Sandler has figured out a way to get a multinational corporation to pay him millions and to employ his family and friends, some of them otherwise unemployable, to make mediocre movies and hang out together day and night. When Lenny and Roxanne announce that their big party is going to have a 1980s theme, complete with partygoers dressed as Prince, the Boss, Tina Turner and Boy George, it’s no surprise. Although set in the present time, much of what happens in “Grown Ups 2” is colored by nostalgia. I am already blotting out the memory of a scene in which Andy Samberg and several other “SNL” cast members past and present play hot-pants-clad, car-washing male cheerleaders. “Transformers” auteur Michael Bay has nothing on Sandler and his cohorts when it comes to casting young women in their films, complete with bikinis. Written by former “SNL” scribes Tim Herlihy and Fred Wolf and directed by “Grown Ups” helmer Dennis Dugan, even though he was also responsible for the terrible 2011 Sandler comedy “Jack and Jill,” “Grown Ups 2” boasts a plot strand involving obnoxious frat boys led by Taylor Lautner of “Twilight” fame, who force Lenny and his friends to strip naked and leap from the 35-foot quarry cliff to the water below. The film gives all new meaning to the number 2 in its title. The comedy sequel stars Adam Sandler and premieres July 12 The comedy sequel stars Adam Sandler and premieres July. An opening scene in which Lenny and son Greg (Jake Goldberg) are copiously peed upon by a frightened deer sets the tone. Shaquille O'Neal and Taylor Lautner show up in the first trailer for Grown Ups 2. Like its predecessor, “Grown Ups 2” trades alternately in cheap sentiment and jokes involving bodily functions, preferably projectile, including Eric’s ability to burp, sneeze and loudly break wind at will.
Sandler is back as high-powered but somehow also nice-guy Hollywood talent agent Lenny Feder, who, along with his beautiful, long-suffering wife Roxanne (Salma Hayek) and their children, has moved back to New England to live among his best childhood buddies.Īlso returning are David Spade as Marcus Higgins, a homunculus-sized Lothario, who discovers he has a hulking, look-alike, grown son named Braden (Alexander Ludwig), Kevin James as plus-sized sweet-natured mechanic Eric Lamonsoff and Chris Rock as argumentative Kurt McKenzie, as well as Maria Bello as Eric’s wife Sally and Maya Rudolph as Kurt’s spouse Deanne.Īmong the newcomers to the cast are Sandler favorite Nick Swardson (“That’s My Boy”) as Nick, the town’s drug-addled school bus driver, Oliver Hudson (Spade’s co-star on TV’s “Rules of Engagement”) as Kyle, the ladies’ gay personal trainer, and Shaquille O’Neal as gun-waving police officer Fluzoo. '80 Party Goer / Mrs.The endless boyhood of Adam Sandler continues in the paradoxically titled “Grown Ups 2.” A mostly unfunny follow-up to Sandler’s similarly juvenile 2010 comedy, a film noted for a scene in which a blue dye reveals that grown men have peed in a pool, this film is not about to let that joke go unrecycled. Playground Parent and Recital Parent (uncredited) Lenny's friends must also cope with their own challenges: Eric (Kevin James) must face his ultimate fear Kurt (Chris Rock) has gone back to work as a cable repairman and Marcus (David Spade) learns that he has an 18-year-old son. Tim Meadows, Shaquille O'Neal, Alexander Ludwig, Georgia Engel. While Shaq is more renowned for his basketball career than his foray into film, he left a big impression on his 'Grown Ups 2' co-stars and not just with his height or dribbling ability on the. Lenny Feder (Adam Sandler) moves his family back to his hometown to be with his friends, but he finds - what with old bullies, new bullies, party crashers and more - that he hasn't left the crazy life behind in Los Angeles. The all-star comedy cast from 'Grown Ups' returns with some exciting new additions Directors. The all-star comedy cast from 'Grown Ups' returns with some exciting new additions After moving his family back to his hometown to be with his friends and their kids, Lenny (Adam Sandler) finds out that between old bullies, new bullies, wild bus drivers, cops on skis and 400 costumed party crashers, sometimes crazy follows you.
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