The perhaps intentional irony of Grown Ups is that it doesn’t appear to have been made by — or even for — actual grown-ups. Maybe that’s supposed to be part of its charm. A riff on the idea that boys will always be boys, no matter how old they get, Grown Ups brings together five middle-aged characters who have no idea how they ever got out of short pants, though in reality, they haven’t gotten out of short pants at all: They wander through the movie in those boyish baggy shorts that hang to the knee, unable to commit to being actual trousers.
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REVIEW: Dull, Unfunny Grown Ups Pees in the Summer Movie Pool
