AlexGA couple of reviews, thought I’d pass them along.
Link: http://www.craveonline.com/film/reviews/533671-review-grown-ups-2
In Grown Ups 2, everyone just makes fun of a character played by first-time actress Kris Murrell because she’s very muscular. The men and women of Grown Ups 2 alike make callous remarks about her constantly, suggesting publicly, to her face and at horribly inappropriate times that she must have a penis because she doesn’t fit traditional standards of femininity. It’s not funny that a film with such a hackneyed anti-bullying message would condone bullying throughout its entire running time, and at no point even bother to tack on a little message about how wrong everyone was for doing it. There’s a lot that’s not funny in Grown Ups 2.
Link: http://www.film.com/movies/grown-ups-2-politics
“Grown Ups 2″ fumbles harder when handing LGBT characters. Bodybuilder Kris Murrell plays a character named “Beefcake Kitty,” a muscle-laden athlete introduced in the fitness scene and resurfaced for gags over the course of the film. The joke is that she’s transgendered — although she clearly looks like a female bodybuilder, she may have a penis. When David Spade’s character is revealed to be romantically linked to Beefcake Kitty, that makes the group visibly uncomfortable. “Grown Ups 2″ makes jokes at its transgendered character’s expense to maintain a “normal” suburban profile. In a current climate that’s opening itself up to being more accepting of a spectrum of sexualities, that’s heinous.
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