GROWN UPS
2 out of 5 stars

wow, with a cast of the funniest dudes in the movie biz, this one sure tanked... this one ended up turning into the roast of rob schneider and not a good plot at all! you’ve got adam sandler, chris rock, kevin james, david spade AND rob schneider! this was an epic fail, SMH... :/


basically, these five dudes are reunited after their beloved youth center basketball coach dies, and they go to their old lake house to mourn/celebrate his life over the 4th of july weekend. lenny (sandler) is a big time hollywood agent living the LA dream with his fashion designer hotty wife roxanne (salma hayek), eric (james) is a lawn mower sales guy, kurt (rock) is a home daddy, marcus (spade) is mr. single, and rob (schneider) is a new age medicine man. the fab five instantly pick up from where they left off 30 years ago, and it just doesn’t quite tickle the funny bone, despite all these COMMEDIANS in one movie! (seriously! comeon, bring out the days of happy gilmore or billy madison, PLEASE!?!)

i think the only funny person in this was kevin james, and possibly chris rock when he’s making fun of this mother-in-law. the mother-in-law’s fart scenes stole some of the show, but like i said, this easily turned into the roast of rob schneider because half the jokes in this were directed towards him. there was one good scene where he’s singing “ave maria” at the coach’s funeral which got a good laugh out of me, but don’t waste your time on the whole thing like i did... :/