History YMMV / GrownUps

* HarsherInHindsight: After Lenny defends Keithie from a bully, the bully tells him that he's dead. This of course ages poorly due to his actor, Creator/CameronBoyce, passing away.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Keithie's actor Creator/CameronBoyce would later land a more successful acting career on Creator/DisneyChannel starting with ''Series/{{Jessie}}''.

* HarsherInHindsight: The scene in ''Grown Ups 2'' when Lenny accidentally breaks Keithie's leg during an American football practice becomes this, especially the coach's line "All right, that kid's dead. Back to work.", when it reminds you that in 2019, his actor Cameron Boyce died in his sleep due to an epileptic seizure, is no longer funny to hear.

* HarsherInHindsight: The scene in Grown Ups 2 when Lenny accidentally breaks Keithie's leg during an American football practice becomes this, especially the coach's line "All right, that kid's dead. Back to work.", when it reminds you that in 2019, his actor Cameron Boyce died in his sleep due to an epileptic seizure, is no longer funny to hear.
* HoYay: Plenty between the Kappa Beta Sigma fraternity as they can be quite friendly and touchy with one another in Grown Ups 2.

* HarsherInHindsight: The scene in Grown Ups 2 when Lenny accidentally breaks Keithie's leg during an American football practice becomes this, especially the coach's line "All right, that kid's dead. Back to work.", when it reminds you that in July 6, 2019, his actor Cameron Boyce died in his sleep due to an epileptic seizure, is no longer funny to hear.

* HarsherInHindsight: The scene in Grown Ups 2 when Lenny accidentally breaks Keithie's leg during an impromptu American football practice becomes this, especially the coach's line "All right, that kid's dead. Back to work.", when it reminds you that in July 6, 2019, his actor Cameron Boyce died in his sleep due to an epileptic seizure.

* HarsherInHindsight: The scene in Grown Ups 2 when Lenny accidentally breaks Keithie's leg during an impromptu American football practice becomes this, especially the coach's line "All right, that kid's dead. Back to work.", when it reminds you that in July 6, 2019, his actor Cameron Boyce died in his sleep because of an epileptic seizure.

* HarsherInHindsight: The scene in Grown Ups 2 when Lenny accidentally breaks Keithie's leg during an American football practice becomes this, especially the coach's line "All right, that kid's dead. Back to work.", when it reminds you that in July 6, 2019, his actor Cameron Boyce died in his sleep because of an epileptic seizure.

* IdiotPlot: The entire subplot where Lenny doesn't want his friends to think he's rich, and then rebuffs his assistant every time she offers to help by pretending she's an exchange student. Apparently telling her his situation and asking her to just relax and play along never occurred to him.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: The deer in the second movie is far from convincing.

** Lenny cooking bacon on [[spoiler:the bugzapper.]]
** Rob gets Coach Buzzer's ashes all over [[spoiler:their fried chicken - [[CrossesTheLineTwice which Eric eats anyway.]]]]

* OneSceneWonder: [[spoiler:Creator/SteveBuscemi as Wiley. Well, three scenes actually.]]

* CriticalDissonance: Most critics hated both films (10% for the first and 7% for the second on Website/RottenTomatoes) while the general audience, while far from in love, clearly responded more kindly (62% for the first and 55% for the second). Both were also commercial successes, the first grossing $271 million worldwide while the second grossed $247 million, each on a $80 million budget.
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The scene where a bully shouts "You're dead!" repeatedly at Keith has become this after [[Creator/CameronBoyce his actor's]] death at a relatively young age.

* OvershadowedByControversy: The sequel. Where to start? A lot of homophobia used as jokes, over sexualized female characters (some of which are teenagers), an overly masculine female bodybuilder targeted simply for being possibly transgender or intersex, and a unstable bus driver that comes off as far too stereotypically {{camp gay}}. Plus, when the hot yoga teacher comes out as gay to all the married women who are hitting on him, they react with stereotypical homophobic insults and great disappointment.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: Some of the stuff involving Lenny's daughter. Her whole speech about wanting to find heaven on the GPS so her dad can see his old coach was so cute it made [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] barf.

* CriticalDissonance: Most critics hated both films (10% for the first and 7% for the second on Website/RottenTomatoes) while the general audience, while far from in love, clearly responded more kindly (62% for the first and 55% for the second). Both were also commercial successes, the first grossing 271 million worldwide while the second grossed $247 million, each on a $80 million budget.

* OvershadowedByControversy: The sequel. Where to start? A lot of homophobia used as jokes, over sexualized female characters (some of which are teenagers), an overly masculine female bodybuilder targeted simply for being possibly a hermaphrodite, transgender, or intersex, and a unstable bus driver that comes off as far too stereotypically {{camp gay}}. Plus, when the hot yoga teacher comes out as gay to all the married women who are hitting on him, they react with stereotypical homophobic insults and great disappointment.

* CriticalDissonance: Most critics hated both films (10% for the first and 7% for the second on Rotten Tomatoes) while the general audience, while far from in love, clearly responded more kindly (62% for the first and 55% for the second). Both were also commercial successes, the first grossing 271 million worldwide while the second grossed $247 million, each on a $80 million budget.

* PoorMansSubstitute: General consensus is that Kevin James is no match for Chris Farley, with the scene where his character falls down the edge of the lake in particular being [[https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Grown-Ups-Trailer-Kevin-James-Just-Chris-Farley-Fill-15678.html held as an example]] of where Farley's talent for slapstick would have made it funnier.
* OvershadowedByControversy: The sequel. Where to start? A lot of homophobia used as jokes, over sexualized female characters (some of which are teenagers), a overly masculine female bodybuilder targeted simply for being possibly a hermaphrodite, transgender, or intersex, and a unstable Busdriver that comes off as far too stereotypically camp gay. Plus, when the hot yoga teacher comes out as gay to all the married women who are hitting on him, they react with stereotypical homophobic insults and great disappointment.

* {{Tearjerker}}:

** A Meta one, as Sandler has said with these films letting him hang out with all his old friends, he really wishes Creator/ChrisFarley was still alive to be part of them.

* OvershadowedByControversy:
The sequel. Where to start? A lot of homophobia used as jokes, over sexualized female characters (some of which are teenagers), a overly masculine female bodybuilder targeted simply for being possibly a hermaphrodite, transgender, or intersex, and a unstable Busdriver that comes off as far too stereotypically camp gay. Plus, when the hot yoga teacher comes out as gay to all the married women who are hitting on him, they react with stereotypical homophobic insults and great disappointment.

* {{Tearjerker}}: A Meta one, as Sandler has said with these films letting him hang out with all his old friends, he really wishes Creator/ChrisFarley was still alive to be part of them.

* SpecialEffextsFailure: The deer in the second movie is far from convincing.

* HumorDissonance: A large chunk of this movie consists of one actor making a joke and everyone else laughing like it's hysterical, even though they really aren't.
* IdiotPlot: The entire subplot where Lenny doesn't want his friends to think he's rich, and then rebuffs his assistant every time she offers to help by pretending she's an exchange student. Apparently telling her his satiation and asking her to just relax and play along never occurred to him.

* CriticalDissonance: Most critics hated both films (10% for the first and 7% for the second on Rotten Tomatoes) while the general audience seemed to have enjoyed it (62% for the first and 55% for the second). Both were also commercial successes, the first grossing 271 million worldwide while the second grossed $247 million, each on a $80 million budget.

* PoorMansSubstitute: General consensus is that Kevin James is no match for Chris Farley, with the scene where his character falls down the edge of the lake in particular being [[https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Grown-Ups-Trailer-Kevin-James-Just-Chris-Farley-Fill-15678.html held as an example]] of where Farley's talent for slapstick would have made it funnier.

* PoorMansSubstitute: General consensus is that Kevin James is no match for Chris Farley, with the scene where his character falls down a mountain in particular being [[https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Grown-Ups-Trailer-Kevin-James-Just-Chris-Farley-Fill-15678.html held as an example]] of where Farley's talent for slapstick would have made it funnier.