![]() The gang meet a group of frat guys in town, headed up by Taylor Lautner and Milo Ventimiglia, who are the stereotypical douche bag frat guys, who hate everyone, except for their brothers. Seems like a perfect setup for a comedy, right? Wrong. And of course there is Marcus (Spade), whose teenage son (who resembles Joe Dirt), comes to visit his father, who he has never met or seen. Then there is Kurt (Chris Rock), who gave his wife a beautiful piece of jewelry for their anniversary, but his wife completely forgot about their anniversary. Eric (Kevin James) is sneaking away to his mother's house quite often to feel loved, a feeling his wife (Maria Bello) doesn't give him. Lenny is dealing with his hot wife wanting to have another baby. A little time has passed and the school year is winding down as each friend and their family is planning a fun summer with their kids. Nick Swardson seems to fill in for Schneider here in the form of a different character. Now it seems that the friends, sans Rob Schneider, are back this time around. All of these actors are pissing in our faces and laughing at us for watching this. When Lenny's wife (Salma Hayek) wakes up and sees the deer, she screams, which causes the deer to piss all over Lenny, his family, and other parts of the house, as it leaves a path of destruction as it tries to exit their home. The first scene foreshadows what's to come in the next 101 minutes: A wild deer enters the house of Lenny (Sandler) and his family while they're sleeping. It's upsetting, and I hope that if these actors decide to do more films together, they can at least take the time to cook up a vehicle with good writing and decent jokes, because that's sure not the case with this horrible sequel. The formula is the same again and again: Travel to a nice destination spot, film a movie with their friends for a month or so, and make jokes that would only be funny to a small child. Instead, these actors just seem to count their residuals and coast through their annual paydays. There was a time when Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, David Spade, and Kevin James consistently made us laugh with great comedy performances and fun characters. 'Grown Ups 2' is hands down one of the worst films in a long time, which is sad, because the folks involved used to show talent. With the exception of maybe one throw away line, there are no laughs in this supposed comedy. The performances are lazy, the script is half baked, and the onscreen charisma never rises above circle smirks. It certainly seemed all involved had said all they had to say the first time around, but Hollywood is all about making money no matter what, so now we have a sequel, and boy is it a mess. ![]() The first ' Grown Ups' was a creative failure that somehow became a big box office success. ![]() It's like they aren't even trying anymore.
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