Grown Ups
Posted on Jun 25, 2010 @ 10:54AM - Add a comment
Grown Ups gets down to the mayhem of family vacations, featuring five dads gone wild. With an ensemble of comedy heavyweights from Adam Sandler to Chris Rock, the film is one long marathon of heavy-handed jokes, major potty humor (literally) and broad stereotypes. No one on this endless adventure is exempt: fat guys, old ladies, spoiled kids and gassy grandmas all become the brunt of non-stop punchlines.
The good news for the film is that there’s enough warmth to make it bearable, and -- sometimes -- mildly funny. The film follows the antics of five friends who reunite when their high school basketball coach passes away. They hole up in a lake house with their wives and kids for a few days following the funeral, during which the dads plays out their boyhood memories, and, eventually, everyone’s problems seep to the surface.
