Grown Ups (2010)

After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.

Director:

Dennis Dugan

Writers:

Adam Sandler, Fred Wolf

Stars:

Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock

3 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Adam Sandler	...	Lenny Feder
Kevin James	...	Eric Lamonsoff
Chris Rock	...	Kurt McKenzie
David Spade	...	Marcus Higgins
Rob Schneider	...	Rob Hilliard
Salma Hayek	...	Roxanne Chase-Feder (as Salma Hayek Pinault)
Maria Bello	...	Sally Lamonsoff
Maya Rudolph	...	Deanne McKenzie
Joyce Van Patten	...	Gloria
Ebony Jo-Ann	...	Mama Ronzoni
Di Quon	...	Rita
Steve Buscemi	...	Wiley
Colin Quinn	...	Dickie Bailey
Tim Meadows	...	Malcolm
Madison Riley	...	Jasmine Hilliard

Storyline

In 1978, five 12-year-olds win a CYO basketball championship. Thirty years later, they gather with their families for their coach's funeral and a weekend at a house on a lake where they used to party. By now, each is a grownup with problems and challenges: Marcus is alone and drinks too much. Rob, with three daughters he rarely sees, is always deeply in love until he turns on his next ex-wife. Eric is overweight and out of work. Kurt is a househusband, henpecked by wife and mother-in-law. Lenny is a successful Hollywood agent married to a fashion designer; their kids take privilege for granted. Can the outdoors help these grownups rediscover connections or is this chaos in the making?

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Plot Keywords:

coach | basketball | overweight | daughter | househusband | 

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Taglines:

Back Then They Were Too Young To Know Better. Now They Have No Excuse.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for crude material including suggestive references, language and some male rear nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Sony [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 June 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Lake House

Filming Locations:

Pilgrim Congregational Church, 15 Common Street, Southborough, Massachusetts, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

£2,006,945 (UK) (27 August 2010)

Gross:

$162,001,186 (USA) (22 October 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Happy Madison Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

After the movie premiered Adam Sandler bought each of his fellow cast members (Chris Rock, Kevin James, Rob Schneider and David Spade) a brand new Maserati. Rock appreciated the gift but said it made him feel like "Adam Sandler's bitch".

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Goofs

During the first "arrow roulette" scene, David Spade falls face-first into a pile of poop and is completely covered. In the next scene, he is completely clean.

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Quotes

Lenny Feder: I bet you 5 bucks he gets on one knee.
Kurt McKenzie: You're on.

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Connections

References Pinocchio (1940)

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Soundtracks

"Lay It on the Line"
Written by Rik Emmett, Mike Levine and Gil Moore
Performed by Triumph
Courtesy of TML Entertainment, Inc.

User Reviews

Lacked quality control

I am fan of Adam Sandler and Chris Rock (comedian, not actor). I've watched all of Sandler's movies but lately his movies just aren't as funny to me. It's either cuz I'm growing up or there's a serious lack of quality control in his films.

I got the impression that the script was written in a weekend and then shot without testing the jokes.

There were LOTS of jokes but many felt forced or just went over my head. The family moments were forced and felt awkward to even watch. I cringed and felt bad for the actors.

I think the circle of friends have what it takes to make a great comedy, but I think they'll need to work harder. I know they can do better cuz there were a few Kodak moments in there - classic Sandler humor.