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Grown Ups (2010)

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Average Rating: 3.4/10
Reviews Counted: 159
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 143

Grown Ups' cast of comedy vets is amiable, but they're let down by flat direction and the scattershot, lowbrow humor of a stunted script.

10

Average Rating: 3.3/10
Critic Reviews: 31
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 28

Grown Ups' cast of comedy vets is amiable, but they're let down by flat direction and the scattershot, lowbrow humor of a stunted script.

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Movie Info

Thirty years after graduating from high school, five former basketball teammates gather at the lake house where they celebrated their biggest victory to mourn the passing of their late coach. Over the course of the Fourth of July weekend, the five friends realize that just because they've all grown up and started families doesn't mean that they've lost that old spark. Adulthood is what you make of it, and no one at the lake house is eager to be the grown-up of the gang. Adam Sandler, Chris Rock,

PG-13, 1 hr. 42 min.

Comedy

Adam Sandler, Fred Wolf

Nov 9, 2010

$162.0M

Sony Pictures

Cast

All Critics (159) | Top Critics (31) | Fresh (16) | Rotten (144) | DVD (8)

Lazy is the word.

July 6, 2010 Full Review Source: At the Movies | Comment (1)
At the Movies
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Grown Ups delivers precious few laughs for the sheer volume of comedy talent on offer.

June 25, 2010 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment (1)
Variety
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Now, after that brief time out for a breath of honesty, Adam is back to lining his pockets again.

June 25, 2010 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | Comments (5)
Globe and Mail
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It's total garbage.

June 25, 2010 Full Review Source: Detroit News | Comment (1)
Detroit News
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It's a crude and decent-hearted outing.

June 25, 2010 Full Review Source: Denver Post | Comment
Denver Post
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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.

June 25, 2010 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comments (2)
New York Times
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Doesn't so much play like a film than random home movies of Sandler and his usual screen cronies on vacation.

February 7, 2012 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | Comment
TheMovieReport.com

Five forgettable characters reunite for a (lame) joke-filled weekend.

August 15, 2011 Full Review Source: Film Journal International | Comment (1)
Film Journal International

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.

March 22, 2011 Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | Comments (5)
ComingSoon.net

Grown Ups is the perfect poster child for this maddening summer of movie mediocrity.

January 31, 2011 Full Review Source: Miami Herald | Comment (1)
Miami Herald

Grown Ups heralds a sad day for comedy nostalgists of a certain age. Call it the day the amusement died.

November 18, 2010 Full Review Source: Times-Picayune | Comment
Times-Picayune

Surprisingly, amazingly, bafflingly uncomedic and unhilarious.

November 15, 2010 Full Review Source: The Standard | Comment

There's almost no plot, and loads of schmaltz, but the hidden metaphors and cast chemistry makes this a worthwhile effort.

November 14, 2010 Full Review Source: IGN DVD | Comments (3)
IGN DVD

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!

November 8, 2010 Full Review Source: TheLoop21.com | Comment
TheLoop21.com

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.

November 5, 2010 Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | Comments (2)
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

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.

September 1, 2010 Full Review Source: This is London | Comments (2)
This is London

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.

September 1, 2010 Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | Comment
Shadows on the Wall

You've seen these actors play these characters many times before, and better.

September 1, 2010 Full Review Source: Total Film | Comment
Total Film

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.

August 30, 2010 Full Review Source: Daily Express | Comment
Daily Express

Like The Big Chill with farting grandmothers...

August 30, 2010 Full Review Source: Scotsman | Comment

Sandler's abysmal script cooks up a bite-sized moral for the finale. Groan ups, more like.

August 27, 2010 Full Review Source: Independent | Comment
Independent

Frankly, if this makes you laugh even once, I recommend seeking medical advice.

August 27, 2010 Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | Comment (1)
Daily Mirror [UK]

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.

August 26, 2010 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | Comment
Guardian [UK]

If you thought writer-producer-actor Adam Sandler would never stoop lower than Little Nicky, here's the unwelcome proof that you were wrong.

August 26, 2010 Full Review Source: Daily Mail [UK] | Comment
Daily Mail [UK]
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Audience Reviews for Grown Ups

Well i have to say i didnt go in with high expectations of this movie, however it is a silly and highly amusing movie. It did keep chuckling throughout and is a sweet and funny movie. Worth a watch on a rainly sunday evening!

April 23, 2010
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I thought I wouldn't watch this movie but I ended up watching this as one of my friend recommended me to. It came out really funny. Some part was weird and hard to accept but it wasn't that bad.

October 14, 2011
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Latest News for Grown Ups

January 13, 2012:
Grown Ups 2 Planned for 2013
Where there's $271 million in worldwide grosses, there's a sequel.

December 8, 2010:
Adam Sandler and Kevin James Are Valet Guys
Adam Sandler and Kevin James are attached to Sony's "Valet Guys," a comedy about guys who valet.

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