Sep 5, 2010, 10:06:00

Maddison 2022-03-14 14:12:22

The overall feeling is very humorous and relaxed, and the pursuit is also a kind of simple innocence. While the subject matter is somewhat simple, the art form is anything but simple. Use a basketball coach to connect a group of teenagers and middle-aged people, and at the same time, this group of middle-aged people also have children of the same age as before.
Everything is in contrast, whether it is the comparison of a person's young and mature life, the comparison of childhood life in two different eras, or the comparison of each teenage friend's life as an adult, of course, the most important before and after. The contrast sought, which takes place in a brief period of time, facilitates narrative.
This film can be said to be suitable for all ages, because for young people, we will think about whether our youth is still worthy of being called youth; for old people, they will think about whether their careers and lives have been developing in compromise, and their youthful dreams can still be remembered. eh, where is it...

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Grown Ups quotes

  • Gloria: Like when Rob snapped at me the other day, that was scary. And you all thought I was so calm, but inside I was saying "Gloria Nunen, do not call him a bug-eyed sociopath with a little man complex. Do not say that his hair makes him look like a dirty q-tip. Or that he resembles an older, gay Jonas Brother. Or a midget, Filipino Fonzi.

  • [Roxanne is experiencing difficulties with a sewing machine]

    Roxanne Chase-Feder: [in Spanish] This stupid machine, that doesn't work for anything, gets stuck, stuck, stuck!

    Sally Lamonsoff: That's so sexy. What are you saying?

    Deanne McKenzie: Oh, I think that she said:

    [speaks mock Spanish]

    Deanne McKenzie: Milan!

    [Everyone laughs]