Film Review - Grown Ups 2

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Film: Grown Ups 2

Cast: Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Salma Hayek

Directed by: Dennis Dugan

Duration: 1 hr 31 mins

Rating:  *

If you think that Hollywood is better at making comedies, then think again. Grown Ups 2 directed by  Dennis Dugan is a  senseless,  plot less  film that is anything but funny and it plummets to new depths when it comes to lazy writing.

Grown Ups  was just about passable but the success has prompted the film makers to make this sequel hoping that people will come to watch it and get the cash registers ringing.  But with puerile jokes about puking and farting this one never rises above the ordinary.

Lenny (Adam Sandler) is living with his wife (Salma Hayek) and kids and his friends, played by Chris Rock, Kevin James and David Spade are also around. There is absolutely no story here to speak of, just a few incidents and silly jokes are thrown in together.

Taylor Lautner of Twilight fame plays a juvenile and a rather terrible character, like most of them. While Adam Sandler has his own fan following him, chances are, even they won’t be able to digest these proceedings easily.  So, Grown Ups 2 is meant for anyone but grown ups and at 91 minutes this film is about 88 minutes too long.

(Published in The Navhind Times on 15th Sept 2013)

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