<P> In 1978 , five childhood friends win their junior high school basketball championship . Afterwards , they celebrate at a rented lake house . The friends ' coach , Robert Ferdinando ( Blake Clark ) , whom they nickname `` Buzzer '' , encourages them to live their lives in a similar way to how they played the game . Thirty years later , Lenny ( Adam Sandler ) has become an ambitious Hollywood talent agent with his wife , fashion designer Roxanne ( Salma Hayek ) , and his three children -- daughter Becky ( Alexys Nycole Sanchez ) and two sons Greg ( Jake Goldberg ) and Keith ( Cameron Boyce ) . The boys act very spoiled in his vicinity , much to his annoyance . Eric ( Kevin James ) claims he is now a co-owner of a lawn furniture company , and is also disappointed in his wife Sally ( Maria Bello ) for continuing to breastfeed Bean ( Morgan Gingerich ) , one of his two children , the other being Donna ( Ada - Nicole Sanger ) . Kurt ( Chris Rock ) is a stay - at - home father with two children , Andre and Charlotte ( Nadji Jeter and China Anne McClain ) . His wife Deanne ( Maya Rudolph ) , the primary breadwinner of the family , is pregnant with another child and shares the house with her mother , Ronzoni ( Ebony Jo - Ann ) . Rob ( Rob Schneider ) , nicknamed Carrot , has been divorced three times and holds custody of his daughters Jasmine , Amber , and Bridget ( Madison Riley , Jamie Chung , and Ashley Loren ) . His current wife , Gloria ( Joyce Van Patten ) , is 30 years older than him . Marcus ( David Spade ) is a slacker and lothario . All five friends regularly harass each other in comedic fashion throughout the film : Lenny for being rich , Eric for being overweight , Kurt for being skinny and useless , Rob for his continuous use of the joke `` Maize ! '' and for having a much older wife , and Marcus for being sexually juvenile . </P>
<P> In 1978 , five childhood friends win their junior high school basketball championship . Afterwards , they celebrate at a rented lake house . The friends ' coach , Robert Ferdinando ( Blake Clark ) , whom they nickname `` Buzzer '' , encourages them to live their lives in a similar way to how they played the game . Thirty years later , Lenny ( Adam Sandler ) has become an ambitious Hollywood talent agent with his wife , fashion designer Roxanne ( Salma Hayek ) , and his three children -- daughter Becky ( Alexys Nycole Sanchez ) and two sons Greg ( Jake Goldberg ) and Keith ( Cameron Boyce ) . The boys act very spoiled in his vicinity , much to his annoyance . Eric ( Kevin James ) claims he is now a co-owner of a lawn furniture company , and is also disappointed in his wife Sally ( Maria Bello ) for continuing to breastfeed Bean ( Morgan Gingerich ) , one of his two children , the other being Donna ( Ada - Nicole Sanger ) . Kurt ( Chris Rock ) is a stay - at - home father with two children , Andre and Charlotte ( Nadji Jeter and China Anne McClain ) . His wife Deanne ( Maya Rudolph ) , the primary breadwinner of the family , is pregnant with another child and shares the house with her mother , Ronzoni ( Ebony Jo - Ann ) . Rob ( Rob Schneider ) , nicknamed Carrot , has been divorced three times and holds custody of his daughters Jasmine , Amber , and Bridget ( Madison Riley , Jamie Chung , and Ashley Loren ) . His current wife , Gloria ( Joyce Van Patten ) , is 30 years older than him . Marcus ( David Spade ) is a slacker and lothario . All five friends regularly harass each other in comedic fashion throughout the film : Lenny for being rich , Eric for being overweight , Kurt for being skinny and useless , Rob for his continuous use of the joke `` Maize ! '' and for having a much older wife , and Marcus for being sexually juvenile . </P>
where does the movie grown ups take place
where does the movie grown ups take place
at a rented lake house
at a rented lake house