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Grown Ups
MPAA Rating
PG-13
for crude material including suggestive references, language and some male rear nudity
Genre
Comedy
Director
Dennis Dugan
Starring
Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, David Spade
Studio
Sony
Release Date/In Theaters
June 25, 2010
Five childhood basketball teammates meet 30 years later at a lake house to mourn the passing of their coach. While all grown up family men, they still remain young at heart and have a fun filled weekend.
Good sound track, solid cast with good chemistry, relevant message and a few good laughs should make for a pretty good movie. However, the positive factors are out weighted by predictability, too many fart jokes and just not quite making it work together. The humor in this movie is not for small children, parents beware.
The death of their heroic basketball coach brings 5 friends and their families together for his funeral. As they reconnect, the teammates realize they have forgotten the life lesson their coach had tried to teach them. The coach told them to live their lives meaningfully before the “final” buzzer sounded. Lenny (Adam Sandler) decides to rent a log cabin and extend everyone’s stay to bring back the joy they had lost. The 5 families relearn the value of life’s simpler pleasures.
The movie mixes sophomoric jokes (some not very funny) and funny situations (sometimes ridiculous) as they enjoy a few extra days together. The cast; including Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Rob Schneider, and Salma Hayek; has great chemistry and deliver lines with great skill however among the laughs there are misses. The Grown Up’s leaves the audience expecting and wanting more, even after a few guilty laughs.
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