Grown Ups

Year: 2010

Actors: Ian Cardoni, Adam Sandler, Salma Hayek, Nadji Jeter

Duration: 102 min

In 1978,5 friends win their junior high basketball championship. Their coach "Buzzer" (Blake Clark) tells them to live their lives in a similar way to how they played the game.30 years later. Lenny Feder (Adam Sandler) is a Hollywood talent agent married to Roxanne (Salma Hayek), a fashion designer. Sons, Greg and Keith, and girl Becky, all spoiled. Eric Lamonsoff (Kevin James) is a co-owner of a lawn furniture company married to Sally (Maria Bello). 1 girl Donna and 1 son Bean, who still breastfeeds despite being 4. Kurt McKenzie (Chris Rock) is a stay at home father who is married to Deanne (Maya Rudolph), the primary breadwinner of the family. 1 son, Andre, and 1 daughter, Charlotte, while Deanne is pregnant with a third child, and her mother, Ronzoni. All of them harass Kurt for not being more useful. Rob Hilliard (Rob Schneider) is a thrice divorced pacifist vegan married to Gloria (Joyce Van Patten), who is 30 years older than him. Marcus Higgins (David Spade) has become a single womanizer.Coach Buzzer has died, & they all attend the funeral. Lenny rents the lake house for the 4th of July weekend for his friends to stay at, but Lenny can't stay for the whole weekend because Roxanne has a fashion show in Milan.Lenny runs into his old nemesis Dickie Bailey (Colin Quinn). Dickie is upset at Lenny because he had his foot out of bounds when he made the game winning shot and challenges him to a rematch, but Lenny declines. During dinner, the group discusses spreading the coach's ashes in the morning, but Lenny says he can't be there because of Roxanne's fashion show. Roxanne is angry & allows Lenny to stay.They spread Buzzer's ashes the next morning & then Rob's girls arrive at the cottage. Jasmine and Amber, seem too gorgeous to be Rob's, and one, Bridget, who very closely resembles him. Lenny's boys finally start to have fun with the other kids like normal kids & even install cup phones around the house. Roxanne is happy too & decides to stay. Bean learns to drink from a carton & Marcus flirts with Jasmine & Amber. The group run into Dickie again, this time with one of his friends Wiley (Steve Buscemi), who ends up in the hospital after a zip line accident.Deanne becomes suspicious of Kurt when she sees him spending time with Rita, Lenny's nanny. That evening, the adults dance & have fun. In the morning, Rob suspects that Marcus had sex with either Jasmine or Amber, Roxanne finds that Lenny canceled their Milan tickets before the funeral behind her back.Lenny claims that he felt their time at the lake house was necessary because their kids were becoming too spoiled, but was unsure if Roxanne would go along with it. He tells her he won't lie to her again. Deanne confronts Kurt about supposedly flirting with Rita. Kurt assures her that he wasn't flirting with her, but he enjoyed having an actual conversation with her because he doesn't feel like he gets that with Deanne. Deanne offers to take him out on more dates. Eric then admits to the group that he isn't co-owner of a lawn furniture company and that he was laid off two months ago. He just didn't want everyone to think of him as a failure. Lenny resolves to offer Eric an investment opportunity. Gloria then tells everyone that despite their recent hostility, she senses love between everyone.The group then head off to a 4th of July barbecue, where they are once again challenged by Dickie and his friends to a rematch of the basketball game. Wiley, in a massive body cast, had escaped intensive care to watch. Rob suggests that their coach would want them to take the challenge and despite everyone's being out of shape and Rob's injury, they agree to a game. The game is close, but most of the players get too tired to continue, leaving only Lenny and Dickie on the court. They bring out their sons to continue playing. When Lenny has the chance to make the game winning shot, he deliberately misses and allows Dickie to win, giving him a sense of victory. Lenny and the others take the loss in stride.

Genre: Action   Comedy   Family