Niños grandes

Na Adama Sandlera nedám dopustit, i kdyby mě někdo mučil anebo sliboval hory doly. Pro mě je to největší současný komik. Právem si filmy, v nichž se objevuje v hlavní roli, získaly název "sandlerovky". Já osobně pod tímto pojmem chápu komedii, která je prošpikována humorem jemným, drsnějším i nechutným, ale vždy se skrývá v pozadí určitý morální podtext, ponaučení, pointa. A v Machrech v této nastavené tendenci pokračuje. A mám pocit, že dosáhl Sandler vrcholu, spolu s přítelkyní a zbytkem osazenstva v kině jsem se smál v podstatě od začátku do konce. Ať si Sandlerovi kritici říkají, co chtějí, vymyslet takovou komedii a napsat scénař, musí být značně náročné, i když není komedie považována zrovna za nejvyšší žánr... (26.09.2010)

Otra comedia con «guión»: Pondremos a los cómicos más populares de nuestro tiempo uno al lado del otro y los dejaremos improvisar. Algo saldrá de eso. Algo que solo en los cines americanos ganará cien millones y todos estaremos contentos. Un concepto de trama débil, un uso deficiente de la expresión individualista de los actores individuales, y el actor, cuya personalidad es la más valiosa de la película, Steve Buscemi, interpreta al idiota más grande en ella. No, gracias. (01.10.2010)

It’s a corny comparison, but even Sandler has attempted his version of The Expendables and the result is a solid collection of comedians per square foot on the film set, and it's clear that everyone enjoyed the shoot to no end. There are no annoying family values, and in fact, the guys are old enough to mentor the little kids, but all the fart and gerontophile jokes are painfully torturous. You'll also soon realize that for this bunch the film is relatively shallow in terms of being funny. Still, it’s pretty good and everyone except Schneider acts and the Salma & Maria duo is absolutely perfect :-) (07.10.2010)

Constant, overly vulgar insults that aren't even remotely funny, cheap situational humor, unsympathetic jerks in the lead roles, a face buried in poo several times (I don't even want to guess whose it was)... Well, that was quite the comedy. More like a series of sketches. Not funny at all. I give a star for Steve Buscemi in the water park and Salma Hayek throwing frogs. And that’s it. (23.11.2012)

Dennis Dugan made up for his post-Zohan reputation with this one. I was actually almost afraid to go see this movie. I was that disgusted with Sandler in Zohan! Fortunately, I was quite entertained by Grown Ups. I don't even know why... I mean, they only did one thing... they simply tossed a bunch of (fairly) successful actors and lakes together and said "do something funny in there". Maybe Mr. Dugan wasn't even there, so it turned out well beyond expectations. 3.5 stars. (12.02.2011)