"That's My Boy" is a two hour attack on the intelligence and one of those rare comedies where I didn't even crack a smile. From the mind numbingly predictable story to the just plain unfunny antics of Sandler, it became clear to me very quickly that the next two hours were going to be pure hell.
In 1987, after getting his teacher pregnant, Donny Berger becomes a celebrity for his endeavor. He is given endorsement deals and even has his story adapted into a made for TV movie. Move on to the present and Donny is a middle aged man-child who finds out he is in trouble with the IRS. He has to raise $43,000 to avoid going to prison. Donny later sees that his son, whom he hasn't spoken to since he turned 18 and moved out, is now a successful hedge fund manager and is going to be married. In an attempt to deal with his financial woes Donny seeks out his son and attempts to reconcile with him.When it was over I was left wondering 'why'. Why would I ever care what happened to these people. The characters are so cardboard that the audience never feels the need to sympathize with any of them. There is no chemistry between anyone especially not Samberg and Sandler. Sandler's character is, simply, annoying. What he feels he still has to offer to the world of comedy is incomprehensible. This is the same dog and pony show that we have been subjected to for much too long. There was more than once where we are shown scenes that offer us nothing towards the story. They are just there and it doesn't work. Nothing about this movie works actually, and if you were to just skip over it your life would be that much better.
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