Extra Credit Blog 7: "That's My Boy"..?

In Nathan Rabin's article, Stooping To Stumble Case File #29: That’s My Boy, on avclub.com, he starts with a harsh but G-rated critique of new movie, That's My Boy, comparing it with film, Rock of Ages, which he deemed equally unsuccessful.  Rabin then explains why he believes Adam Sandler, fan favorite actor, was so poorly received by audiences of this movie.  Having heard nothing about this movie before reading this article, I gradually picked up the understanding that because Sandler is so well-known for many iconic roles, seeing him as a vulgar and inappropriate man-child was off-putting for some viewers.  I have seen many of Sandler's movies and know the dim-witted humor his roles tend to lead towards.  From what I understood at that point, his role in That's My Boy, was still humorous but had a little too many raunchy characteristics added in.  At this point in Rabin's article, he begins explaining the plot in detail and that's when I fully understood just how far out of bounds this movie went in terms of appropriateness.  Several scenes are described in Rabin's article that include sexual acts between a teacher and a young student.  While this is obviously an attempt by filmmakers to humor a well-known fantasy of having an affair with a student, the descriptions of these scenes seem much too graphic for the Adam Sandler ideology that we know and love.  While I would have probably gone to see this movie just because of Sandler, I am glad to have read this film and be persuaded otherwise.  From Rabin's article and other viewers reactions to the movie, it does not seem to be the type of movie I want to see, nor does it have Sandler in his usual lovable role.