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Grandma's Boy

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Grandma's Boy (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 57 Fresh: 9  Rotten:48 Average Rating: 3.6/10
 
Consensus: A gross-out comedy that’s more gross than comedic, Grandma’s Boy is lazy and unrewarding. A gross-out comedy that’s more gross than comedic, Grandma’s Boy is lazy and unrewarding. more
 
Rated: R
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Theatrical Release: Jan 6, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $5,935,826
Synopsis:
Alex (ALLEN COVERT) has one sweet life. After walking away from his death by accounting job, he's now a video game tester at Brainasium, the company responsible for the worldwide gaming phenom of "Eternal Death Slayer." At 35, he may be the oldest tester in the business (he's called "Gray Bush"... [More]
Alex (ALLEN COVERT) has one sweet life. After walking away from his death by accounting job, he's now a video game tester at Brainasium, the company responsible for the worldwide gaming phenom of "Eternal Death Slayer." At 35, he may be the oldest tester in the business (he's called "Gray Bush" by his co-workers), but he's also the best. But when his roommate fails to pay the rent for six months because he's spent every last cent at Madame Wu's Filipino Palace ("They're not hookers, they're massage therapists!"), Alex unfortunately finds himself on the street. His friendly dealer Dante (PETER DANTE) can't let Alex crash because he has a business to run and besides, the guard lion will be arriving any day. His friend Jeff (NICK SWARDSON) agrees to put him up, until that unfortunate accident involving Alex and the action figure in the bathroom…which Jeff's mom happens to, well, catch. Alex's last resort is to move in with three hot babes—that's what he tells his friends, at any rate. In actuality, the 35-year-old finds himself living with his sweet and loving 80-year-old grandma Lilly (DORIS ROBERTS), along with her two roommates: the "been there, done that repeatedly" octogenarian Grace (SHIRLEY JONES) and the not-quite-all-there, overly medicated Bea (SHIRLEY KNIGHT). Lilly dotes on Alex and keeps him housed and fed—in exchange for a few simple chores around the place, like taking out the trash and sandblasting the house. So things are busy for Alex both at his new home and at work. Brainasium's New Age-y honcho Mr. Cheezle (KEVIN NEALON) has brought in hotshot (and really hot) gaming exec Samantha (LINDA CARDELLINI) from New York to help whip "Eternal Death Slayer Three" into shape before its street date. Seems the series' creator, über-nerd wiz kid J.P. (JOEL DAVID MOORE), has been coasting on his rep—he was a millionaire by the time he turned 13—and his newest entry has a few bugs. The game's kinks are no prob for Alex and the Brainasium testers (most of whom just started shaving), which leaves time for Alex to help Lilly with the house and to try and bag his new hot boss while continuing to work in secret developing his own game, called "Demonik." Things start to get tricky, though, once the cat's outta the bag about who Alex is really rooming with—that is until the gray ladies warm to Alex's friends at an after-work party, thanks to that special tea they found in his room. Who knew 80-somethings could be so at home with video geeks, a low-key dealer, an African tribesman and a smattering of strippers, along with their colorful clientele? Amazing what a few tokes and tequila slammers will do to loosen things up. But when jealous nerdboy J.P. swipes Alex’s "Demonik" and tries to pass it off as his own, it becomes a battle of Gen-Xers versus gin players when Samantha produces a secret weapon: Alex's grandma (and now master gamer) Lilly. --© 20th Century Fox [Less]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Allen Covert, Shirley Knight, Shirley Jones, Linda Cardellini, Peter Dante

Director: Nicholas Goossen
Screenwriter: Allen Covert, Nick Swardson
Composer: Waddy Wachtel

DVD Info

Release:

May 9, 2006

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen - 2.35

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Surround 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Surround - French, Spanish
  • Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - Nick Goossen - Director; Allen Covert, Nick Swardson - Stars
  • Behind the Scenes - 1. "Fox Movie Channel presents: Casting Session"
  • 2. "Inside Look: Omen 666"
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Featurettes - 1. "Laura Gets Lucky"
  • 2. "Monkey Business"
  • 4. "The Making of the Music Video"
  • Music Video - Twenty Twos - "Another Day"
  • Outtakes - Gag Reel
  • Trailer - 1. Red Band Trailer
  • 2. Anti-Piracy Trailer

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Even if you aren't under the influence, you might find yourself chuckling at various points during the movie, if only in disbelief at some of the things the cast is asked to do.

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03/01/07 03:57 AM
Ethan Alter
Film Journal International
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12/30/06 08:55 AM
Los Angeles Daily News
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If nothing else, Grandma's Boy answers the question of what a ramshackle early Adam Sandler movie would be like without Adam Sandler.

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11/27/06 02:40 PM
Amelie Gillette
Onion AV Club
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Hilarity fails to ensue in the workplace or at home, in spite of the late introduction of a fighting, driving monkey.

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09/23/06 04:41 AM
Nathan Rabin
Onion AV Club
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better than some sandler movies

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06/29/06 09:33 PM
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
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...one puerile, thoroughly unfunny joke after another...

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05/27/06 03:33 AM
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews
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The chief value of this stinker is as a glimpse of how bad Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle and The 40-Year-Old Virgin might have been if they’d been written by Covert, Barry Wernick and Nick Swardson, and directed by Nicholaus Goossen.

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05/12/06 03:15 AM
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review
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Covert is so obnoxious, so lacking in the basic understanding of comic timing, that we understand why he has to get his buddy Sandler to give him work.

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05/06/06 03:31 PM
David Cornelius
eFilmCritic.com
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Grandma's Boy is a better series of spoofs than anything we currently see on that show. It's an affectionate and tight-knit comedy.

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03/23/06 02:01 AM
Urban Cinefile Critics
Urban Cinefile
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Those who like America Pie and its spawn will likely find comfort in the jokes here.

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02/02/06 08:57 AM
Chris Carle
IGN Movies
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Grandma's Boy is what would result if Adam Sandler and his high profile co-stars bailed on a movie and the understudies took over.

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01/18/06 12:01 PM
Mark Pfeiffer
Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema
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It’s gross, it’s cheesy, and it’s baked beyond all reasonable limits, but this everything-and-the-kitchen-sink comic soufflé still manages to be goofily entertaining beyond all expectations.

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01/15/06 03:15 AM
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle
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"Grandma's Boy" is a pot- and potty-mouthed relative of an Adam Sandler movie.

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01/14/06 09:18 PM
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
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01/14/06 03:33 AM
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Like the dead kitty left to rot under grandma's couch, this movie stinks!

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01/14/06 03:33 AM
Bruce Kirkland
Jam! Movies
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01/14/06 03:33 AM
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
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It's plenty stupid, often funny and occasionally pithy. That may add up to a movie you want to see, or it might add up to a movie that will make you ill.

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01/12/06 01:48 PM
Tim Cogshell
Boxoffice Magazine
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Grandma's Boy isn't as bad as it sounds, but the shame is that there's a lot of potential here for a really good movie that remains unrealized.

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01/12/06 02:55 AM
Luke Y. Thompson
Los Angeles CityBeat
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[The film] does a very thorough job of reducing every recognizable member of the cast to probable career lows.

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01/11/06 11:37 AM
Gregory Kirschling
Entertainment Weekly
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Sufficiently oddball and the performers sufficiently likable to keep the whole thing from being painful.

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01/11/06 10:23 AM
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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