title : Top Movies - Dirty Grandpa Movie Review (Spoiler Free) - Movie Reviews Sites
Link : Top Movies - Dirty Grandpa Movie Review (Spoiler Free) - Movie Reviews Sites
Top Movies - Dirty Grandpa Movie Review (Spoiler Free) - Movie Reviews Sites
article2016 Reviews,Nudity, sex-talk and profanity. Efron and De Niro’s new comedy is more repulsive than it is funny!
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dan Mazer
Cast: Robert De Niro, Zac Efron, Zoey Deutch, Aubrey Plaza,
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Jason Mantzoukas, Julianne Hough,
Adam Pally and Dermot Mulroney.
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Jason Mantzoukas, Julianne Hough,
Adam Pally and Dermot Mulroney.
Run Time: 102 min.
US Release: 22 January 2016
UK Release: 25 January 2016
German Release: 11 January 2016
If you would set Jackass’ Bad Grandpa on a collision course with The Hangover, the result would be Dirty Grandpa. Dan Mazer (I Give it a Year) directs his second comedy for the big screen and boy is it a miss in every possible way. Just having seen Deadpool recently, I can’t help but to compare both, because these two films try to be as shockingly vile as possible. But whereas Deadpool has a reason to be the way it is and succeeds in being funny, Dirty Grandpa just manages to pull one unfunny dirty joke after another and it simply comes off as offensive and needy.
The movie revolves around the deteriorating relationship of Jason Kelly (Efron) and his grandfather Dick Kelley (De Niro), who recently lost his wife. To re-bond with his grandchild Dick asks Jason to drive him down to Boca, Florida and Jason reluctantly agrees against his Father’s (Mulroney) and his fiancée Meredith’s (Hough) wishes. On their way down South, Jason meets former college classmate Shadia (Zoey Deutch) and her friends Bradley (Bowyer-Chapman) and Lenore (Plaza); later who has an immediate crush on Dick. Jason’s grandpa finally convinces him to follow them to Daytona Beach and enjoy himself.
I have no problem when a film tries to be offensive, like I said I just watched Deadpool a couple of days ago and adored that action-comedy; if you are interested in my review for it, click here. This movie though, merely tries to be repugnant to tick people off. Granted it did have a couple of jokes that did make me laugh but for most of the time I was just sitting in the theatre bored out of my mind, while people around me were making offended noises. Simply said the script for it is a goddamn awful joke.
Fact is, Dirty Grandpa has no artistic value at all. This comedy simply exists to tell a string of vulgar and revolting jokes to displease its viewership and I don’t really think it is the smartest move for a film. The road trip adventure that grandfather and grandson go on, has been wasted completely and it feels as if writer and director purposely went out of their way to make a weak movie, because the potential is there but never used. It also is about 15 minutes too long in my opinion, as there are parts in this movie were one of the lead characters tries rekindle a bond with the other, but the scenes are stretched out way too long and fail miserably at creating any emotion.
De Niro is one of the reasons what makes this “comedy” mostly watchable. He plays an elderly widower who just wants to have one last (sexual)-adventure and takes his grandson with him to help him find his own path through life. I am still wondering though what it was that made De Niro think this might be a suitable role to take. His performance overall is alright, he uses some personality traits from his other character Jack Byrnes of the Fockertrilogy but other than that, I need to confess that I wasn’t really emotionally invested in his character.
Zac Efron did really surprise! Yes, he still looks like a smuck Abercrombie model and he seems to be sporting some sort of hair helmet for this film, but in the end he keeps showing us that he is capable of doing comedy. Even if this movie is utter crap and his character is most of the time that of an unlikeable, corporate lawyer with a stick up his ass, it was the combined effort of Efron and De Niro that makes this crash and burn bearable.
Julianne Hough portrays Jason’s fiancée Meredith, who is one of the most unlikeable personas I have witnessed in movie film history. She is a bitchy, dominant and a stuck up brat, with no real reason to be in this movie other than to make the main character realise that he chose the wrong woman to marry and this is definitely not a spoiler, as it becomes evident in the first trailer that was released for this film.
Jason Mantzoukas and Adam Pally both played some minor characters (a drug dealer and Jason’s cousin respectively), who just kept popping up every once in a while for no reason. Their personas were incredibly tiresome as well as over the top and unrealistic. Included in a long list of annoying and senseless characters that simply appear in the story, are two cops played by Mo Collins and Henry Zebrowski.
The best thing about this comedy is the cinematography. The lens used by Eric Alan Edwards, in combination with the colour palette gave it a mild retro look that did suit the vibe the filmmakers tried to go for. Other than that there was nothing special about this film, it is just a mindless comedic flick that uses a minimal amount of effects.
Did you go see Dirty Grandpa yet? If so, what did you think of this juvenile humoured comedy? Let me know and leave your opinion in the section below. Thank you very much for reading and if you liked this review, please make sure to share it with others.
Watch Free Movies and Tv shows online in HD quality
Watch Movie Top Movies - Dirty Grandpa Movie Review (Spoiler Free) - Movie Reviews Sites
free Movies download and streaming
Top Movies - Dirty Grandpa Movie Review (Spoiler Free) - Movie Reviews Sites, Watch free motion pictures and Television programs online in HD on any gadget. Top Movies - Movie Reviews offers gushing motion pictures in types like Activity, Repulsiveness, Science fiction, Wrongdoing and Parody. Watch now.
You are reading an article Top Movies - Dirty Grandpa Movie Review (Spoiler Free) - Movie Reviews Sites and this article is the url permalink https://bubunecikbu.blogspot.com/2016/02/top-movies-dirty-grandpa-movie-review.html Hopefully the article this can be useful.
Tag : 2016 Reviews,
