The relationship between Ben Stiller's character, Larry, and his son, Nick, is one that every parent will empathize with, whether you have an infant, or, like Larry, an almost-adult. As Nicky puts up a fight about the prospect of college (who wouldn't want to DJ in Ibiza for a year?), his dad comes to terms with the fact that his son is coming into his own.
"My oldest is 12. So, it's definitely projecting into the future a little bit, but really only a few years; it goes by so quickly," Ben Stiller said of how he relates personally to his character. "[Kids] become their own people. And even seeing my daughter at what she is now at 12 as being a young adult, there's a certain bittersweetness to the whole thing because you see how quickly they are going off on their own and not being your little kids anymore."
