Movie trailers often give a false image of what a film truly brings to the table, and this is no less so than with a comedic film. Clever one-liners are one of the easier elements to cut, paste, and edit to give the impression of a hilarious film, only to draw you to the theater and discover it’s a dud.
Yet Grown Ups, the new film starring the former Saturday Night Live (SNL) pack of Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, David Spade, Rob Schneider, and King of Queens comedic actor Kevin James is one of the few comedies in which the trailer doesn’t do the film justice.
Grown Ups centers on five childhood friends who reunite, along with their families, amid the funeral of their high school basketball coach for a fourth of July weekend vacation.
Sandler, the successful Hollywood agent and ringleader of the group, Lenny Feder, decides to rent the lake house where the crew celebrated their high school basketball championship, as a great place to bring the guys and their families together. He also intends to give his own family a little wake-up call away from the soft, snobby, high-class life they have grown accustomed to.
Barely seconds after heys and hugs, Sandler and company slip back into their old selves, hammering into each other as if their childhood hadn’t skipped a beat.
Schneider, the emotional Rob Hillard, is the major scapegoat in the group that is the butt of most jokes, but the comedic comments seem to get equal screen time across Rock, the Mr. Mom; Spade, the single skirt chaser; and James, the wannabe success story.
Written by Sandler and former veteran SNL writer Fred Wolf, Grown Ups is a comedy that doesn’t stop. From the get-go, the film paces quick quips, character rips, action, and comedy on-screen that leaves barely enough time for the audience to pause for a gasp amid a continuous flurry of laugh-out-loud moments.
Outside of an extremely well-crafted script and unparalleled comedic chemistry is a sense (at least among most guys) that you are watching yourself and your buddies up on screen cracking jokes on each other reminiscing about old times. But grown up or not, you’re sure to laugh!
[etRating value=“ 3.5”]
Yet Grown Ups, the new film starring the former Saturday Night Live (SNL) pack of Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, David Spade, Rob Schneider, and King of Queens comedic actor Kevin James is one of the few comedies in which the trailer doesn’t do the film justice.
Grown Ups centers on five childhood friends who reunite, along with their families, amid the funeral of their high school basketball coach for a fourth of July weekend vacation.
Sandler, the successful Hollywood agent and ringleader of the group, Lenny Feder, decides to rent the lake house where the crew celebrated their high school basketball championship, as a great place to bring the guys and their families together. He also intends to give his own family a little wake-up call away from the soft, snobby, high-class life they have grown accustomed to.
Barely seconds after heys and hugs, Sandler and company slip back into their old selves, hammering into each other as if their childhood hadn’t skipped a beat.
Schneider, the emotional Rob Hillard, is the major scapegoat in the group that is the butt of most jokes, but the comedic comments seem to get equal screen time across Rock, the Mr. Mom; Spade, the single skirt chaser; and James, the wannabe success story.
Written by Sandler and former veteran SNL writer Fred Wolf, Grown Ups is a comedy that doesn’t stop. From the get-go, the film paces quick quips, character rips, action, and comedy on-screen that leaves barely enough time for the audience to pause for a gasp amid a continuous flurry of laugh-out-loud moments.
Outside of an extremely well-crafted script and unparalleled comedic chemistry is a sense (at least among most guys) that you are watching yourself and your buddies up on screen cracking jokes on each other reminiscing about old times. But grown up or not, you’re sure to laugh!
[etRating value=“ 3.5”]
