Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
86-year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion: his 8 year-old grandson, Billy.
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- Cast:
- Johnny Knoxville , Jackson Nicoll , Georgina Cates , Catherine Keener , Spike Jonze , Grasie Mercedes
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Very disappointing...
Let's be realistic.
I gave it a 7.5 out of 10
A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
I love this.What I love most about it is the self-righteous looks of outrage from the mothers of the terrifying mini-Barbies at the 'Beauty Pageant' ("It's a sport") - how disgraceful and disgusting for a boy to be there and competing! This time round I risked sharing it with my 11 year old son who is really into singing/dancing/drama - as well as laughing uncontrollably for several of the set pieces, he was blown away by the skills of Bobby (or is it Billy? Ah... what's it matter anyway...?)I'm also proud to say that I've managed to instill my own warped sense of humour in my young man (Monty Python, Red Dwarf, Blackadder etc) and can now add this to my list of successes. They aren't all successful however, he really didn't get Cannonball Run or The Exorcist (joke, I'm waiting until he's 16 before sharing anything scary, even if he is a mature viewer in done regards)
I felt absolute disgust while watching this movie. There were so many moments where the staged skits were so outrageous, maybe even too much. Although there were plenty of funny moments I did get bored after a while. Thirty minutes of skits is enough for me. A movie is just too painful to watch. I got tired of seeing people being subjected to hearing and witnessing terrible things. You can do funny without being abusive or traumatizing people.Now I'm not a hater and I can appreciate that some people would enjoy this movie but it's not something I would recommend for the average person. I will say that Johnny Knoxville's old man makeup was flawless though and probably the best thing of the movie. After watching I left with a few laughs especially in the beauty pageant scene, but for the most part I felt sick.
People find this funny?.Till half of the movie I could not make sure either it was a movie or a collection of Youtube pranks. Youtube pranks for funnier then this. People's faces are blurred. You didn't pay them?. I didn't find much it funny and really surprised how did it collect so much at box office. Really surprising. If we just collect best pranks in youtube and name it a movie,will be much better than this one. Don't waste you time. Rather watch pranks videos at Youtube.Not funny. The child acting is good but acting of the old man is not up to the standard. It looks like cheap low budget movie with lack of creativity. Overall, don't waste your time.
I never really got into Jackass films, so this was the first one that i truly watched. I have to say it was funny and worth watching but its so dumb at times that i couldn't help but hope some scenes would end faster ("Strip Club" and "Post Office"). The lead character grandpa -Johnny Knoxville- who i really liked in 'The Ringer' goes on a road trip to bring his grandson, Billy, to his dad, Chuck, who is a slow witted, poor, druggie that doesn't care about his son. The reason that he has to take care of the kid is because the mother got arrested for violating parole. The movie starts off with a bang when grandpa gets something stuck in the vending machine and begs onlookers to help. This movie was basically a series of pranks on unsuspecting people. Supposedly it was real and not fake but there were times when i felt the reactions of the people were not serious enough to be real. In between the pranks a story is woven between a grandfather and his grandson bonding. Of course, grandpa doesn't much care for the boy's company when he is going after women. Jackson Nicoll, who played Billy did a great job, he had great chemistry with Knoxville throughout the film. 7/10 I thought it was a little overrated because of how truly dumb it is but at it's core the 2 main characters are memorable and likable and there are some serious laughs in this movie.