Grown Ups (2010)
Movie · 2010 · Comedy · 1h 42m · PG-13 · English
Curator score: 1.6/10 (1.1M ratings)
Tagline: Boys will be boys. . . some longer than others.
After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.
Ratings:
- Curator score: 1.6/10
- IMDb: 6.0/10
- Letterboxd: 3.27/5
- Rotten Tomatoes: 10%
- Metacritic: 30
- TMDB: 6.4/10
Director: Dennis Dugan
Production: Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Happy Madison Productions
Cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Rob Schneider, Salma Hayek Pinault, Maria Bello, Maya Rudolph, Joyce Van Patten, Ebony Jo-Ann, Di Quon, Steve Buscemi, Colin Quinn, Tim Meadows, Madison Riley, Jamie Chung, Ashley Loren, Jake Goldberg, Cameron Boyce, Alexys Nycole Sanchez
Curator Review
Verdict: A lazy, broad hangout comedy that survives on chemistry, vacation energy, and a steady stream of dumb jokes rather than a real plot. If you like star-driven, low-stakes ensemble comedies and don’t mind crude humor or uneven jokes, it can be an easy watch; if you want sharp writing or narrative momentum, it will feel thin.
Best for: fans of crude ensemble comedies; viewers who like relaxed, plot-light hangout movies; people in the mood for nostalgic middle-aged friendship comedy; audiences who enjoy broad studio comedy over precision
Skip if: you want tightly written jokes and strong structure; you dislike juvenile or gross-out humor; you need character growth or emotional depth; you’re sensitive to lazy, improvisational comedy
Overview: Grown Ups is less a comedy with a plot than a weekend with loud friends who never stop talking. The appeal is simple: a big cast, summer-camp energy, and enough goofy set pieces to keep the movie moving even when the jokes are hit-or-miss. It’s built for easy watching, not for elegance.
Worth noting: What makes it work, for some viewers, is the chemistry and the sense of friends falling back into old rhythms. The movie is shamelessly broad and often stupid, but it knows how to coast on vibe, nostalgia, and the comfort of familiar comic personas. That looseness is either the charm or the problem.
Bottom line: If you want a polished comedy, this will probably feel like a mess. If you’re open to a loud, low-pressure hangout movie with a few memorable bits and a lot of filler, it has a scrappy, junk-food appeal that explains why it stayed so popular.
Top Letterboxd reviews:
- 𓆩♡𓆪: Can everybody stop pretending that this movie isn’t good
- Leah 🥀: people that don’t like this movie don’t know what fun is
- Vivian: film snobs are just pretentious nerds who hate their fathers
- Leah 🥀: a classic. literally a classic.
- zach: adam sandler casting his friends so they can go vacation for a movie
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Topics: ensemble comedy, hangout movie, bro comedy, nostalgic, summer vacation, crude humor, broad humor, friendship, family-friendly-adjacent, 2010s comedy
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Grown Ups (2010)
Movie · 2010 · Comedy · 1h 42m · PG-13 · English
Curator score: 1.6/10 (1.1M ratings)
Boys will be boys. . . some longer than others.
Overview After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.
Ratings
Curator score: 1.6/10
IMDb: 6.0/10
Letterboxd: 3.27/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 10%
Metacritic: 30
TMDB: 6.4/10
Production Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Happy Madison Productions
Cast Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Rob Schneider, Salma Hayek Pinault, Maria Bello, Maya Rudolph, Joyce Van Patten, Ebony Jo-Ann, Di Quon, Steve Buscemi, Colin Quinn, Tim Meadows, Madison Riley, Jamie Chung, Ashley Loren, Jake Goldberg, Cameron Boyce, Alexys Nycole Sanchez
Curator Review
Verdict
A lazy, broad hangout comedy that survives on chemistry, vacation energy, and a steady stream of dumb jokes rather than a real plot. If you like star-driven, low-stakes ensemble comedies and don’t mind crude humor or uneven jokes, it can be an easy watch; if you want sharp writing or narrative momentum, it will feel thin.
Best for
fans of crude ensemble comedies
viewers who like relaxed, plot-light hangout movies
people in the mood for nostalgic middle-aged friendship comedy
audiences who enjoy broad studio comedy over precision
Skip if
you want tightly written jokes and strong structure
you dislike juvenile or gross-out humor
you need character growth or emotional depth
you’re sensitive to lazy, improvisational comedy
Overview
Grown Ups is less a comedy with a plot than a weekend with loud friends who never stop talking. The appeal is simple: a big cast, summer-camp energy, and enough goofy set pieces to keep the movie moving even when the jokes are hit-or-miss. It’s built for easy watching, not for elegance.
Worth noting
What makes it work, for some viewers, is the chemistry and the sense of friends falling back into old rhythms. The movie is shamelessly broad and often stupid, but it knows how to coast on vibe, nostalgia, and the comfort of familiar comic personas. That looseness is either the charm or the problem.
Bottom line
If you want a polished comedy, this will probably feel like a mess. If you’re open to a loud, low-pressure hangout movie with a few memorable bits and a lot of filler, it has a scrappy, junk-food appeal that explains why it stayed so popular.
Top Letterboxd reviews
𓆩♡𓆪 (5★) · 8885 likes
Can everybody stop pretending that this movie isn’t good
Leah 🥀 (5★) · 4975 likes
people that don’t like this movie don’t know what fun is
Vivian (3★) · 3454 likes
film snobs are just pretentious nerds who hate their fathers
Leah 🥀 (5★) · 2292 likes
a classic. literally a classic.
zach (2★) · 2142 likes
adam sandler casting his friends so they can go vacation for a movie
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Topics
ensemble comedy, hangout movie, bro comedy, nostalgic, summer vacation, crude humor, broad humor, friendship, family-friendly-adjacent, 2010s comedy
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