The film begins in Massachusetts in 1984, when middle schooler Donny Berger sexually harasses his teacher, Mary Beth McGarricle, who in turn gives him detention alone and sexually assaults him. In a story that parallels that of the real life teacher-turned-sex-offender Mary Kay Letourneau, Mary's continued abuse of her pupil eventually results in pregnancy, and, when her crimes are discovered during a auditorium speech, she shows no remorse and is sentenced the maximum penalty: 30 years in a womens prison. Meanwhile, due to widespread media coverage of the event, Donny, blind to the seriousness of the situation at hand, enjoys his fifteen minutes of fame as a tabloid icon while his father takes custody of his newborn son, whom he names Han Solo Berger, after the Star Wars character of the same name, until Donny's 18th birthday. Unfortunately for Han Solo, even as an adult, Donny's mentality is still that of a 12 year old's and, time and time again, he proves himself to be an unfit parent, exposing Han Solo to drug and alcohol abuse, having his back illegally tattooed, forcing him to drive his father home to avoid a DUI charge, and allowing him to eat so much junk food that he becomes morbidly obese and develops diabetes mellitus type 2.[8][9] Suffering from lifelong effects of the physical and psychological abuse done to him by his father, Han Solo severs all ties with Donny as an adult, changing his name to Todd Peterson and becoming a successful businessman. He also stops going to see his mother in prison after he turns 18.[10] In 2012, Donny, now a middle aged broke and unemployed alcoholic, is suddenly made aware of the consequences of his lifelong nonchalance when he receives a phone call from his lawyer, who informs him that he owes $43,000 in back taxes and that unless the Internal Revenue Service receives their payment in full before the end of the week, he'll go to prison for up to three years for tax evasion. Having no way to earn so much money in so little time, Donny places an 8000:1 bet that an obese runner by the name of Tubby Tuke will win the upcoming Boston Marathon and, as a backup plan, phones a sleazy tabloid talk show producer, who offers him $50,000 to film a segment for his show, but the offer is only valid if Mary and Todd appear alongside him, as the segment would be a family reunion special. Desperate to avoid prison, Donny tracks down Todd to Cape Cod, to find his son, whom he's been estranged from since Todd left him on his 18th birthday, to be planning his wedding. As Todd is embarrassed by his parent’s scandalous past and Donny’s immaturity, he has told his fiancee Jamie that his parents are dead. He has also told her this lie to avoid answering questions about his family, so Donny poses as a family friend and, much to Todd's chagrin, is well liked by his friends and future in-laws. While Todd is able to remain cordial towards his father in front of Jamie and the others, he and Donny fight constantly when alone. At first, he is willfully ignorant of how his actions, both past and present, are hurting his son. Soon, Donny finally apologizes to Todd and admits his regret in not being a better father to him. He explains that he was unprepared to be a father himself because his own father was an alcoholic and never taught him how to be one. When the stress of Donny's presence, combined with the stress of planning his wedding, are finally too much for him to bear, Todd ultimately suffers a mental breakdown, causing him to ruin the dress rehearsal and is almost banned from the church as he initiates a fight with the man who is both a church elder and the officiating priest. Donny, in a move unusual for his character, saves him by successfully convincing his future-in-laws to change the wedding rehearsal and keeping it away from churches. He mentioned that Todd never intended to hurt the priest and was suffering from a mental breakdown that was caused by the trauma he endured when he lost his parents in a church explosion. However, Donny's newfound maturity is short-lived and it's not long before he crashes Todd's bachelor party, moving it from a day spa to a strip club. Todd meets Brie and is impressed by her maturity.
Tags: rape , Child Sexual Abuse , adam sandler , Andy Samberg , ciara , Donald , incest , james caan , Sean Anders , milo ventimiglia , vanilla ice , Baron Davis , Jackie Sandler , Han Solo Berger , Leighton Meester , Susan Sarandon , Eva Amurri Martino , Peggy Stewart , Nick Swardson
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