As aspected from this bunch, there's several rich patches of hearty laughs in Grown Ups.

Unfortunately, it suffers from some seriously clunky writing and an instant 20% deficit with Chris Rock. That's the second time I've seen him this year after Death at a Funeral, and both times he stunk the movie out with his bad acting - - Youch! Despite the great work he's done in stand-up and sketch comedy, Chris Rock just plain don't translate to film. So with that 20% off, Grown Ups can only rate a 4 out of 5 max - - but with that half lousy script, I gotta rate this one: 2.5 out of 5 so far...

But one thing that slightly saves Grown Ups is some o' dat fine lady actin' - - great choice of old gals! So the women add a full 0.5 uptick to my score. This movie's for a definite older skewing demo, who want a little bittersweet humor (heavy on the sweet) in their mass entertainment this summer - - so come on out undiscerning oldtimers and belly up to the trough for some of Hollywood's finest slop.


3 out of 5.

This wasn't good. A few decent laughs, but otherwise pretty lame.

Agreed with bradley on Chris Rock.

racists.

Out of all the KJer's, I think I agree with Michael A's film reviews more than almost anyone (except maybe MovieDude and Shack) - - he has very good taste in film. So it's quite surprising to see him write something as stupid as the above. I wonder what the psychological motivation behind it could be?

I was laughing my ass off the whole time. Not a single bad laugh and a weak finale, but a lot of little lines throughout had me cracking up. Today I honestly don't remember a lot of the jokes, but I know I had a good time watching it. B+

"Hey Y, where's your MCA?"

You don't know people until you see their worst side.

Though it is stupid, since Chris Rock is a bad actor, but when thrust among the likes of Sandler, Spade & Schneider, well, they're all about on par, so there's your motivation.

On the other hand you did point out the Death at a Funeral comparison where most of the actors were African Americans so it could cancel my first point about his motivation, but then he'd just be stupid.

Grown Ups doesn't do anything with its wide comedic cast and resorts to poop jokes and humor resorting to the usual 10-year-old. The entire cast seems like they are having fun and for them to do so with this material is sad. If the annoying bitchy kids weren't on board in this film, then the reunion-esque feel could of worked and been solid material for this group of actors. Though when kids are along in a comedy, the humor automatically goes down. There are too many predictable jokes (that are somehow supposed to be funny) along the way as well as typical climaxes and scenarios. This film is one of the worst from every actor involved and a disgrace. *

C+

I caught myself watching this at the gym while running on the treadmill. I laughed a couple of times; attributed it to mild delirium induced by dehydration. Quickly changed the channel.

Please be the delirium. Oh GOD please be the delirium! I laughed at a Kevin James falling-down joke. I must round up some goats and offer a holocaust onto Him to restore the Covenant of not-laughing-at-lazy-and-easy-jokes.

I remember that I saw it during its second weekend, that I initially gave it a C+ for whatever reason, and that I had forgotten everything else about it within less than a week.

Inconveniently, that means I forgot that awesome cliffhanger at the end that totally necessitated the sequel we're getting in July...

It's a fun movie that has a lot of laughs and heart.

B

Remember - - only racists think Chris Rock is a bad actor.

If you saw Chris Rock on Louie, you would disagree.

I was referring to his film acting...


...and didn't Rock just play himself on that TV show?

He did. But you can see potential in him. I'm not going to judge his film acting on an Adam Sandler comedy.

One of Sandlers worst. Hated it.

That... is incorrect.

It's not, I really hated it.

Is it the only "silly" Sandler film you've seen? Because honestly, it's not that bad.

I really don't see how. What exactly are you expecting from a Sandler comedy. I personally think it has a much higher rewatchability than films like Mr. Deeds, Chuck and Larry, Click, Little Nicky, J&J, my son, and Bedtime stories.

No, I actually really like most of his films. I even liked That's My Boy and Just Go With It was one of his best but Grown Ups was crap.

That's... odd.

Grown Ups wasn't really good, but I have seen several worse Sandler films.

I mean... it was a typical family film. It wasn't worse than any of those.