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Boasting a stellar performance from Lily Tomlin and some powerfully empathetic work from writer-director Paul Weitz, Grandma is a dramedy that shouldn't have to ask you to visit.
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It's a character study and morality play and bildungsroman, subtly executed and lovingly performed. Jul 22, 2016 | Full Review…
It's a character study and morality play and bildungsroman, subtly executed and lovingly performed.
Megan Garber
With not a wasted frame in its taut 80 minutes, this is deserving of your attention as one of the year's best movies even if it's being released in the middle of August. Dec 15, 2015 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
With not a wasted frame in its taut 80 minutes, this is deserving of your attention as one of the year's best movies even if it's being released in the middle of August.
Lou Lumenick
Were Oscar voters to nominate Tomlin for a Best Actress award, it would definitely cause waves. Here's hoping. Dec 13, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Were Oscar voters to nominate Tomlin for a Best Actress award, it would definitely cause waves. Here's hoping.
Charlotte O'Sullivan
Grandma is a gem of a film with a very abrasive edge. Dec 11, 2015 | Full Review…
Grandma is a gem of a film with a very abrasive edge.
Geoffrey Macnab
Grandma may not always know best, but it's nearly always funny and absorbing, and there are moments of emotional perspicacity to make you gulp. Dec 10, 2015 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Grandma may not always know best, but it's nearly always funny and absorbing, and there are moments of emotional perspicacity to make you gulp.
Robbie Collin
In Grandma, Lily Tomlin is entertainingly and terrifyingly eccentric as a ballbreaker of a grandmother. Dec 10, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
In Grandma, Lily Tomlin is entertainingly and terrifyingly eccentric as a ballbreaker of a grandmother.
Kate Muir
Lily Tomlin holds it all together superbly and her character is so refreshing - and so rare - to see on screen. May 31, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Lily Tomlin holds it all together superbly and her character is so refreshing - and so rare - to see on screen.
Alexa Dalby
Grandma is an unabashed look at different generational and matrilineal relationships and owning up to your actions. May 2, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
Grandma is an unabashed look at different generational and matrilineal relationships and owning up to your actions.
Mae Abdulbaki
The film does feel contrived, some lines really come out flat, and the whole story doesn't really need to take place in a day. Apr 17, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
The film does feel contrived, some lines really come out flat, and the whole story doesn't really need to take place in a day.
Ellena Zellhuber-McMillan
Grandma is utterly charming and Lily Tomlin proves that she is still the comic whipper-snapper we have always loved. Apr 8, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Grandma is utterly charming and Lily Tomlin proves that she is still the comic whipper-snapper we have always loved.
Allie Gemmill
76-year-old women are not often the leads in mainstream American movies, especially not current ones, so I suppose I should be grateful, but I kept wishing this vehicle were a better one. Mar 7, 2019 | Full Review…
76-year-old women are not often the leads in mainstream American movies, especially not current ones, so I suppose I should be grateful, but I kept wishing this vehicle were a better one.
Ren Jender
Solid showcase that proves to have a little more substance than the trailer suggests. Jan 17, 2019 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Solid showcase that proves to have a little more substance than the trailer suggests.
Micheal Compton
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