![]() Nuttiness ensues as Lenny encounters others from his past. Lenny, a successful Hollywood screenwriter, has moved with his family (including his wife, played by sexy Salma Hayek) back to his hometown, where his old pals still live. When they get together, it's like they're 14 again (actually, when they're apart they tend to act that way, too). Once again, Lenny Feder (Sandler) and his childhood friends Eric (Kevin James), Kurt (Chris Rock) and Marcus (David Spade) are the focus. In "Grown Ups 2," it rarely works.Īs the title indicates, this is a sequel. (There! That's the lesson.) But the context is what makes it work. Yes, as the workshop indicated, scatological humor can be funny. And it sets the tone for an unabashedly juvenile comedy that often uses bodily functions - mostly of the human variety - as gags. How does that apply to "Grown Ups 2"? Well, the opening sequence involves a deer urinating on Sandler's face. There's a lesson there, though I'm not quite sure what it is. During a workshop for young journalists I was running, we went around the table telling anecdotes from our pasts. He cracked me up.Īnd, before I get into "Grown Ups 2," let me mention something I experienced on the same day I saw it. I first saw him as a featured character on an MTV game show, "Remote Control," well before he became a "Saturday Night Live" regular. ![]() 1 in the dung-heap pile), but he can be very funny. He's made a bunch of movies I haven't liked ("Little Nicky" checking in at No. Everything I've heard about him would indicate that he's a nice guy.
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