Review

That's My Boy

  • Review Date: June 14, 2012
  • R
  • Genre: Comedy
  • 2012

Common Sense Media says

Raunchy, juvenile humor will offend many, amuse very few.
Age
16
Quality
 
  • Positive messages1
    Positive messages in That's My Boy are mostly aimed at adults to be better parents and not completely damage their children's emotional lives. There's also a lesson about truly knowing the person you're going to marry. On the downside, much of the movie's humor is at others' expense and/or gleaned by mocking particular groups (the obese, etc.).
  • Positive role models0
    The only remotely positive role model is the stripper who convinces Donny to search for his son. And at the very, very end, Donny rises to the occasion, accepts responsibility for how he neglected his son, and acts like a father should. Todd is obviously the product of an extremely dysfunctional situation who still managed to succeed professionally.
  • Violence2
    Mostly comic violence. Donny and Todd get in a few fist-fights, which they usually resolve by hitting their opponent with a bottle to the back of the head. Donny, Todd, and Vanilla Ice anger several different crowds of people who chase them from place to place -- including a convenience store, where the owner is trigger happy and shoots off his gun (again and again). Even a priest punches a couple of people.
  • Sex5
    Like most of Sandler's lowbrow comedies, That's My Boy has tons of references to sex and several scenes of nudity. Incest, masturbation, erections, penis size (even that of a young boy), semen, oral sex, happy endings -- all are heavily explored in the dialogue. Frequent sex scenes feature everything from an adult teacher and her 13-year-old student to a long sequence about a man masturbating to a photo of an elderly woman to a shot of a brother and sister having sex. Donny's home away from home is a nudie bar where the strippers are topless or wearing just pasties and a thong. Sandler often goes for laughs at the expense of very large people, so there are several shots of naked obese people either as strippers or in other situations. Women are frequently treated as objects.
  • Language5
    Barely a sentence of dialogue is free of swearing, usually "f--k" and its many derivatives, including "motherf---er" and "brotherf---er." Other words are also used liberally, including "s--t," "a--hole," "ass," "bitch," "hell," "crap," "damn," "goddamn," "oh my God," "whore," "d--k," "p---y," and many other slang terms for genitals. There are demeaning words and culturally insensitive jokes, as when a woman says "Chinaman," and the East Asian butler and maid are used for laughs. A black priest says "White people are f---ing crazy."
  • Consumerism4
    Many product placements -- mostly beer companies (Rolling Rock, Budweiser, Miller Light, Sam Adams, Busch) and cars (Fiero, Mustang, Cadillac). Also references to/appearances by Groupon, Angry Birds, Axe body spray, Vaseline, Taco Bell, Vaseline, and Newsweek.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking5
    Donny literally has a beer in his hand for the majority of the movie. It's a running joke that he drinks beer first thing in the morning, all throughout the day, and even in the shower. He pulls them out of pockets, drawers, and other unexpected places. During the bachelor party, the guys get so drunk they can't even stand. Marijuana is consumed, and a man has white powder on his nose that's obviously supposed to be cocaine. Donny mentions that a bachelor party should have a ton of blow, strippers, and hookers to be fun.
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What parents need to know

Parents need to know that That's My Boy is a hard-R Adam Sandler comedy that's full of sex jokes and strong language. There's barely a sentence in the entire film (even a wedding ceremony!) that doesn't contain multiple "f--k"s and other curse words ("s--t," "bitch," "a--hole," and many more). Sandler's character is perpetually drinking a beer -- even first thing in the morning. There's much debauchery; characters drink until they nearly pass out or throw up, smoke marijuana, and engage in adulterous sexual activity. The sex jokes and scenes are nonstop; everything from masturbation to threesomes to incest to statutory rape is depicted, mentioned, and explored. There's little to redeem this movie, even for older teens.

This review of That's My Boy was written by
Age
14
Based on 7 parent & educator reviews:
  • 86% say sexual content is an issue
  • 86% say language is an issue
  • 86% say there's too much drinking, drugs, or smoking
  • 43% say violence is an issue
  • 29% say there are positive messages
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Teen, 14 years old
June 22, 2012
16
Pause for kids & under
 
Very Funny Movie
I really liked this movie. It's very funny and filled with crude sexual humor and swearing. It's very good, just know your teen
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Adult
June 17, 2012
15
OK for kids & up
 
Whoever gave this one star is dumb.
This movie is very good if you want to LAUGH OUT LOUD for over an hour. Good 'ol humor.
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Teen, 15 years old
June 20, 2012
16
OK for kids & up
 
good movie
aahhhhhaaaa csm u just got powned people aare rating this movie 4 and 5 stars looooolllll but good movie tho
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Teen, 17 years old
June 18, 2012
17
OK for kids & up
 
That's My Boy Movie Review
Newest AS movie is HILARIOUS but high count for drinking and sex-filled piles of talk.
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Adult
June 18, 2012
18
Not for Kids
 
NOT A KIDS MOVIE
Sex - incest, constant talk, nudity, student/teacher relationship Language - f**k, sh*t, a*s, p*ssy, b*tch, c**k, and more Drinking/Drugs - constant drinking, some drug use i will admit this is one of the funniest movies i have seen in a long time
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Adult
June 28, 2012
18
Not for Kids
 
An Okay Movie for adults
I like Adam Sandler. Going into this, you've got to understand that this is an Adam Sandler movie. It is not at all surprising for him. I mean, some of the jokes were absolutely uncalled for, but the movie on the whole was so outrageous, it was unreal. It was funny. Very raunchy though. Not for the uptight. It's a stupid storyline, but it passes. I wouldn't even say this movie was particularly good, but I don't think it was a waste of money or anything.
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Adult
June 21, 2012
16
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16 and up.
this hard-R rated comedy movie That's My Boy stars with Adam sandler is one of the most stupidest, inappropriate comedy movie ever this movie is a waste of money and a watse of time and this comedy movie is only for your older teens and parents you need to know that this comedy movie has tons of sex talk, a lot of sex scenes, some nudity shown and a masturbation scene shown there is non-stop constant strong language used and lots of drinking and smoking used such as beer, Marijuana, and cocaine.
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Teen, 15 years old
June 26, 2012
13
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One of the funniest movies this year
this has got to be one of the funniest movies ive seen this year. A good Dad and Son night out movie. I think it ok for teens to see this movie heck, 13 would even bee ok, depending on the maturity of ur year old
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Adult
June 30, 2012
13
OK for kids & up
 
People with cavemen's brain
This movie was out for father's day.Yeaaa.it had many languages and sexual refrences,but this movie is comedy,and the point of this movie is for father and son's time.It is NOT!!!!!! NESSESCARY FOR YOU PEOPLE OR MOVIE RATER TO RATE THIS MOVIE R OR 16 OR OLDER!! THIS MOVIE SHOULD BE RATED OR 13 OR OLDER!!!!
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Teen, 16 years old
July 1, 2012
17
OK for kids & up
 
That's My Boy Movie Review
Hilarious comedy is really raunchy but hilarious.
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