Pokematic Grown Ups 2 Review

So Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, and David Spade reunite for another grown ups movie. How will it be this time?

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So I recently watched Grown Ups 2 staring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, and David Spade. I'm gonna start out by saying I like Sandler films and this isn't going to be written from the standard "I hate Adam Sandler and his stupid poop jokes." Like South Park, Adam Sandler is one of the few people that can do them right and still keep it funny. With that explanation, lets review this thing.

If you haven't seen the original Grown Ups, that one was about a group of elementary school friends who have a reunion when their elementary school coach dies. All the old friends get reacquainted and bond, all the wives bond, and all the kids bond. Each of the families has their own back story, and that adds to the chemistry of the group. Grown Ups 2 takes place a couple years after the events in Grown Ups 1. I don't remember if Kevin, Chris, and David all lived in the same town in the original, but they are in 2, and Adam and his family moves to the same town, and apparently this is their home town.

Now if there's one kind of big flaw, it's the multiple plots of this movie. There's one plow with Adam being unemployed, one with Kevin having an unhealthy attached relationship with his mom, Chris dealing with this one wanna be gangsta boy trying to date his daughter, David trying to bond with his bastard son he had with "Hiccups McGee," everyone trying to get ready for a big party at Adam's house, Adam's one son getting bullied, Adam's other not being confident with girls, Adam's first grade "girlfriend" becoming a stalker for Adam, and Taylor Lautner's frat picking on the group. Yes there are WAY to many stories trying to happen at once. Unlike the first where everything is just bonding, this one tries to get everyone to have their own little plot. This is the only thing I don't really like about this one. They try to develop them, but plots like the son getting bullied and Kevin's mom relationship aren't developed much at all and kind of are resolved in cop outs. Most are developed enough to make sense so I can get over it.

If you don't already know for some reason, the entire reason for the Grown Ups series is to get a bunch of comedy actors together and make a funny comedy. Basically be "the expendables" of comedy. Unlike the first one, Rob Schneider isn't in this one. I don't care though; of the original cast, he was my least favorite. He is replaced by a bunch of supporting actors, like Steve Buscemi, Tim Meadows, Shaquille O'Neal, Taylor Lautner, Nick Swardson, and Andy Samberg. The chemistry for the core cast of Adam, Kevin, Chris, and David is great. I loved how they mixed in the original and they mix great in this one. These guys have great chemistry and need to keep making movies together. Then the 2 main police officers, Tim and Shaq, offer great support and if they were developed some more, they could basically be called core members, but they did great as the supporting police that let all of them just get away with some things they might not be able to get away with, like when David was rolling down a major street in an oversized tire. The rest of the guys are just kind of there to add more funny to the film, like Andy as a male cheer leader and making Kevin uncomfortable at a school car wash. But for all you twilight haters, you'll love what Taylor is; he's the antagonist. He is like the head of a frat at a college that is close to the city where everyone lives. He and his friends pick on the "grown ups," and it's just fun to hate "Jacob" for reasons other than he destroyed the image of werewolves as something to be feared.

As I mentioned before, I like Adam Sandler movies, and I liked the original. This movie, not much is different in the style of comedy. It's still a lot of fart, poop, and "rIII'MMM AAAAANGRAYY" Adam Sandler. But like I said earlier, Adam is able to make it work, at least I think so. There's a lot of laugh out loud scenes and they get creative with the delivery, like making an ice cream machine look like a guy is "unloading." It's low brow, but it's well done low brow. And then Chris and David bring their own touches to the film, like how Chris is rightfully overprotective and how David just doesn't know how to deal with people that aren't his friends. I think it all works.

Here's the thing, this movie isn't for everyone. If you enjoyed the original, you'll enjoy this one. If you enjoy Adam Sandler movies, you'll enjoy this one. It's not as good as the original because of the large number of plots and sub plots, but it's still entertaining. If you're one of those people that's all "I hate Adam Sandler and his stupid poop jokes," then this movie isn't for you. Well this has been Pokematic signing off and bu-bye.