![]() ![]() ![]() Then they all hang out a rented cabin on the lake.Īnd that’s it. When his 8th grade basketball coach dies, Sandler and his buddies meet up in their hometown (a quaint lakefront community) for the funeral. Sandler played a hot shot, super successful Hollywood agent. Kevin James (though not an SNL alum) rounded out the cast in the “fat guy” role which clearly would have gone to Chris Farley were he still alive. The original Grown Ups reunited Sandler with many of his SNL cohorts including Chris Rock, David Spade, Rob Schneider, Colin Quinn, and Tim Meadows. The Little Mermaid, directed by Rob Marshall, opens in theaters nationwide on May 26, 2023.The opening joke of Grown Ups 2 (not opening scene mind you but opening joke) features a deer pissing in Adam Sandler‘s face. She makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula, which gives her a chance to experience life on land, but ultimately places her life – and her father’s crown – in jeopardy. While mermaids are forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel must follow her heart. The youngest of King Triton’s daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. The Little Mermaid is the beloved story of Ariel, a beautiful and spirited young mermaid with a thirst for adventure. The film stars Halle Bailey as Ariel, Daveed Diggs as the voice of Sebastian, Jacob Tremblay as the voice of Flounder, Awkwafina as the voice of Scuttle, Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric, Art Malik as Sir Grimsby, Noma Dumezweni as Queen Selina, Javier Bardem as King Triton, and Melissa McCarthy as Ursula. Hayek, Maya Rudolph and Maria Bello are all better than this, but I guess a paycheck's a paycheck.Ĭheck out the teaser trailer for The Little Mermaid, the upcoming live-action reimagining of the animated musical classic. The women are there to harp about wanting more babies, to change the babies' diapers, go to the gym (with their baby), and play mom to not only their kids but to their man-child husbands as well. There are fart jokes, pee jokes, '80s jokes, old age jokes, ethnic jokes, gay jokes, sight gags, fatty fall down ( that means you Kevin James), pretty much the whole checklist of stale yuks. Otherwise, the film's just interminably dull and uninvolving. There are three credited screenwriters on this, including Sandler, and I can count on one hand the number of times that I came passably close to cracking a smile. They've gone the same route of playing bland, suburban schmoes that previously did in the likes of Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy. The four principals may have been (and can occasionally still be) really funny once, but you'd never know it from watching either of the Grown Ups films. Inert, dull, and, worst of all for a comedy, unfunny, the sequel is chock full of tired, dumb jokes and pretty lame slapstick. As you can see, this isn't the densest of plots. Everything builds toward an '80s-themed party in Lenny's sprawling backyard. Meanwhile, Marcus discovers he has a violent brute of a teenage son (Alexander Ludwig). With their kids' school out for the summer, Lenny and his longtime pals Eric (Kevin James), Kurt (Chris Rock), and Marcus (David Spade) find themselves running afoul of some local college jocks (led by Taylor Lautner) as well as dealing with some people from their past.
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