"Grown Ups" Almost Family Friendly Comedy From Sandler

 

In predictable fashion, the critics ravaged this movie while the “real people” accepted it. Movie critics are for the most part the epitome of the “leftist elite”; looking down their nose at these types of films. (and by these types of films I mean the ones funny to the general public)

It’s too bad critics will enter this with a bias.  Because if you were to substitute the actors with the critics favorite actors, the critics would probably recommend this for the academy awards.  They would do so, because basically this is a relationship movie.  No big plot line here.  Just guys and their wives exploring their feelings over a weekend at a lake house.  Oh wait, I forgot, you’d have to make it NOT be funny AND make the lesson learned be that Conservatives, Christians and George W. Bush are what’s wrong in America today, then they’d it’d be nominated for an academy award.

I really loved this film.  I went to see it with a friend and I recommend you do so as well.  Go with a friend and the laughter will be contagious.  It has a good, dare I say, “family” message to it; but of course it is PG-13 so we’re not talking about a film for the entire family to SEE.  I’m simply saying it extols the virtues of the traditional family. They even have a scene where they are raising the flag on July 4th, and unlike most other Hollywood films, they aren’t talking crap about how terrible we are as a nation while they do it.

I have a feeling that Sandler’s politics, are conservative in fiscal policies, yet still liberal in other ways. (re: “I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry”, which was great for the first 30 minutes, and then the last hour was spent preaching the acceptance of homosexuality and painting those who opposed it as bigoted)

But whatever his politics, he mostly keeps them OUT of his movies which is one of the things I admire about him.  He knows, unlike most of Hollywood that, as a business, you can’t consistently slam half of your audience and expect them to keep coming back.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on the film as well, so please comment if you feel so inclined!