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Dueling Critics

starstarstar Jeff Millar - Houston Chronicle
starstarstar Susan Stark - Detroit News
starstarstar Owen Gleiberman - EW
starstarstar Michael Atkinson - Village Voice
starstarstar Margaret McGurk - Cincinnati Enquirer
starstarstar Jay Carr - Boston Globe
starstarstar Janet Maslin - NY Times
starstarstar James Berardinelli - ReelViews
starstar Susan Wloszczyna - USA Today
starstar Kenneth Turan - LA Times
starstar Ken Fox - TV Guide
starstar John Anderson - Newsday
starstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
starstar Mark Burger - Winston-Salem Journal
starstar Desson Howe - Washington Post

Funny-sweet . . . not bleccchh sweet . . . May be the first of [Adam] Sandler’s films in which women might also appreciate the humor. But [his] core demographic – guys – need not fear betrayal or abandonment

- Jeff Millar

The Sandler mojo ain’t working in Big Daddy. No siree Bob. Dismal. Lame. Not funny

- Desson Howe

Big Daddy

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Adam Sandler adopts a friend’s illegitimate child to prove to his girlfriend that he’s a responsible adult. Joey Lauren Adams, Steve Buscemi, Deborah S. Craig, Leslie Mann, Josh Mostel, Rob Schneider, Cole Sprouse, Dylan Sprouse, Jon Stewart, Kristy Swanson. Director: Dennis Dugan (1999, PG-13)

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