{"id":8800,"date":"2010-06-24T22:00:24","date_gmt":"2010-06-25T03:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=8800"},"modified":"2018-12-08T22:43:12","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T03:43:12","slug":"new-releases-june-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/24\/new-releases-june-25\/","title":{"rendered":"New Releases: June 25"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>1. Grown Ups (Sony\/Columbia, 3,534 Theaters, 102 Minutes, Rated PG-13): <\/strong>I am torn as to what the impetus for this movie was. Did Adam Sandler want a reunion with his Saturday Night Live <\/strong>buddies (with Kevin James standing in for Chris Farley) or did David Spade and Rob Schneider keep bugging him to put them in a major role in a summer blockbuster at least once before they died? Lending credence for the first theory: Norm MacDonald, Colin Quinn and Tim Meadows are also in the film. Lending credence for the second: would they have a chance otherwise?<\/p>\n

The plot involves five high school friends who reunite for a Fourth of July vacation after their old basketball coach dies. Implausibly, Salma Hayek portrays Adam Sandler’s wife. Even more implausibly, Maria Bello plays Kevin James’ wife.<\/p>\n

While I have liked much of what Sandler has done before, I can’t say I have much hope for this film. When the payoff joke in the trailer involves peeing in the pool, that doesn’t instill confidence.<\/p>\n

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