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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNER: B. Anderson, MacGregor, QLD.

AND TO OUR RUNNERS UP:

A. Ferguson, Carina, QLD
C. Lobascher, Manly, NSW
C. Jackson, Stones Corner, QLD
D. Hopkins, Cronulla, NSW
H. Buddle, Redcliffe, QLD

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Grown Ups

Director: Dennis Dugan
Stars: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade and Rob Schneider

After the career misstep You Don’t Mess with the Zohan for both Adam Sandler and long-time collaborator director, Dennis Dugan (Happy Gilmore, Big Daddy), both are back on track doing what they do best, making us laugh and chuckle with the prerequisite amount of schmaltz to tug at the heartstrings.

Running through the cast of comedians and comediennes, it reads like a veritable who’s who of Saturday Night Live alumni, and very much feels like Sandler’s version of Ocean’s Eleven.  Sandler and Fred Wolf’s (SNL, Joe Dirt, Black Sheep) script will not garner any Oscar worthy praise, but they have one thing in common, they both know their strengths, and those of their co-stars, and weave the tale around them.

Grown Ups centres around a reunion of five championship-winning High School chums who are brought back to their hometown for the funeral of their basketball coach. This trip down memory lane, and the subsequent weekend away at a picturesque lake-house with wives and children in tow, forces each of the friends to revaluate their lives as they rediscover the bond between them.

Super Agent Lenny (Adam Sandler) yearns for a simpler time and wishes his technology-addicted kids would lose the wi-fi and embrace some old fashioned fun. Eric (Kevin James) is down on his luck with a young son with breast-feeding issues , of which he acknowledge neither.

Kurt (Chris Rock) is a househusband, emasculated by his pregnant career wife and overpowering mother in law. Ever the ladies man, Marcus (David Spade) is the fish out of water, with no family or responsibilities, and while his buddies envy his position, he secretly yearns for the life they all lead. The weirdest, and by far the most emotional of the bunch is Rob (Rob Schneider): with several failed marriages behind him and daughters he doesn’t know, he shares his life as a new-age hippie with a partner 20 years older than him, dispensing holistic advice to others while applying none of it to his own life.

After a slow start, the characters solidify into a comedic unit, with Sandler playing the straight man, James’s physical antics a riot, offset by Spade’s trademark sleaziness, and surprisingly understated performances by some of comedy’s more outrageous elements—namely Rock and Schneider. Schneider usually ends up the butt of many jokes, but here you really feel for him and plays more of a sad clown (with am amusing Fonzie-inspired toupee), eliciting sympathy in a genuinely surprising turn.

Each of the guy’s wives offer the film a sense of balance and bring their own unique quirkiness, with Maya Rudolph’s wonderfully inappropriate zingers and Maria Bello’s unnatural breastfeeding of her four-year-old the highlights. Salma Hayek smoulders on screen, as you’d expect, bolstered by the unexpected pants-exploding hotness of newcomers Madison Riley and Jaime Chung as the scantily clad daughters of Rob Schneider’s character.

But it’s not an out-and-out love-fest, with a bitter rivalry between Lenny and the captain of the losing basketball team, Dickie Bailey (Colin Quinn) rearing its ugly head and eventually running it’s course with many laugh-out-loud moments, some involving broken bones. The ever-so-funny Tim Meadows and the king of Sandler film cameos, Steve Buscemi, round out the Hometown Boys crew.

Grown Ups is an entirely predictable affair, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. It hits all the notes you expect, and quite a few that you might not. It’s a chuckle-fest with a warm glow. Check it out.

Grown Ups screens in cinemas nationally now.

Australian Penthouse July 2010 is out now!

Get the July issue of Australian Penthouse for the latest on who’s hot and what’s happening in your world today.

THE BABES

Pet of the Month KATE; ALETTA; SHARON; JANA COVA & JESSE CAPELLI; RIVER; CELESTE STAR; VIKTORIA KRUZ; LELA STAR; GIGI & TJ.

THE ARTICLES

IN GUNS WE TRUST; CHINESE SPIES; ONLINE CENSORSHIP; FIVE MINUTES WITH MICK WALL;  THE A-TEAM; MOTORCYCLE RIVALRIES AND SO MUCH MORE.

STAR QUALITY

With a look that falls between Angelina Jolie and Aeon Flux, Melbournian babe River is a national treasure…

Photography: Andrew K
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MAJOR PRIZE WINNERS:

T. Voss, Woodbine, NSW
P. Wheeler, Cannon Hill, Qld

PRIZE WINNERS:

L. Fisher, Port Kennedy, WA
M. Gillies, Salisbury Downs, SA
J. Chant, Alexandra Headland, Qld
L. Curran, Black Hill, Vic

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THE NATURAL

With a pristine body and every blonde hair in its rightful place, it’s clear why Kate is our Pet of the Month.

PHOTOGRAPHY: Richard Arthur
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS:

S. Johnston, Queanbeyan, NSW
R. Colombi, Bondi Junction, NSW
R. Wilson, Middle Camberwell, VIC
M. Bembo, Avondale Heights, VIC
M. Hazlett, Capalaba, QLD
M. Pohnetalova, Bondi Junction, NSW
M. Bouw, Mooroolbark, VIC
L. Fisher, Port Kennedy, WA
G. Davies, Narara, NSW
D. Williams, Diamond Creek, VIC

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