Grown Ups In Theaters!

I was a bit harsh on Knight & Day earlier this week... my Grown Ups review shall be much cheerier. Right off the bat, this is only a Massachusetts movie, not a Boston movie. You will not find the hub anywhere in the film. What you can see a lot of is the beautiful rural scenery that our state has to offer. You can also see a whole bunch of some of the funniest comedians SNL ever offered. And it was damn funny!

Adam Sandler knows how to lead a movie. He was great. David Spade too. Rob Schneider was even funnier than I usually find him, and that's also how I felt about Kevin James in the movie. And Chris Rock was great at never breaking the effeminate character they wrote for him. But I do think if they had written him in the more traditional Rock-role, it would have been that much better seeing him and Maya Rudolph scream it out (she was sooo great). I do remember watching the movie thinking that if Chris Farley hadn't died, then Kevin James would be premiering Paul Blart 2 this week! Imagine that though. Rock, Spade, Sandler, Schneider and Farley! Wow.

But the cast didn't disappoint. The plot didn't undermine or lessen the comedy, which comes fast and frequent. Even the smaller roles were just brought to life with so many veterans. Tim Meadows, Colin Quinn and Steve Buscemi added highlights to what is sure to be the #1 comedy of the weekend.

So I don't feel right applying our "Boston Movie Scale" to the movie since it isn't one, but it has to go high on the list of Massachusetts movies filmed here in house since the tax credit has taken effect. And on your basic 10 point overall flick scale, I feel comfortable going 8.5/10. I'm not saying this is a must-see for everybody, but if you like the old bad boys from SNL, you won't be let down.

Grown Ups is in theaters now!