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Grown Ups delivers precious few laughs for the sheer volume of comedy talent on offer.
Now, after that brief time out for a breath of honesty, Adam is back to lining his pockets again.
It's a crude and decent-hearted outing.
Feels like the work of people who sat around a table for an hour or so tossing around hackneyed comic notions, then decided to slap them onto the screen and hope for the best.
Doesn't so much play like a film than random home movies of Sandler and his usual screen cronies on vacation.
Five forgettable characters reunite for a (lame) joke-filled weekend.
The second half of Grown Ups isn't good enough to dig its way out of the tremendous hole it's created for itself but it's far from the worse thing Sandler has ever made. Maybe in another 20 years he'll make something funny.
Grown Ups is the perfect poster child for this maddening summer of movie mediocrity.
Grown Ups heralds a sad day for comedy nostalgists of a certain age. Call it the day the amusement died.
Surprisingly, amazingly, bafflingly uncomedic and unhilarious.
There's almost no plot, and loads of schmaltz, but the hidden metaphors and cast chemistry makes this a worthwhile effort.
A midlife crisis disaster more akin to Billy Madison in search of a second childhood than anything evocative of The Big Chill. Grow up already!
The shameless sentiment (a cute little girl wants to use the car GPS to locate heaven) and Sandler's ego-tripping (he's married to Salma Hayek, and he's a sure shot on the basketball court) interfere with the laughs.
Despite some passable gags and a whole posse of middle-aged funnymen, Denis Dugan's comedy is about the least grown-up movie you could see.
Not much more than an in-joke between the actors, this film is amiable but never funny. And despite some hackneyed moralising, it has nothing to say.
You've seen these actors play these characters many times before, and better.
Full of obvious jokes and schmaltzy sentiment, Grown Ups is as much fun as watching endless home movies of people you really don't know very well.
Like The Big Chill with farting grandmothers...
Sandler's abysmal script cooks up a bite-sized moral for the finale. Groan ups, more like.
Frankly, if this makes you laugh even once, I recommend seeking medical advice.
If root canal surgery feels too childish a torment, may we direct your attention to this ghastly celebrity roast in the guise of a boisterous family comedy.
If you thought writer-producer-actor Adam Sandler would never stoop lower than Little Nicky, here's the unwelcome proof that you were wrong.
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