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Chicago – Nowhere near as abysmal as some of Adam Sandler’s worst comedies and yet also not nearly as good as it could or should have been, “Grown Ups” might make a reasonable rental on a late fall evening but don’t get your expectations too high. Sandler may be trying to grow up with his comedy friends but a lazy script and horrendous direction by regular collaborator Dennis Dugan hold back what should have been one of the stronger comedy ensembles of the year.

Blu-Ray Rating: 2.5/5.0

Dugan has worked with Sandler on the decent “Big Daddy,” forgettable “You Don’t Mess With the Zohan,” and absolutely-awful “I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry” and it feels like he appeals to Sandler’s worst habits as a comedian. One can see the quality comedy buried underneath the gross-out jokes, faux sentimentality, and horrendous directorial comic timing but “Grown Ups” still...

Coach Buzzer (Blake Clark), an influential Junior High Basketball coach, has died. His championship team of 1978 gets together for the first time in a long time to reconnect and celebrate the life of a great man at the same lake house where they celebrated victory 30 years before. Lenny Feder (Adam Sandler) is an important Hollywood agent whose wife Roxanne (Salma Hayek Pinault) is a clothing designer. Eric Lamonsoff (Kevin James) is a furniture store manager with a wife (Maria Bello) who still breast feeds their 4-year old son. Kurt McKenzie (Chris Rock) is a house husband who loves cooking shows and getting generally shit on by his wife Deanne (Maya Rudolph). Marcus Higgins (David Spade) is still single and still obsessed with sex. Rob Hilliard (Rob Schneider) is a new age mess who's married to a woman twice his age named Gloria (Joyce Van Patten).

Chicago – It may be called “Grown Ups,” but too much of the new Adam Sandler ensemble comedy feels like it was written by an eight-year-old boy. The believable friendship chemistry that Sandler has with co-stars Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, and Rob Schneider significantly ups the entertainment value, but “Grown Ups” could have and should have been much better.

Rating: 2.5/5.0

Co-written by Sandler with Fred Wolf (“Joe Dirt”), “Grown Ups” is a cliched variation on “The Big Chill” with a quintent of friends from childhood reuniting after the death of the coach who long ago guided them to a basketball championship. It hits all of the beats that you would expect it to while being often genially entertaining by virtue of the fun that these friends in real life must have had in making it. Sadly, the elements that actually work are off-set by gross-out jokes, false sentimentality, or...

Grown Ups’ cast reads like a comedy wet dream/SNL reunion of the late 1990s…plus Kevin James, who gets the fat guy physical role of the late Chris Farley. Despite abysmal trailers, Grown Ups held a glimmer of hope, at least in this reviewer’s case, in that its all-star cast could at least cull a few good laughs. To be fair, the film accomplishes just that, at least a few good laughs, but little more. Lenny Feder (Adam Sandler), Eric Lamonsoff (James), Kurt McKenzie (Chris Rock), Marcus Higgins (David Spade) and Rob Hilliard (Rob Schneider) were elementary school friends. We know this because the movie opens with a scene in which they are all on the same basketball team, winning what may be the school’s only championship in basketball with a shot by Feder at the buzzer. As happens in life, however, the group splits apart as...

Director: Dennis Dugan Writers: Adam Sandler, Fred Wolf Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Rob Schneider, Salma Hayek, Maria Bello, Maya Rudolph Now fourty-somethings, Lenny Feder (Sandler), Eric Lamonsoff (James), Kurt McKenzie (Rock), Marcus Higgins (Spade) and Robert "Rob" Hilliard (Schneider) are five longtime friends who won their junior high basketball championship together but have grown apart by their different life paths. Now word comes that their beloved basketball coach has passed away and the guys (family in-tow minus Marcus) all head back to New England and reunite 30 years later to pay their respects and conveniently spend the Fourth of July weekend at the lake house where they held their coveted championship celebration with the now deceased coach. Lenny is the most successful as a bigshot Hollywood agent, Eric is a furniture salesman, Kurt is a house husband and aspiring chef, Marcus is a lady loving bottle hugger,...

Grown Ups

Directed by: Dennis Dugan

Cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Rob Schneider, Salma Hayek

Running Time: 1 hr 40 mins

Rating: PG-13

Release Date: June 25, 2010

Plot: Five friends from childhood (Sandler, James, Rock, Spade, Schneider) are reunited for a wacky weekend of boyish fun with their families, when their old basketball coach passes away.

Who’S It For?: Those who enjoy the comedy from any five of these clowns are probably already programmed for the exact level of humor that this movie could offer. As for the title demographic, it’s more likely their kids will laugh more than the actual grown ups will.

Expectations: I was unsure stepping into this one how it would turn out. I was aware though, that I had laughed a couple of times during the trailer, which I feel is a decent average for a comedy preview.

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Chicago – This 35-image slideshow contains all of the official press images for the highly anticipated “Grown Ups,” starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Rob Schneider, Salma Hayek, Maria Bello, and Maya Rudolph. The film was written by Sandler & Fred Wolf and directed by Dennis Dugan. It will be released on June 25th, 2010.

Synopsis: “Grown Ups, starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade and Rob Schneider is a hilarious comedy about five men who were best friends when they were young kids and now are getting together for the Fourth of July weekend to meet each others’ families for the first time. Picking up where they left off, they discover why growing older doesn’t mean growing up. The film also stars Salma Hayek, Maria Bello and Maya Rudolph.”

You can click “Next” and “Previous” to scan through this slideshow or jump directly to individual photos with the captioned links below.

Columbia Pictures has released a new international trailer for "Grown Ups" to give another preview of what can be seen when Adam Sandler and his high school friends reunite. Could not get enough of their childhood, the five buddies often humiliate themselves in front of their children, including when they soak into pool for kids and turn the water's color to blue.

Former teammates, Lenny, Eric Lamonsoff, Kurt McKenzie, Rob Hilliard, and Marcus Higgins, reunite after years to honor the passing of their childhood basketball coach. Along with their wives, the fivesome decides to spend the 4th of July weekend at the lake house where they celebrated their basketball championship. Picking up where they left off, they discover why growing older doesn't mean growing up.

Playing Sandler's friends in the film are Kevin James, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, and David Spade. Salma Hayek, Maria Bello and Maya Rudolph also join...

Sneak peek at "Grown Ups" has been shared through a teaser trailer debuted on Thursday, November 12. Making its way out via Yahoo! Movies, the clip provides a preview to the Columbia Pictures comedy movie starring Adam Sandler as Lenny Feder, who meets his old friends after more than thirty years.

During their high school, Lenny, Eric Lamonsoff, Kurt McKenzie, Rob Hilliard, and Marcus Higgins were best friends. When their old school basketball coach passes away, they reunite in their home town and meet their pals' families.

Along with their wives, the fivesome decides to spend the 4th of July weekend at the lake house where they celebrated their basketball championship. Picking up where they left off, they discover why growing older doesn't mean growing up.

Playing Adam Sandler's on-screen friends are Kevin James, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, and David Spade. They are joined by Salma Hayek, Maria Bello, and...