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Friday
13Nov2009

Trailer - Sandler and Company in 'Grown Ups'

DateFriday, November 13, 2009 at 7:12AM
Grown Ups is the movie that Adam Sandler made so that all his good friends can buy an extra house. I guess Chris Rock and Kevin James probably don't need the help, but Rob Schneider has gone nowhere fast (or maybe not so fast), and David Spade's one trick seems to have run its course, too, unless you're a really big fan of tacky DirecTV commercials.

About a year ago, you'd think this would be a can't-miss prospect, just because of Sandler's track record and the small interest generated by re-teaming all these Saturday Night Live alumni, but he's returning about $50 million less per movie than he did with The Longest Yard back in 2005. And that's just the "Sandler movies," for which this one clearly qualifies.

So can he turn it around and score a massive hit, or are the slowly eroding returns a sign of something? We'll find out next summer, but it only has about five days to itself at the end of June and then a tidal wave of new releases hits. So it better open big.

Any big time laughs there? I'm not really seeing it, plus Salma Hayek marries Adam Sandler? He's got this thing about getting really hot chicks in his movies, and it's a little annoying at this point.

AuthorColin Boyd | | in , , , , | Print ArticlePrint Article | | Comment3 Comments |

Reader Comments (3)

THAT LOOKS TERRIBLE

Friday, November 13, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterNelson

It's a good thing they laughed at the end of the trailer, who knew it was a comedy?

Friday, November 13, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterwhitewolf2k3

Looks like the guy equivalent of "He's Just Not That Into You"- get a recognizable all-dude cast and just film for an hour and a half.

Much like the "Leap Year" trailer, this one seems inoffensive and I'm sure it'll please its audience.
I wouldn't doubt Sandler's ability to open a straight comedy however. This is coming out at the end of June- same time that "Click" opened over 3 years ago. It was supposed to get demolished when Superman/Devil Wears Prada opened the week after, and "Pirates 2" opened the week after that, yet it still made nearly $140 million when it closed. This one seems more mainstream, more marketable than that film.

Will it be a hit? Signs point to yes, but stranger things have happened.

Friday, November 13, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterVince

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