The Grown-Ups

June. 08,2017      
Rating:
7.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A group of friends with Down Syndrome have been attending the same school for 40 years, and they are tired of being treated like children, they are grown-ups and want to live as such.

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Reviews

Baseshment
2017/06/08

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

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Afouotos
2017/06/09

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

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Invaderbank
2017/06/10

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

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Nayan Gough
2017/06/11

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

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