Adam Sandler has outdone himself¿
I saw the movie "Big Daddy," I found it extremely funny, I loved it, and I decided to buy this CD. My favorite songs from the CD are "When I Grow Up," "Only Love Can Break Your Heart," and "If I Can't Have You." The whole soundtrack is worth listening to unless you're easily biased against the Kangaroo Song as kiddie happytime stuff. This was a soundtrack from a movie geared for adults, and it would have been even better if they had left the Kangaroo Song at home. There are some special tracks on this CD containing original dialogue from the movie. I especially like the funny track "Smelly Kid" with Sonny saying, "What the [heck] is the matter with me?" He obviously knows little of how to be a parent, and Julian is an only-average child. I do have to say, kids under 12 shouldn't watch the movie because it is filled with sexual situations and language. With its childish and unnecessary "The Kangaroo Song" at the very end, I give this CD a 4 out of 5.
A lot of great songs, a few mediocre ones. Great overall.
All right, I admit: I`m partial towards this album especially because it has a song ("When I Grow Up") by Garbage, my favorite band. However, there are many more great numbers on it, and I`m sure you will enjoy it even if you aren`t as Garbage-obsessed as I am. Sheryl Crow does an incredible remake of Guns and Roses' "Sweet Child of Mine", Limp Bisket rocks the album with "Just Like This", Shawn Mullins (of "Lullabye" fame), appears with "What is Life", and Melanie C. (whoever she is ;) does a cute little number called "Ga Ga". The last track, "The Kangaroo Song", will give those of you who've seen the movie smiling memories of that adorable little boy demanding to watch his favorite movie. My favorite parts of the album, though (except for Garbage's number, of course) are the dialogues from the movie that are inserted between the songs. They are laugh-out-loud funny no matter how many times you listen to them. If Adam Sandler and "Big Daddy" make you laugh, buy this CD to keep the laughter coming, and enjoy great music at the same time.
melanie c. is sporty spice, not scary spice
love the movie, love the soundtrack
Decent album from a decent movie
I bought this album b/c after watching the movie at the end I heard what i thought was gasp Guns N Roses! But it wasn't the original track b/c i have heard that many times so i thought maybe it was axl roses' NEW MATERIAL! finally but after buying the album i realized it was only sheryl crow. It's a decent cover of the song but ur better off just downloading some of the very hard to find guns n roses new stuff or just buying Appetite for Destruction if ur into Guns N Roses. the other stuff on the album is decent and makes this album worth about half of what i paid for it. It's also missing the Styx song from the movie.
Missing the best track of all
I planned on buying this soundtrack for one key track - Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) by Styx. Is it on here? Of course not.
Soundtracks have this thing for always omitting the best song(s), and this is no exception. Don't get me wrong, most of the other songs are excellent (the covers of Sweet Child Of Mine, What Is Life, and Only Love Can Break Your Heart are just plain awesome,) but I can't forgive the omission of the movie's best track!
Adam Sandler plays an immature 32-year-old who adopts a son to prove to the girlfriend who just dumped him that he can be responsible. Those familiar with Sandler's Saturday Night Live shenanigans won't be surprised by his behavior, and several of the movie's bits are interspersed throughout the soundtrack. For the music, it's a mix of straightforward rock (Garbage with "When I Grow Up," which sounds suspiciously like Vanity Fair's "Hitchin' a Ride"), unexpected covers (Sheryl Crow refining Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child o' Mine," Everlast and the White Folx tripping out on Neil Young's "Only Love Can Break Your Heart"), '70s kitsch (Styx's "Babe" and Yvonne Elliman's disco anthem "If I Can't Have You"), and inquisitive singer-songwriters (Rufus Wainwright, Shawn Mullins, who asks the George Harrison question "What Is Life?"). Melanie C (Scary Spice) surprises with the rock-oriented "Ga Ga." Just in case things seem too serious, Tim Herlihy ends things with the Mr. Rogers-like "The Kangaroo Song." --Rob O'Connor
