Grown Ups 2
2013 film by Dennis Dugan
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Key Takeaways
- Grown Ups 2 is a 2013 American comedy film starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock and David Spade.
- Salma Hayek, Maya Rudolph, Maria Bello and Nick Swardson appear in supporting roles.
- Together, they face bizarre situations and new enemies in the form of a local fraternity.
- It was panned by critics but grossed $247 million on an $80 million budget.
- Plot Three years after the events of the first film, Lenny Feder has relocated his family to his hometown of Stanton, where his friends Eric Lamonsoff, Kurt McKenzie, and Marcus Higgins also live.
Grown Ups 2 is a 2013 American comedy film starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock and David Spade. The sequel to the 2010 film, it was directed by Dennis Dugan, written by Sandler, Fred Wolf, and Tim Herlihy. Salma Hayek, Maya Rudolph, Maria Bello and Nick Swardson appear in supporting roles. In the film, Lenny (Sandler) moves his family back to his hometown, where he reunites with his old friends. Together, they face bizarre situations and new enemies in the form of a local fraternity.
Produced by Sandler's production company Happy Madison Productions and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing through its Columbia Pictures label, Grown Ups 2 was released on July 12, 2013. It was panned by critics but grossed $247 million on an $80 million budget. It was nominated for nine Razzies at the 2014 Golden Raspberry Awards.
Plot
Three years after the events of the first film, Lenny Feder has relocated his family to his hometown of Stanton, where his friends Eric Lamonsoff, Kurt McKenzie, and Marcus Higgins also live. Lenny wakes up in his bedroom to find a deer which wreaks havoc through the house until he uses his daughter Becky's (the one who just left the door open last night in the middle the night in case animals want to come in as a bad idea.) stuffed animal, Mr. Gigglesworth, to lure it outside, where it tears him apart.
Lenny dismisses his wife Roxanne's suggestion that they have another child; Eric worries that his wife Sally is encouraging their children's self-confidence above all else; Kurt gives his wife Deanne a gift for their anniversary, which she has forgotten; and Marcus prepares to spend the summer with Braden, his recently discovered son from one of his previous relationships, but is intimidated by Braden, who deeply hates him.
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