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26 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinSandler's best movie, a surprisingly touching and consistent comedy that finds him reaching out to new audiences without abandoning the transgressive meanness that has enlivened his best work.
- 70VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerWhile the loyal male-teen aud core will not be disappointed with the spate of gags just for them, story contains solid date-movie material.
- 50L.A. WeeklyManohla DargisL.A. WeeklyManohla DargisSander has turned mediocrity into the triumph of the smug.
- 50Film ThreatFilm ThreatHooter babes and the ubiquitous Steve Buscemi is a riot as the mercurial bum on the street.
- 50San Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisSan Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisIn a sense, Sandler is damned if he develops, damned if he devolves. But he needn't apologize for being who he is by turning a goldmine sitcom into a tame "Baby Boom" for guys.
- 42Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakSeattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakThough the cast is talented, the script is a mess. It's essentially a collision of missed opportunities.
- 38Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertBig Daddy should be reported to the child welfare office.
- 38Chicago TribuneMark CaroChicago TribuneMark CaroRecycling the regressive humor of his (Sandler’s) previous films, it piles on so much sentimentality that you wonder how anyone could consider him a renegade. [25 June 1999, Friday, p.A]
- 30New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerNew York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerSandler being Chaplinesque isn't pretty; he's just doing his smart-aleck slacker shtick with a moister eye.
- 0San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSan Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannNasty to women, cruel to old people and tosses in a cardboard gay couple for gratuitous laughs. It's also got one of those annoying soundtracks that lays rock music right over the dialogue -- as if it wanted to distract us from it.