Now streaming on: Grown Ups” is a pleasant, genial, good-hearted, sometimes icky comedy that s like spending a weekend with well-meaning people you don t want to see again any time real soon. They re the kind of people where, in the car driving home, you ask, “What was that all about?” Try to imagine the Three Stooges slapping each other s faces with dehydrated reconstituted bananas. No, really.
The setup for the story: Five kids were on a basketball team in middle school. Their beloved old coach has died. To mourn him they return to the lakeside cabin where they celebrated their victory all those years ago. Wouldn t you know, the five kids on the team they beat are at the same lake for the same weekend.