Review of Grown Ups 2 (2013) by Thebox997 — 15 Apr 2015

Grown Ups 2 is without question one of the worst films I have ever seen. I didn't expect it to be good, but somehow this absolute dire mess still managed to disappoint me. Initially, I tried really hard to find something positive about this film.

Maybe it has some nice shots? Nope. Maybe there's a good performance from Chris Rock? Nope. Maybe it even just has some kind of heart to it? Not a smidgen. I checked the IMDB page and saw Steve Buscemi was in it, so I looked forward to his role.

When it finally came I wanted to walk to Townley Park, dig my own grave, lie in it and have someone fill it back in. Not even STEVE BUSCEMI could save this film. That said, he does provides possibly the only slightly genuienly funny moment of this entire pathetic excuse of a film in which he does some mock shadow boxing for 3 seconds.

The best performance of the entire film comes in the final 15 minutes from former wrestler: Stone Cold Steve Austin. I don't really know why that was allowed to happen. Taylor Launter appears and he's completely unacceptable as you would expect.

This is definitely his biggest role since Twilight. He fully displays why that is the case. If I had to pay a large amount of money within the next 24 hours in order to never have to see this movie ever again, I would find that money.

I would beg, steal and probably even kill in order to prevent that. This is right down there with the other worst major comedic efforts of the last decade, possibly at the very bottom. Yes, objectively, this film may well be worse than Yes Man, Mr Popper's Penguins and Jack & Jill.

This film, quite frankly, is completely **** disgusting. At one point about thirty minutes in I had to go into Danny's back yard and lie down because I needed both rest AND fresh air. The creators of this film are, as Stephen Fry would say, utterly monstrous.