Watching “Grown Ups” has officially destroyed all the good will I had towards Adam Sandler after “Happy Gilmore”, “The Wedding Singer” and “The Waterboy”. Gone. Bye Bye.
Now I like(d) Adam Sander. I like David Spade (primarily because he’s an older, blonder version of my friend Steve). I like Chris Rock. Admittedly Rob Schneider and Kevin James less so, but I like the others. This film felt like just an excuse for Sandler and his mates to piss around for an hour and a half, which I’m sure was great fun to film, but was ultimately pretty boring to watch. When you’re watching a comedy that isn’t actually funny it’s a pretty sad state of affairs.
Which made me yearn for the Adam Sandler of old, throwing around such infinitely quotable lines as “you eat pieces of shit for breakfast?” His career has come a long way since he turned a hockey player into a golfer, but I’m not sure if it was in the right direction.
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