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Grown Ups is a 2010 American buddy comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan, written by Adam Sandler, and starring Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, and Rob Schneider. Sandler and Fred Wolf wrote the script. The film was produced by Sandler's production company Happy Madison Productions and was distributed by Columbia Pictures. Sandler, Rock, Schneider, and Spade all joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in the 1990–1991 season; supporting cast including Colin Quinn, Maya Rudolph, Tim Meadows and Norm Macdonald have also been SNL cast members. A sequel, Grown Ups 2, was released on July 12, 2013.
After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.
Lenny has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are the ones learning lessons from their kids on a day notoriously full of surprises—the last day of school.
