Quartile rating: 5.5/10 · 1 rating
While in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent up until Todd's 18th birthday. Now, after not seeing each other for years, Todd's world comes crashing down when Donny resurfaces just before Todd's wedding.
That's My Boy is a raunchy Adam Sandler comedy that delivers exactly what its premise promises but little more. The plot is a thin, formulaic setup — deadbeat dad reconnects with estranged son before wedding — padded with gross-out gags and shock humor involving incest, crude sex jokes, and 1980s nostalgia. The acting from Sandler is exaggerated and one-note, with Andy Samberg playing straight man to diminishing returns; supporting performances are similarly broad. Cinematography is functional and unremarkable, typical of mainstream Hollywood comedies of the era with no visual ambition. Novelty is low — while the incest-origin premise has some shock value, the film otherwise recycles standard Sandler formula beats seen across his Happy Madison productions. The ending resolves predictably with a wedding-day revelation and sentimental reconciliation that feels unearned given the film's tone. Overall a below-average entry even within the lowbrow comedy genre.