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, Salma Hayek, Kevin James

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:

reunited friends | funeral | old friends reunited | ash scattering | pregnant wife | 

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Taglines:

Some guys need a little extra time to mature.

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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 Spanish

Release Date:

25 June 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mad Families

Filming Locations:

Woodmans of Essex, 121 Main Street, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$80,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$40,506,562, 27 June 2010, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$162,001,186

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$271,430,189

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

The wives are shown sewing "uniforms" for the big basketball game. During the game, the men wear t-shirts with the logo of the water park, and a logo of the t-shirt company clearly visible on them - obviously not made for them by their wives. The women arrive in newspaper cheerleader costumes - also not what they were sewing.

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Quotes

Lenny Feder: You see that? You just aim for a spot and shoot the ball there?
Eric Lamonsoff: It's true. Your dad has won over 50 games with that shot.
Greg Feder: Really? Because that shot doesn't work on the Wii.
Eric Lamonsoff: Well, you should Wii-turn that Wii and get yourself a Wii-fund. Tim Duncan has had over a hundred game winners with that shot.

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Connections

References SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)

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Soundtracks

Time for Me to Fly
Written by Kevin Cronin
Performed by REO Speedwagon
Courtesy of Epic Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

A disappointment

I have to say it was quite disappointing. When seeing the previews I thought with a cast like this you can't go wrong, it must be a goldmine of laughs! But after watching the movie my feelings changed a lot. Sure there were a few moments that made me laugh but to tell you the truth a lot of the jokes were over used and got tiring. I felt as if they were trying too hard to make the audience laugh and that they were trying to fit in as many jokes as they could into each scene. Of course it's not the most horrible movie i've seen. I just don't think the plot was strong enough and I don't get the same charming and funny vibe I usually get when watching a movie with any of these actors in it. I feel that a lot of the movie was also was very cliché and predictable. I do think that this movie could have been a lot better. It was entertaining enough, but I can truthfully say I won't be buying this one on DVD.