Dirty Grandpa (2016)
Storyline
Jason Kelly is one week away from marrying his boss's uber-controlling daughter, putting him on the fast track for a partnership at the law firm. However, when the straight-laced Jason is tricked into driving his foul-mouthed grandfather, Dick, to Daytona for spring break, his pending nuptials are suddenly in jeopardy. Between riotous frat parties, bar fights, and an epic night of karaoke, Dick is on a quest to live his life to the fullest and bring Jason along for the ride.
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Cast
Aubrey Plaza, Mo Collins, Dermot Mulroney, Robert De Niro, Catherine Dyer, Matthew Cornwell, Michael H. Cole, Julianne Hough, Danny Glover, Zac Efron, Mark Smith, Jessica Yoshimura, Jason Mantzoukas, John Archer Lundgren, Brandon Smith, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Shawn Shepard, Zoey Deutch, Adam Pally, Lane Carlock, Joshua Mikel, Nelson Bonilla, Henry Zebrowski, Eric Goins, Eugenia Kuzmina, Amy Parrish, Walter Hendrix III, Toni Ann Gambale, Rory Healy, Amelia Brain, Stephanie Astalos-Jones, Michael Hudson, Jake Picking, Deena Dill, Warren Steele, Gavin Munn, Blaque Fowler, Chandler Darby, Christopher Setticase, DeRon Horton, Sallye Hooks, Michaele Chappell, Wiley Rinaldi, Paul Manzella, Sean Apuzzo, Deanne Black, Johnathan Blake, Glenn D. Bridges, Nicole Broadway, Shaylin Janelle Broady, Lance Brock, Anthony Bryant, Teo Ciltia, Andrew Cunningham, Alyssa D'Addieco, Ruth Dalton, Maria Diavolitsis, Payson Durant, Heath Estep, Shaun Forker, Frank Francisco, Rachel Freidt, Maggie Harrison, James Harvley, Vin Hill, Anniston Howell, Jon M. Hudson, Carter Ian, Zuri James, Andrew R. Kaplan, Jennifer Lynn, Ashley D. Merritt, Bill Moylan, Brian Neal, Natalia Nova, Darla Pelton-Perez, Richard Pis, Quentin Plair, Zach Prengler, Chris Russell, Heather Schell, Reuben Shaw, Jordan Verroi, Joe Warshaw, William Willet, Boriana Williams, Richard Williams, Tiree Worley, Daniel Nickels
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Reviews
50
It’s the direction, not the script, that really kills the picture, as Mazer limps along from the chugging contest to the half-naked conga line to the car chase without ever raising the laughs he needs from the comic set pieces or the tension he needs from the dramatic developments.
30
The shock value of the dialogue – and it is staggeringly rude at times – is neutered by a rambling lack of narrative drive and, ultimately, a sentimental justification that feels disingenuous.
30
If nothing else, Dirty Grandpa is consistent: it maintains a tone of aggressive charmlessness from start to finish.
25
Tedious and painfully miscalculated, Dirty Grandpa is never as filthy or funny as it thinks it is.
25
Slant Magazine
As in Judd Apatow's films, crassness is boasted as shamelessness, and calculated sentimentality is dressed up as empathy.
