
A group of friends with Down Syndrome have been attending the same school for 40 years, they have passed all the courses, all the teachers and, even their parents who were with them, are now gone. They must now fight to get a better job, to make money like any other person, to learn to take care of themselves and to make it to their 50's. No one looks at them as children. They will do everything to prevent anyone from interfering with their adult dreams.... (Full plot summary below)
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A group of friends with Down Syndrome have been attending the same school for 40 years, they have passed all the courses, all the teachers and, even their parents who were with them, are now gone. They must now fight to get a better job, to make money like any other person, to learn to take care of themselves and to make it to their 50's. No one looks at them as children. They will do everything to prevent anyone from interfering with their adult dreams.
Leave your thoughts about The Grown-Ups.
| FF2 MediaNora Lee MandelBeautifully demonstrates paternalistic issues... Intimately shows..challenges and discrimination through daily lives of distinctive, sympathetic [adults with Down Syndrome]. |
| 4:3Sevana OhandjanianThe Grown-Ups is a delight, made with affection and nuance by a filmmaker who doesn't patronise her characters. |
| User ReviewGreg RIt's heartbreaking, but it's way good |