Sandler's films have always been stupid, but the early stuff is pretty harmless; here the jokes almost always come at the expense of someone else, the kind of needless bullying one expects of a YouTube comment section.
Grown Ups 2
Just because they're a little older doesn't mean they've grown up.
2013 · 1h 41m · PG-13
Comedy
Directed by
Dennis Dugan
Overview
Lenny has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are the ones learning lessons from their kids on a day notoriously full of surprises—the last day of school.
Director and cast
- Dennis Dugan Director
- Adam Sandler as Lenny Feder
- Kevin James as Eric Lamonsoff
- Chris Rock as Kurt McKenzie
- David Spade as Marcus Higgins
- Salma Hayek Pinault as Roxanne Chase-Feder
- Maya Rudolph as Deanne McKenzie
- Maria Bello as Sally Lamonsoff
- Nick Swardson as Nick
- Steve Buscemi as Wiley
- Colin Quinn as Dickie Bailey
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
These movies are about four friends -- played by comedians -- remembering what it was like to be young. How much better for an audience would it be if they remembered what it was like to make comedy?
Grown Ups 2 delivers exactly what it's been advertising in trailers and on talk shows: grubby low-comic escapism.
This is pap, plain and simple: scattered raunch-lite devoid of emotional resonance.
It makes the first movie look like The Maltese Falcon.
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