Red Band That's My Boy Trailer Tries Way Too Hard

His brand comedies, produced every year by Sony down the assembly line from its direction by pal Dennis Dugan down to the random celebrity cameos, show no signs of letting up financially-speaking.

On paper however, That's My Boy sounded like what Adam Sandler needed to get out of his creative rut if he still wants to churn out an annual comedy. Go for a hard-R rating, fill it up with foul language and do as many filthy things as he and his writers can think of, and stop playing the loveable everyman with the hot wife, cute kids and wacky sidekicks. These are all good ideas.

Alas the red-band trailer for the comedy, where Sandler plays a sleaze ball tries mooching off the son (Andy Samberg) he fathered as a teenager on the eve of his wedding, tries too hard to tell us, "See, guys! Adam Sandler can be raunchy too!" without getting any laughs.

Comments

[Mr Mike]

Looks great actually! A grown up Billy Madison! Grandmas Boy was hilarious, this should be up on that level.

[welshfilmbuff]

Is it just me or is he trying to ape Pacino in this? (he just worked with him, after all).

Looks like he's heading for a Murphy/Myers style career fall... and it's about time!