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1.5
The draw of Grown Ups isnt the story (this isnt The Hangover, after all), but the stars.
Den Of Geek
1.5
The draw of Grown Ups isnt the story (this isnt The Hangover, after all), but the stars.
Den Of Geek
3.2
Theres a token sprinkle of gross out gags (a giant bunion, a game of arrow roulette), and Schneiders daughters are ridiculous leggy babes out of an ol ..
EW
2.5
Its such a challenge to keep all the characters alive that he sometimes does round robins of reaction shots a fatal strategy when it comes to timing.S ..
Rogerebert
2.0
GROWN UPS is one of those movies that looks great in trailers but ultimately disappoints.With a cast like this, it really ought to be a slam dunk.
Common Sense Media
2.5
Grown Ups is cliched, predictable and full of immature and juvenile humor. The film recycles far too many jokes and it gets old real fast.
We Got This Covered
1.5
Perhaps thats too much to read into Sandlers psyche, but, nah, I dont think so.
Austin Chronicle
0.6
Adam Sandler spends more time laughing at jokes than making them in Grown Ups, perhaps the slackest, shabbiest comedy in the stars increasingly dreadf ..
0.5
Its not funny, its not well made, it doesnt even really serve that much of a purpose.
Collider
1.0
All but gone is the manic, hair trigger man child of Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore.
1.0
The usual game with these things is to presume the cast were having more fun than we are, but it really doesnt look like it: you keep expecting to cat ..
Telegraph
2.0
The new Adam Sandler comedy has all the charm of a home movie that does not star your own family, which means its overly sentimental, filled with you ..
1.0
You may still be astonished at how much dumber the movie can get, or how many times it repeats the same fat joke expecting another laugh, but Grown Up ..
Cinema Blend
2.0
It looks like everyone had a good time making Grown Ups. Too bad you cant say the same thing about watching it.
Ny Daily News
1.3
Five relatively smart comedians Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, David Spade and (okay, cut me some slack here) Rob Schneider dumbing way down to pla ..
The Globe And Mail
2.8
Their movies are an unpluggable gusher of juvenile comedy; the good gags wash up along the bad, and its your job to sort through the muck.
Philly
2.5
Dignity is not a priority in Grown Ups.A reunion comedy in both concept (school buddies come together 30 years later) and cast (Saturday Night Live co ..
Philly
3.0
Movie Review: Fun while it lasts, Grown Ups is a harmless little picnic film that celebrates friendship, even as it has something important to say.
3.8
Lo and behold, Grown Ups turns out to be the funniest thing in which Sandler has appeared in years.
ReelViews
1.3
Only the most cursory attempt was made at things like characters, jokes and entertainment for the customers.
Combust Ible Celluloid
0.0
Beneath all the forced hilarity lies an awful fear of agingand Sandler is only 43!
Chicago Reader
1.3
Offers nothing more than lowest common denominator humor and a chance for Sandler and his buddies to play at comedy.
Mark Reviews Movies
1.8
However, the minuses far outweigh the pluses and, for any reasonably intelligent adult, it is a brain drain.
1.5
The actors seem genuinely fond of one another, and the message dont pass up lifes simple pleasures suits its PG 13 rating. And the 80s soundtrack is s ..
Usa Today
2.5
But really, this is still a silly Adam Sandler comedy and its got a lot of juvenile jokes going for it.
Reel Film Reviews
1.8
To be fun for us, though, it would need to have more than a half dozen scattered laughs, and to quit trying so desperately to squeeze hilarity out of ..
Eric Ds Nider
1.0
Thats actually the best thing I can say about the new Sandler film: Its particularly innovative in its portrayal of gastrointestinal humor.Beyond that ..
News Review
2.0
And thats because director Dennis Dugan has delivered a lazy and easy comedy, relying on a large number of running gags and related crude humor to eli ..
Screen It
1.0
Wouldnt cinema be a kinder, happier place without Adam Sandler in it
Independent
2.0
So you have to wonder why the script and direction continually push things too far with corny gags, silly slapstick and a big streak of sentimentality ..
Shadows On The Wall
4.5
While Grown Ups may be enjoyable for those willing to turn their brains off and forget what year we live in, it cant hold a candle to many of Sandlers ..
Decider
2.5
Its not enough to describe Dead Man as simply an anti western; its an iconoclastic deconstruction of late 19th Century American values and mores, many ..
Pop Matters
1.0
In other words, you should avoid this like your life depended on it.
View London
1.3
The movie couldnt be more pathetic if it hired clowns to dash through the audience tossing handfuls of candy and gum.
New York Post
1.5
Instead, the movie leaves you with hollow confessions, fart jokes, and the feeling that a comedy with this many funny people should have been, well, f ..
Film Journal International ..
1.5
Its the ridiculous attempts to redeem itself and the characters at the end.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
2.0
I just wish Sandler took movie comedy more seriously than he does.
Boston
2.0
Theyre too old, too fat, too sexy or not sexy enough, too frumpy or too buff.
Smh
3.0
Show us David Spades naked backside again instead!.By the current standards of the jock shock comedy, theres not a lot of male nudity in Grown Ups, wh ..
Npr
0.6
This bone lazy film is a comedy only if you believe Kevin James falling off a rope swing is funny.
Star Tribune
4.5
Is it too overblown to suggest that what passes for the modern American mainstream comedy has finally descended into the downright sociopathic
1.3
Watching this pack of elderly juveniles reluctantly adjust to middle age could have been funny and even a little poignant.
Toronto Star
1.0
Something stinks in here! hollers Sandler as he barrels into the kitchen.Gags, script, characters: could be anything.
Guardian
1.0
Cast members of Grown Ups try hard to make viewers laugh, but many people in the audience at the screening I attended did more groaning than guffawing ..
Reel Talk Reviews
1.3
Sicario: Day of the Soldado Throughout Sicario: Day of the Soldado, characters talk about things needing to be clean, which pretty much means that a l ..
Q Network
2.0
Five middle aged friends (Sandler, David Spade, Chris Rock, Kevin James and the dreaded Rob Schneider) reconvene at the funeral of their beloved old b ..
Daily Mail
1.0
I dont mind lowbrow as long as there is a bit of wit or fun in the proceedings; for my money, theres neither here, but there is no accounting for tast ..
2.0
Basically, the stale, often humiliating slapstick and mean spirited, cookie cutter pratfalls are depressingly pathetic.
Susang Ranger
1.5
What they like to do best, however, is make fun of each other, which they do nonstop until director Dennis Dugan and co scripters Sandler and Fred Wol ..
Movies
0.5
A timely and relevant O.J. Simpson joke sorry, my mistake, make that two really timely and relevant O.J. jokes are told to much laughter all around.
Movies
1.0
Full of obvious jokes and schmaltzy sentiment, Grown Ups is as much fun as watching endless home movies of people you really dont know very well.
Express
1.9
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Mr Brown Movies
1.5
This movie is about watching Sandler and his friends coming up with ways to have fun on camera.
Bullz-Eye
2.0
It probably wouldve been a lot funnier, edgier and more spontaneous than this lost weekend.
Total Film
3.0
Sometimes simple works best and thats what makes Grown Ups so much fun.
Lyles Movie Files
1.0
Theres nothing wrong with brainless humor it can be the perfect antidote to the leaden self righteous fare that so often litters the multiplex but San ..
Hollywood
0.5
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Tony Medley
2.5
Although the movie rambles, and none of the jokes are anywhere near as funny as Sandler and his co stars imagine, Grown Ups is a mediocre comedy with ..
Coles Mithey
2.5
Not the worst movie any of the cast have done but far from their best work ... the sum of the parts rarely achieves anything as funny as Sandler might ..
3.5
Grown Ups is the least funny theatrical release that any of its stars have ever been a part of. Now look at the cast and think about what that means.
Hit Fix
1.9
THE AISLE SEAT by Mike McGranaghan GROWN UPS If you think the idea of adults urinating in a pool filled with children is funny, then Grown Ups is a mo ..
Aisle Seat
1.9
But it doesnt make Rob Schneider bearable, and it doesnt make Spade funny.
Nj
1.5
,,,a movie showing a bunch of aging comics, who once represented cutting edge youth, showing that their shtick has gotten old, and so have they.
Maki At The Movies
2.0
Fart jokes and gags about sagging libidos pepper a feel good story about mateship and family.
Abc
1.0
The nostalgia strewn plot limps along like a wounded race horse waiting to be put out of its misery, while gags that werenat funny to begin with are p ..
Digital Spy
2.5
Grown Ups features a sprawling, voluminous cast, a diverse collection of actors and personalities who all look to be having a blastmore fun, it should ..
Dustin Put Man
4.1
Its puerile and aggressively stupid, but at least its not cruel. And no one is holding a gun to your head. Adam Sandler isnt a criminal, hes just like ..
Ar Kansas Online
4.5
Like being ordered to have long hair and smile on stage, but wondering how to smile with a trombone in your mouth.Or repeatedly told youre not good en ..
News Blaze
0.0
Unless you enjoy laughing at outdated stereotypes suggesting that blacks are loud, stupid, lazy, smelly, promiscuous and criminal, you might like to p ..
News Blaze
1.0
Its been a long time since I saw a movie as lazy in both its writing and its execution as Grown Ups.
Hollywood And Fine
1.5
Ever wanted to have as much fun as the cast onscreen, watching helplessly as the talent kicks up a giggle storm, clearly enjoying the heck out of one ..
Brian Or Ndorf
1.9
Despite its best efforts, Grown Ups cant achieve that tightrope walk between crass humor and sappy heart that Judd Apatow has all but monopolized rece ..
Big Picture Big Sound
0.4
The humor ranges from dry humor to sight gags, but they never overshadow the films more serious tone and Ozus keen social commentary.
Nyc Movie Guru
2.5
And the result is as lazy as a summers day spent at the lake doing nothing, but nowhere near as fun.
Js Online
3.1
Now, can somebody make a balls out comedy with a cast this robust
Movie Crypt
2.5
There may be more laughs than your average Sandler comedy but the growth of the overall piece is still stunted.
Hollywood Chicago
1.0
Grown Ups is just one giant waste; a waste of a fantastic cast, a waste of a promising premise and a waste of something that could have been the comed ..
Shockya
1.0
Synopsis Adam Sandler and Chris Rock are among a group of high school buddies who reunite after the death of their inspirational basketball coach.
Sky
1.5
This is a mailed in production, but at least the cast got a nice vacation.
From The Balcony
2.5
The toilet humor ... chokes away the cleverness and friendly atmosphere of the films opening act.
Tiny Url
1.5
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The Scorecard Review
1.0
Youre worth more than this.You deserve Wedding Crashers and even Date Night.
Can Mag
2.1
While I would hardly endorse the gussied up sitcom that is Grown Ups as great cinema, its mixture of brash humor and warm affection for its characters ..
Movie Martyr
5.0
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Ny Press
2.2
Its hard to take slapstick and gross out stuff seriously coming from a bunch of 40 year olds.
Week In Rewind
1.0
So, with such a cast, youd expect this to be a funny film.Wikipedia and IMDB even say its a comedy.
Standard Net Au
3.0
Its a laugh marathon with blue humour and poop jokes peppering the narrative.
Mid Day
0.5
Unless restrained by another, far superior creative force (P.T. Anderson, Judd Apatow), Sandlers recent career is a cautionary tale in self mutilation ..
Brandon Fibbs
3.5
Grown Ups should have been funnier.The story is mostly nonexistent, and the gags dont always generate belly laughs.
Blu Ray Ign
2.0
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Jo Reviews
1.9
Sandler and company sling the put downs and toss in the sight gags, and plenty of people in the audience I saw it with did guffaw at their riffing, ev ..
Jackson Ville
1.3
Sounds altogether too grown up for an Adam Sandler movie, doesnt it
Sign On Sandiego
2.0
Dugan and Sandler Prove That, When it Comes to Humor and Sentiment, The Failure to Invest in Your Characters is a Fatal Flaw.
Movie Day At The Court
2.5
A lot of Grown Ups has the imagination and wit of a bad sitcom, especially in the first half.The characters themselves are often broad brush stereotyp ..
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