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

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

The zipline ride seen in the waterpark sequence is a fictional creation. Health and safety regulations would never allow customers to fly over concrete.

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Goofs

Rob fixes a vegan breakfast. He won't allow "dead animal flesh" anywhere near the organic food. Later, on McEntire Island, Rob is reaching in the bucket for fried chicken to eat.

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Quotes

Lenny Feder: Lamonsoff, it's 5 in the morning. Can you kill the dog now?
Eric Lamonsoff: Thinking about it.

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Connections

Referenced in Conan: 2011: A Spanx Odyssey (2011)

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Soundtracks

I Still Want You
Written by Thomas Lloyd and Daniel Zanes
Performed by The Del Fuegos
Courtesy of Warner Music U.K. Ltd.
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

User Reviews

Disappointing

I absolutely love a lot of the actors/actresses in this movie so I originally was very excited to see it. I mean, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, David Spade, Maya Rudolph, Steve Buscemi?? Sounds like comic gold! Nay. There was no plot & the one liners were just constant and 99.8% completely unfunny (we get it, you like to razz each other). It was almost like some of the actors even forgot how to act for this movie! I laughed a few times but pretty much spent the entire feeling like this level of comedy was insulting my intelligence. I expected more.

My kids though did think the movie was amazing so if you are between the ages of 6-14, you might enjoy this.