Grown Ups 2 (2013)

After moving his family back to his hometown to be with his friends and their kids, Lenny finds out that between old bullies, new bullies, schizo bus drivers, drunk cops on skis, and 400 costumed party crashers sometimes crazy follows you.

Director: 

Dennis Dugan 

Writers: 

Fred Wolf, Adam Sandler 

Stars:  

Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock

Story:

Grown Ups 2, the new comedy from Adam Sandler, is set in the same universe as the 2010 film Grown Ups. Yet somehow, the word ‘sequel’ doesn’t fit: it would be like describing three months of agonising spinal surgery as the sequel to falling off a cliff.

The original Grown Ups made £104 million worldwide, of which £7.8 million came from the UK, and now humanity must face the consequences. In the first film, Sandler played a wildly successful Hollywood agent, who was reunited with his high school cronies and rediscovered the simple pleasures of small-town life. Now he has moved back home for good, although the absurd McMansion, shrieking trophy wife (Salma Hayek) and gurning, stage-schooly offspring suggest you can never take the Los Angeles out of the twerp.

So, what happens in Grown Ups 2? Almost absolutely nothing. Early in the film, Sandler’s character borrows a school bus. He picks up his buddies, who are played by Kevin James, Chris Rock and David Spade, and they go to the supermarket. They spend a very long time in the supermarket, and during this time we see a lot of the supermarket’s logo. When they finally leave, James’s character performs a new style of flatulence he calls the ‘burpsnart’ in the car park.

The men then go swimming, where they meet some younger men, who include Taylor Lautner. (You wouldn’t think a film could squander the comic ability of Taylor Lautner, but Grown Ups 2 somehow manages it.) An argument ensues. Your head starts to swim. You clench your teeth and fantasise, with increasing derangement, about things such as plots and ideas and jokes, and what Grown Ups 2 might be like if it had any. You steel yourself and look back at the screen. The men are still arguing. Kevin James burpsnarts. There is still more than an hour of the film to go.

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Movie Rating (max. 5 Stars):

Summary:

Adam Sandler, you can love him, or you hate him. His ribad humor splits the cinema visitors. This movie is the sequel to the first part, nearly the same points and story, but amusing and in the dark of a cinema you can laugh without shaming about. So for me its a ....

Box Office:

Domestic Total as of Aug. 26, 2013: $129,018,525
Distributor: Sony / Columbia	Release Date: July 12, 2013
Genre: Comedy	Runtime: 1 hrs. 41 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13	Production Budget: $80 million

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