2013 · comedy
Grown Ups 2
Directed by Dennis Dugan1h 41m2013
Lenny has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are the ones learning lessons from their kids on a day notoriously full of surprises—the last day of school.
Our read: Grown Ups 2 (2013) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- warm
- brisk
- gentle
- tender
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“You want low-stakes Sandler hangout comedy where old friends goof off again.”
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