LITTLE ROCK — If you’ve seen the advertising trailer for Grown Ups, you’ve pretty much seen the movie — at least the “funny” parts, writes reviewer Philip Martin in Friday’s MovieStyle section.
Opening Friday, Grown Ups is “about” a group of childhood friends who reunite over a long July Fourth weekend after the death of the coach who led their Catholic Youth Organization basketball team to the championship when they were in junior high school. After the coach’s funeral, they gather at a lake house they visited when they were children, now with their own quirky families in tow.
It’s not an unpromising premise actually, and the fact that Adam Sandler enlists some of his real life pals — Chris Rock, Kevin James, David Spade, Rob Schneider — to play his on-screen friends at least sets up an interesting dynamic. But the overall effect of Grown Ups is of a lazy, cynical feature designed to provide all involved with a stress-free payday. At least they look like they’re having a good time.
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