'Grown Ups'

'Grown Ups' (PG-13) (Rental)

Writers: Adam Sandler and Fred Wolf
Director: Dennis Dugan
Starring: Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, David Spade, Salma Hayek, Rob Schneider, Maria Bello, Blake Clark, Steve Buscemi, Colin Quinn

According to the critics "Grown Ups" is supposed to be a bad movie but that is why my blog site is called regular moviegoer. If I was a real critic I probably would say this movie is smug, unfunny, tasteless and cloying. This site specializes in giving perspective for an audience that just likes to have fun. I had a big smile on my face throughout and I had some fun with this movie. I can't say it is a great comedy and one of the funniest movies you will see but it is fun. A lot of the jokes fall flat but all the men in this film are my age and I kind of identified with the characters. The movie is actually geared towards more my age. There are much worse movies out there this summer than this one. This could have been a lot more hilarious and even classic but it is much better than say the awful "Couple's Retreat". The movie is like a Little Chill for men who refuse to grow up. It is about a group of men who played basketball together in grade school and won a championship. They all find out that their coach has passed away so they all get together for a weekend in a cabin and bring along their families. Sandler is a Hollywood agent with stuck up kids, Schneider is married to a much older woman and so on. The movie gets crowded when a lot more characters are added. This short changes Chris Rock and Kevin James from getting some bigger and funnier moments. Also some of the jokes are pretty mean and tasteless but so what. I smiled a lot and I actually laughed quite a bit. Also Rob Schneider is extremely annoying to me and I hate his movies and his cameos. The fact that I really liked Schneider here and he didn't annoy me is a very good thing so I had that going for me. I like Sandler a lot and he just simply wants to entertain us. His movies are at least a step up from most Hollywood crap lately. "Grown Ups" is not very funny but it is a nice summer splash with very likable people. If you were at home late at night and you were flipping through the channels and came upon this it wouldn't be bad to stop and watch.

P.S. Any movie with a Steve Buscemi cameo can't be all bad. Buscemi is in "Grown Ups" and he is very hilarious! Any movie with Steve Buscemi pretty much gets an automatic 2 stars from me even if it is bad.