Dirty Grandpa
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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.
What critics thought
One of the most roundly condemned wide releases in recent memory, landing on multiple critics' worst-of-year lists and drawing comparisons to cinema's most notorious failures. The few dissenters found the shock humor too timid to commit to its own raunchiness and too sentimental to work as anarchic comedy — a film that somehow manages to be both offensive and toothless at once. Aubrey Plaza was the sole element several critics singled out as genuinely alive onscreen.
“It can be definitively stated that Dirty Grandpa is utterly unfunny.”
Frank Scheck·The Hollywood Reporter
“This contemptible fiasco is not only comfortable courting laughs through ugly mockery of minorities, but also doesn't even have the courage of its own crass-as-I-wannabe convictions.”
Nick Schager·Variety
“after Dirty Grandpa I did feel genuinely unclean. I wanted to go and have a shower because it's just so revolting. Somewhere in hell there is a multiplex playing this on a double bill with Movie 43 and Entourage.”
Mark Kermode·BBC Radio 5 Live
“she and De Niro appear ready to run away together into a better movie”
Jesse Hassenger·The A.V. Club
“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.”
Kate Taylor·The Globe and Mail
Genres
Comedy
Cast & Crew
Dan MazerDirector
Robert De NiroDick Kelly
Zac EfronJason Kelly
Aubrey PlazaLenore
Zoey DeutchShadia
Julianne HoughMeredith Goldstein
Dermot MulroneyDavid Kelly
Adam PallyCousin Nick
Brandon Mychal SmithTyrone
Mo CollinsOfficer Finch
Henry ZebrowskiOfficer Reiter
Danny GloverStinky
Jason MantzoukasTan Pam
Michael AndrewsComposer
John PhillipsWriter
Eric Alan EdwardsCinematographyDirty Grandpa
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.
What critics thought
One of the most roundly condemned wide releases in recent memory, landing on multiple critics' worst-of-year lists and drawing comparisons to cinema's most notorious failures. The few dissenters found the shock humor too timid to commit to its own raunchiness and too sentimental to work as anarchic comedy — a film that somehow manages to be both offensive and toothless at once. Aubrey Plaza was the sole element several critics singled out as genuinely alive onscreen.
“It can be definitively stated that Dirty Grandpa is utterly unfunny.”
Frank Scheck·The Hollywood Reporter
“This contemptible fiasco is not only comfortable courting laughs through ugly mockery of minorities, but also doesn't even have the courage of its own crass-as-I-wannabe convictions.”
Nick Schager·Variety
“after Dirty Grandpa I did feel genuinely unclean. I wanted to go and have a shower because it's just so revolting. Somewhere in hell there is a multiplex playing this on a double bill with Movie 43 and Entourage.”
Mark Kermode·BBC Radio 5 Live
“she and De Niro appear ready to run away together into a better movie”
Jesse Hassenger·The A.V. Club
“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.”
Kate Taylor·The Globe and Mail
Genres
Comedy
Cast & Crew
Dan MazerDirectorRobert De NiroDick KellyZac EfronJason KellyAubrey PlazaLenoreZoey DeutchShadiaJulianne HoughMeredith GoldsteinDermot MulroneyDavid KellyAdam PallyCousin NickBrandon Mychal SmithTyroneMo CollinsOfficer FinchHenry ZebrowskiOfficer ReiterDanny GloverStinkyJason MantzoukasTan PamMichael AndrewsComposerJohn PhillipsWriterEric Alan EdwardsCinematographyRent & Buy