Lenny Feder (Adam Sandler) is a Hollywood agent, he finds out that his basketball coach (Blake Clark) from his childhood died. Lenny brings his wife Roxanne (Selma Hayek) and their three spoiled children (Jake Goldberg, Cameron Boyce and Alexys Nycole Sanchez) to the funeral. At the same time, Lenny meets his former childhood friends, Eric (Kevin James), Kurt (Chris Rock), Marcus (David Spade) and Rob (Rob Schneider). Which Lenny decided to rent the lake house for the fourth of July weekend for his friends, his family and his friends' family. Which is to honor their former basketball coach. Lenny, Eric, Kurt, Marcus and Rob wasn't changed that much, despite having families and Lenny having an successful Hollywood career. These five friends and their families have a lot to do and talk about until the fourth of July is over.
Directed by Dennis Dugan (National Security, Problem Child, You Don't Mess with the Zohan) made an amusing comedy about friendship. At first, the movie seems to be the light-hearted version of "The Big Chill". Since Dugan has an strong comedic cast including Mario Bello, Maya Rudolph and Joyce Van Patten. Dugan is no stranger working with Sandler or some of the cast members like James, Rock, Spade and Schneider since he worked with these comedic actors before. "Grown Ups" is a simple, low-ball comedy that has some big laughs, if you are an fan of their work.
The Blu-ray has an sharp anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) 1080P transfer and an good DTS 5.1 HD Surround Sound. The Blu-ray includes an running commentary track by the director, deleted scenes, outtakes, mini-featurettes and more. This is one of Dugan's most pleasing comedies. An top comedic cast makes up for the flawed moments of the feature. "Grown Ups" is a fun comedy to please the fan of the five leading actors. Especially, since the movie was an major box office hit during the summer of 2010. There are some familiar faces in bit-parts. Written by actor:Sandler and Fred Wolf (Dirty Work, Joe Dirt, Strange Wilderness). (****/*****).
Directed by Dennis Dugan (National Security, Problem Child, You Don't Mess with the Zohan) made an amusing comedy about friendship. At first, the movie seems to be the light-hearted version of "The Big Chill". Since Dugan has an strong comedic cast including Mario Bello, Maya Rudolph and Joyce Van Patten. Dugan is no stranger working with Sandler or some of the cast members like James, Rock, Spade and Schneider since he worked with these comedic actors before. "Grown Ups" is a simple, low-ball comedy that has some big laughs, if you are an fan of their work.
The Blu-ray has an sharp anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) 1080P transfer and an good DTS 5.1 HD Surround Sound. The Blu-ray includes an running commentary track by the director, deleted scenes, outtakes, mini-featurettes and more. This is one of Dugan's most pleasing comedies. An top comedic cast makes up for the flawed moments of the feature. "Grown Ups" is a fun comedy to please the fan of the five leading actors. Especially, since the movie was an major box office hit during the summer of 2010. There are some familiar faces in bit-parts. Written by actor:Sandler and Fred Wolf (Dirty Work, Joe Dirt, Strange Wilderness). (****/*****).