![]() He plays it tough and straight and manages the best surprise in the movie in his final scene. It's a little flatter but then again his character isn't one for charisma but rather physical intimidationĪs the ex-arch-rival of one of the characters. Stone Cold's performance is much the same. Like always, he appears with an infectious smile and seems content to just have fun with his part rather than take it even the least bit serious. Shaq dominates ever scene, not only because of his impressive physical presence but because, Shaquille O'Neal, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, and Taylor Lautner all manage to overshadow theįilm's primary cast, and by a significant margin. If there's a reason to watch, it's not for the assembled primary cast but rather for the barrage of secondary character cameos. Of those awful popular culture riffs disguised as Parody films that just throw everything they can on the screen and hope The film earns one or two legitimate laughs when the humor flows from the story, but Too much of sports commentator Dan Patrick's backside. ![]() Serve almost no purpose but to yell "WHAAAAAATTTT?," and showing far Stains on underwear, chocolate soft serve ice cream made to look like poop, characters drooling and spitting all over themselves, characters who The movie's other ideas of humor include pee Really, that's one of the main themes in the In Grown Ups 2, the mainĬast tries too hard to make the movie too big and substitutes legitimate situational, real-life humor with stale toilet jokes and even goes so far asĬombine them, trying to make a funny about sneezing, burping, and farting all at the same time. That's much of what made the first film work, characteristics the leadĪctors embraced. The characters areīy-and-large obnoxious, save for the McKenzie's newest family member, still in diapers, who gleefully steals every scene he's in because he doesn'tĪny better than to be himself and just have fun in front of the camera. It's one of the most scatteredįilms in recent memory, switching between characters almost at random and barely finding a purpose for each scene. Organized, purposeful chaos in cinema is one thing, but this movie, like the animal, lacks control, direction, a goal. Making a mess of things as it runs around almost like a chicken with hits head cut off, showing no direction and leaving only chaos in its wake. In many ways, the movie is like that animal, aimlessly spraying stuff nobody wants and Member, and running wild through the house some more. The film opens with a wild animal peeing on Adam Sandler's face, followed by it running wildly through the house, peeing on another family Finally, Marcus spends his first day with a rough-and-tumble teenage son named Braden Hiding out with his mother and watching Soap Operas. Eric escapes from his wife Sally (Maria Bello) by She surprises him by forgetting the important date. Wife Deanne (Maya Rudolph) with a necklace. Kurt remembers his 20th wedding anniversary and surprises his Lenny isn't so sure (the family would have to order a second pizza every time). Lenny's wife Roxanne (Salma Hayek) announces that she's ready for another baby, but Lead-up to the party, they experience a number of issues. (Chris Rock), Eric Lamonsoff (Kevin James), and Marcus Higgins (David Spade) plan the perfect kick-off-the-summer bash, 80s style. With their kids' school winding down its last day, friends Lenny Feder (Adam Sandler), Kurt It's summertime, and that means one thing: partying. Save for the stale old bodily function humor and sexual innuendo that's been done to death and, here, beaten to a bloody pulp. Unfortunately, it will likely leave most in theįeeling cold and abandoned, wondering what pleasure there is in watching a bunch of comedic actors bounce through a film with almost no comedy Stumbling all over themselves and working through mindless and needlessly drawn-out drama and skits. It certainly looks like the cast is, once again, having fun Rhythm, no purpose, little cohesion, and barely scrapes together its limited laughs. Seemed fun for the cast and translated into a relatively good time for the audience, despite its reliance on toilet humor and other bland comedy It was a decent little time waster, that original, a film with a lighthearted charm and modest appeal that ![]() Youths in the midst of the grind of adult life. If a movie ever screamed "vanity project," it's Grown Ups 2, the sequel to the medicare hit Comedy Grown Ups about a bunch of middle-aged men trying to recapture their Reviewed by Martin Liebman, October 24, 2013 The band nobody wanted to see again is back together. ![]()
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