4/5/2023 0 Comments Grown ups 2 parents guide![]() Immediately, the movie takes off with a joke that’s supposed to be “so mean it’s funny”, but instead is a cheap shot milking the cliche that mothers-in-law are a pain (especially when they’re from the woman’s side). Lenny’s back to hanging out with his friends and, in an attempt to relive their youth, they decide to throw a big party. In Grown Ups 2, Lenny and his family have moved back to Lenny’s hometown, where his friends live as well. ![]() That movie was mediocre at best, but that’s a review for another time. The movie is a sequel to Grown Ups, where the four high school friends Lenny (Adam Sandler), Eric (Kevin James), Kurt (Chris Rock), and Marcus (David Spade) have a reunion long after they’ve grown into adulthood. Just about the only person it wasn’t offensive to was Adam Sandler, because he co-wrote it and let’s be honest: he’s a douche anyway. It was offensive to women as a sub-group, as almost all of them were portrayed as lust objects with IQs of Forrest Gump level, and likewise it was offensive to men because almost all of them were portrayed as strapping teenagers with raging hormones (yet there definitely was more diversity between men’s characters in general than between women’s). I’d say the same about Steve Buscemi had he not gotten a role in which he could demonstrate his brilliant diversity, though the pleasure of watching him was to his merit only, and had nothing to do with how his character was written. The same goes for Salma Hayek, Maya Rudolph, and Shaquille O’Neal. All great actors who did not deserve to have such a monstrosity of a movie besmirch their acting history or resume. Secondly it was offensive to Chris Rock, David Spade, and Kevin James. Spoilers are coming.) Firstly it was offensive to its viewers to assume it could entertain them with such easy, sloppy humor. So here’s a long description of the first part and all that’s wrong with it. (My plan was to describe the movie in its entirety but… I didn’t make it. Grown Up 2, however, I found hugely offensive. ![]() (I’m not that short, by the way, nor that light-weighted.) They never actually did it, of course, but just to say: I wasn’t sore about it. I’m short, and back in high school my friends told me they’d come up with a new sport for which I could be used as an asset: dwarf throwing. I’m not sore, I’m not easily offended, and I think everyone should be able to take the piss every now and then. I love satire, sarcasm, a limited dose of cynicism, and stereotypes to a certain extent. ![]()
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