Grown Ups

Boys will be boys... some longer than others.

A crowd-pleasing comedy which generally failed to impress the critics. The cast is packed with big comedy names, and the setup has five buddies who won a tournament back in high school, reuniting at the scene of their victory. As luck would have it, the team they beat all those years ago is also there. The guys are now mature, in assorted relationships, and spend the time talking about the past and dealing with their partners and kids. No, not much of a story, but lots of low-brow humour.

101 minutes.
Mature Accompaniment under 10.
Comedy.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast	Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Rob Schneider, Salma Hayek, Maria Bello, Maya Rudolph, Joyce Van Patten, Ebony Jo-Ann, Di Quon
Director	Dennis Dugan
Screenplay	Adam Sandler, Fred Wolf
Music	Rupert Gregson-Williams
Cinematography	Theo van de Sande
Editing	Tom Costain
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Made in	2010
Produced by	Happy Madison Productions, Relativity Media

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Comedy
Language	Infrequent, mild
Nudity	Infrequent, mild
Sex	Some moderate sex references
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	None
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Ann Hornaday Boys will always be boys	5
Die Burger Paul Boekkooi Futlose 'Grown Ups' g'n volwasse	1
Cape Times Michael Rechtshaffen Sandler rediscovers a silly childhood	5
Box Office Steve Ramos SNL alums surround Sandler for can't miss slapstick comedy	10
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert Grown Ups is a pleasant, genial, good-hearted, sometimes icky comedy that's like spending a weekend with well-meaning people you don't want to see again any time real soon.	10
eye Weekly Hilary Caton Sandler, who co-wrote the film, mixes in the right amount of adult humour and childish comedy that, while it could be summed up as a ''boys will be boys'' tale, also shows he’s come a long way since The Water Boy.	15
ScreenIt C. Fuchs Arguably the laziest and lamest comedy to come down the pike in some time	4
Metacritic.com 31 critics	6
Rottentomatoes critics 130 critics	7
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Grown Ups' cast of comedy vets is amiable, but they're let down by flat direction and the scattershot, lowbrow humor of a stunted script.	2
What the People say
Internet 7564 Netizens Good enough	11
Average .. 35%	7