Grown Ups 2

So I saw this movie almost a week ago,, and don't have a good reason why it took me until now to post on it.

'Grown Ups 2' continues the story of Lenny Fedder and his group of friends. Now that Lenny has packed his bags and left L.A. to moved back to his hometown, he and his friends spend the day reminiscing about times gone by.

Acting in this movie is...painful. Whether it's Tim Meadows delivering the exact same line and performance ever 10 minutes, Shaq acting like an actor instead of just acting, or any of the other sub par (and thats being generous) performances delivered by a crowd of cameos picked at random from the L.A. yellowpages, and the lackluster performance we are becoming so familiar with from Sandler and his weapons chest of funny actors from the '90s. One of the things I hate most about a comedy movie came true with this movie, being that in order to fill seats, most all of the big punch lines are in the plethora of previews, leaving the audience only the smaller jokes to chortle at.

Writing, like the acting, was all over the place and was grasping to find a plot point to hold on to.  While it is assumed Adam Sandler's character is the lead he doesn't appear to be much more important than anyone else. One thing that most usually disappoints me with movies that show the 'Day in the Life Of..." type of plots is that there is no room for believable character development, which occurred in this movie.

The cinematography of the movie was really nothing special. While it certainly didn't suck, there was no visual moment that wow-ed me.

Final Judgement

The only reason I would recommend this movie is if you just couldn't get enough of the first 'Grown Ups' movie. Other than that, this comedy movie brings just about nothing to the table that you can't get better of somewhere else. Movies coming out that I am sure will certainly eclipse this movie like 'World's End' or even 'We're the Millers' are what you should be holding out for your comedy faire.

Score:★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆