By Logan Thomas – Staff Reporter 

The comedy film “Grown Ups” was released on June 25, 2010. The star of the movie, Adam Sandler, plays the role of Lenny, a very rich man with three kids who married a fashion model. This movie is a household favorite for many people and has many funny scenes that will leave viewers giggling.

The movie involves five childhood friends named Lenny, Eric, Kurt, Marcus, and Rob, who reunite after their childhood basketball coach passes away. They decide to go off on a boys trip with their spouses and have a fun weekend together, feeling nostalgic about the experience. Lenny and his family have to leave for his wife’s fashion show but they decide to skip that and stay at the Lake. All the grown-ups have a great weekend away from their homes.

“Grown Ups” is full of hilarious scenes, including when Eric goes on a rope swing and bangs into a tree, killing a bird. There were also many surprising parts. When Lenny was a kid, he never missed a basketball shot from a certain spot, they revisit the childhood memory and he still ends up making the shot.. “Grown Ups” included great flashbacks  from their childhood to the present day. During the movie, many scenes included jokes that were delivered in a way that viewers had to understand the context of the movie to realize that they were jokes. 

As good as “Grown Ups” was, there were some elements that could be improved. For example, “Grown Ups” doesn’t go into detail about the coach that died. Viewers should be able to see what his life was like before he died because this is how the movie started. The producers could have added a flashback to before he died or flashbacks from the five friends. The coach’s relationship with the guys could have been added as well.

All in all, “Grown Ups” is a great movie to watch that gets audiences in a humorous mood. Those who don’t want to watch a horror movie or an adventure movie should watch “Grown Ups.” This is a great movie to watch with a bowl of popcorn and some candy by your side with your friends.

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars