Big Daddy (1999)

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Wikidata Q509025, film, IMDb tt0142342, TMDB 9032: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Adam Sandler as star (Judging The Judge).

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Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Knocked Up: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Knocked Up → Big Daddy. Bill compares Ben's money-from-nowhere set-up to Sonny in Big Daddy: it doesn't have to work because he has all the money.
    “Sonny get run over by, uh, like a cab in Big Daddy.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:16:19 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Leslie Mann: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Leslie Mann → Big Daddy. A speaker loves Leslie Mann in Big Daddy and thinks she's one of the best comedy moms.
    “I love her and Big Daddy.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:10:27 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Punch-Drunk Love: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (same character): Punch-Drunk Love → Big Daddy. The McDonald's scene in Big Daddy is not far from Punch-Drunk Love freak-outs.
    “Is not that far from like Punch Drug Club, like from his weird little freak outs”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 1:19:45 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them)

The Judge: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (comparison): The Judge → Big Daddy. The Judge's climactic testimony scene recalls Sandler's courtroom speech in Big Daddy, which works only because that film is a ribald comedy.
    “the scene in Big Daddy, where Adam Sandler tells his dad how much he loved him on the stand during...”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 1:08:29 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Leslie Mann → Big Daddy. A speaker loves Leslie Mann in Big Daddy and thinks she's one of the best comedy moms.
    “I love her and Big Daddy.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:10:27 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (3)

  1. theme (comparison): The Judge → Big Daddy. The Judge's climactic testimony scene recalls Sandler's courtroom speech in Big Daddy, which works only because that film is a ribald comedy.
    “the scene in Big Daddy, where Adam Sandler tells his dad how much he loved him on the stand during...”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 1:08:29 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): Knocked Up → Big Daddy. Bill compares Ben's money-from-nowhere set-up to Sonny in Big Daddy: it doesn't have to work because he has all the money.
    “Sonny get run over by, uh, like a cab in Big Daddy.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:16:19 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. theme (same character): Punch-Drunk Love → Big Daddy. The McDonald's scene in Big Daddy is not far from Punch-Drunk Love freak-outs.
    “Is not that far from like Punch Drug Club, like from his weird little freak outs”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 1:19:45 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

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Who the speakers said made it

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