Grown-Ups (2010)

So for starters, I admit to being an Adam Sandler fan. I realize most of his movies are(not sure of the best word here...immature??)only mildly amusing to some. I always feel a little bit of heart in them. Two of the ones I like and DO recommend are The Wedding Singer (my favorite) and 50 First Dates. Both completely cheesy, but both cute and amusing. This movie....not so cute or amusing. I will say a few positive things and then get to the bashing....the cast had amazing chemistry. In the scenes where it was just the guys sitting around BSing about growing up, etc...those were nice. Even if the topics of conversation bordered on offensive sometimes....still thought it was pretty realistic for men their ages who had grown up together and still maintained a certain level of friendship. The kids were all great. I thought the boys playing Sandlers boys were very amusing as two spoiled rich kids who didn't know how to play like normal kids. I HATED the extended breastfeeding jokes/bashing, it was the first real turn off for me and I didn't find any of it amusing AT ALL. Pumping for the sick bird?? just stupid. Burp and Fart jokes...sometimes I love them, sometimes I hate them...here they landed flat and weren't funny. I think there was more that could have been done with the storylines if they had tried hard enough. I was sad that I didn't enjoy this more. I don't think I can even recommend it...that being said. Ian watched a great deal of it with me. He laughed a bit more than I did, but then got bored and started playing Angry Birds with the movie as background noise. Enough said. On a side note...I did enjoy the Adam Sandler song "Stan the Man" that played through the end credits. Seemed to be an autobiographical song about his father, and though it wasn't probably the best song ever written and maybe not meant to be funny....it was sweet and felt pretty honest. Best part of the movie for me...the end credits.

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