, Donny and McGarricle have intercourse. They are later caught together at a school function, leading to her crime being discovered. McGarricle is arrested and found to be pregnant, and Donny gains custody of their son, whom he names Han Solo Berger. Donny becomes a celebrity because of what happened, but is forgotten as he becomes an adult, and loses contact with his son.

In 2012, Donny (Adam Sandler) is a slacker who spends his time at a local strip club with his friends, bartender Brie (Ciara) and stripper Champale (Luenell). He learns that he owes $43,000 to the IRS and will be imprisoned for three years if he doesn't repay the money within one week. After drunkenly betting that an overweight man will win an upcoming marathon, Donny returns to the strip club where he learns his son, who has changed his name to Todd Peterson (Andy Samberg), is a succesful businessman and is about to marry a rich young woman named Jamie (Leighton Meester). A TV producer named Randall Morgan (Dan Patrick) offers Donny the money he needs if he convinces Todd to visit Ms. McGarricle (Susan Sarandon) in prison for a reunion special.

Donny visits Todd, who is staying with Jamie at the house of Todd's boss, Steve Spirou (Tony Orlando). Todd is forced to introduce him as an old friend, because he claimed his parents died in an explosion. Donny meets Jamie's brother Chad (Milo Ventimiglia), a Marine, and tries to convince Todd to visit Ms. McGarricle in prison because she is terminally ill. Todd is reluctant, but allows Donny to stay at Steve's house and invites him to a cocktail party that night, where Donny meets Todd's co-worker Phil (Will Forte). Phil reveals that he's Todd's best man, but knows nothing about Todd, and passes on the role to Donny. Donny later hears Jamie yelling at Todd and realizes he isn't happy with her.

The following day, Donny attends a wedding rehearsal where Todd gets into a fight with Father McNally (James Caan) over a crude remark that Todd made towards his "dead" father. Because of this, Jamie decides that the ceremony will be held at Steve's house. Meanwhile, Donny learns Todd will be having a bachelor party and decides to join him, only to learn it'll be just a visit to a spa run by the uptight Ms. Ravensdale (Ana Gasteyer). After having sex with Ms. Ravensdale, who is charmed by his laid-back attitute, Donny convinces the others to go to the strip club with him, where Todd bonds with Brie. Eventually, everyone gets drunk, and Donny and Todd bond. They decide to go ice-skating, where Donny runs into Vanilla Ice, who hates Donny for sleeping with Ice's mother. Donny apologizes and makes peace with Ice, and the three wreak havoc through the night before returning to Steve's house, where both Donny and Ice have sex with Steve's mother while Todd dry-humps Jamie's wedding dress.

The following day, Jamie forces Todd to take the dress to the dry cleaner. Todd leaves a present for Donny at the house and calls Donny to tell him about the present and that he's on his way to visit Ms. McGarricle. Donny rushes to prison, but it's too late. Randall appears with a filming crew and Todd, believing his newfound connection with his father was a lie in order for Donny to get money, leaves in anger. Randall later cons Donny by revealing he didn't get Todd to sign a contract about his appearance, and, therefore, Randall isn't required to pay Donny.

Donny returns to Steve's home and finds out Jamie is cheating on Todd with Steve. He tries to tell Todd at the rehearsal dinner that night, but Jamie comes up with a story to cover her tracks. Defeated, Donny leaves and returns to the strip club, where Kenny (Nick Swardson), a strange man who often hangs out at the club, convinces him to earn Jamie's forgiveness for Todd's sake. Donny heads to the hotel where Jamie is staying, only to find her having sex with Chad, whom Donny learns is actually a jazz dancer pretending to be a Marine in order not to disappoint his and Jamie's father, Gerald (Blake Clark). Jamie gives Donny the money he needs in exchange for his silence. Donny opens Todd's present to find that it's an oven mitt, showing that Todd cares about Donny and remembers their time together when he was a child.

After talking with Brie, Donny realizes he loves Todd more than anything and must stop the wedding. He interrupts the wedding ceremony with Ice's help, reveals that he's Todd's father, tears up Jamie's hush money and urges her to whisper the truth to Todd. However, Todd is so dumbfounded he accidentally exposes her incestuous relationship with her brother. In a fit of rage, Jamie tries to stab Todd with a knife, but is knocked unconscious by Donny. Father McNally prevents Chad from attacking Donny, who leaves with Ice and Todd, who proudly accepts that he is Han Solo Berger.

A few weeks later at the club, Donny tells Todd, who is now dating Brie, that he's ready to go to prison for three years, and intends to rekindle his relationship with Ms. McGarricle once she's released. At that moment, Donny learns that the obese man from earlier actually won the marathon and earned him $160,000 dollars, enough to prevent his arrest. Donny, Todd, Brie, Champale, Ice and Kenny all celebrate together.

Cast

Production

The film was originally titled I Hate You, Dad. It was then changed to Donny's Boy before the producers finally settled on That's My Boy.[7][3]

Promotion

A red band trailer was released on March 1, 2012.[6] A green band trailer was later released on March 5, 2012. On June 1, 2012, the whole cast sat down with MTV on the City Walk stage to discuss the film, their individual upcoming projects and also participated in a Q&A with the audience. The film was also promoted through the 2012 MTV Movie Awards, where Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, and Leighton Meester were presenters for Best Kiss.

A spoof trailer was posted by Samberg on The Lonely Island's YouTube account on June 1, 2012.[8]

Reception

Box-office

The film opened on June 15, 2012 with $4.6 million and is expected to earn $13 million for its whole weekend debut which would be Sandler's worst opening weekend since Reign Over Me in 2007[9], which had a significantly lower budget.

Critical reception

Reviews of the film have been mainly negative, although the Audience gave the film a 65%, Rotten Tomatoes reports that only 24% of critics gave the film a positive review based on 85 reviews, with the consensus stating, "While it does represent a new foray into raunch for the normally PG-13 Sandler, That's My Boy finds him repeating himself to diminishing effect - and dragging Andy Samberg down with him."[10] Metacritic gives it a "General Dislike" rating with 30 out of 100.

Accolades

Award Category Recipient(s) Result
Teen Choice Awards[11] Choice Summer Movie: Comedy/Music Pending
Choice Summer Movie Star: Male Adam Sandler Pending
Choice Summer Movie Star: Female Leighton Meester Pending

References

  1. ^ "That's My Boy" - British Board of Film Classification
  2. ^ Kaufman, Amy. "Movie Projector: 'Madagascar 3' to top 'Rock' musical, Sandler comedy". latimes.com. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
  3. ^ a b Ngo, Binh (February 3, 2012). "Adam Sandler's Upcoming Comedy 'Donny's Boy' Changed to 'That's My Boy'". Movies with Butter. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
  4. ^ "Thursday, July, 21: Filming Locations in NYC, Detroit, Chicago, & more including AWOL, Boss, and SVU". On Location Vacations. July 9, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2011.
  5. ^ "I Hate You, Dad". CraveOnline. Retrieved July 21, 2011.
  6. ^ a b Ng, Philiana (March 1, 2012). "http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/risky-business/thats-my-boy-trailer-adam-sandler-andy-samberg-296333". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 1, 2012. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  7. ^ Eisenberg, Eric (January 16, 2011). "Adam Sandler Comedy I Hate You, Dad Retitled Donny's Boy, First Image Arrives Online". Cinema Blend. Retrieved January 19, 2012.
  8. ^ "That's My Boy Trailer - Samberg Cut" - YouTube
  9. ^ Rosen, Christopher (June 16, 2012). "'That's My Boy' Box Office: Adam Sandler Comedy Bombs, Tom Cruise's 'Rock Of Ages' Disappoints". Huffington Post. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  10. ^ That's My Boy at Rotten Tomatoes
  11. ^ "Breaking Dawn leads the way at Teen Choice Awards nominations". Winnipeg Free Press. June 15, 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2012.

12. "That's My Boy Soundtrack List" Music from That's My Boy - Adam Sandler Movie - MoviesWTF.com

External links

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