Time to talk about Jackass presents: Bad Grandpa. Is this basically Jackass with a plot? Yeah, pretty much. Is that a good or bad thing? We'll do a little pros and cons:
Pros:
* This is pretty damn funny. Johnny Knoxville + hidden cameras = easy fun. If you're a Jackass fan, it's up your alley.
* Jackson Nicoll nearly steals the show as young Billy. I wonder if he had an earpiece on in his scenes, with someone telling him what to say...because if it was all him, that's a pretty damn clever kid.
* The attempt to have a coherent plot never really gets in the way of any of the fun.
Cons:
* While the movie is fun, it never quite achieves the level of fun as any of its Jackass predecessors.
* A major problem is the fact that the trailer gave away the best part of the movie. The pageant scene is by far the funniest scene of the movie, but if you've seen any commercials for this thing, then you've already seen it.
* The movie clocks in at 90 minutes, and it flies by. Couldn't they have squeezed a scene or two more into this?
Overall, this was a fun time, but slightly disappointing in it's short length and failure to provide any bigger laughs than the highlight pageant that was shown in the trailers. Bad Grandpa scores a 3 out of 5 on the BDBOS.
(Hey guys, thanks for checking out my review. And thanks for being so sexy. I know it takes a lot of time and effort to look as good as you do, but damn, you pull it off. Did you do something different with your hair? It looks amazing. Wanna grab a drink tonight? We can talk movies, I can show you my humble little movie page (facebook.com/TheBDBOS), whatever you like. Sounds good? Cool. I'll pick you up at 7. See you then.)
Pros:
* This is pretty damn funny. Johnny Knoxville + hidden cameras = easy fun. If you're a Jackass fan, it's up your alley.
* Jackson Nicoll nearly steals the show as young Billy. I wonder if he had an earpiece on in his scenes, with someone telling him what to say...because if it was all him, that's a pretty damn clever kid.
* The attempt to have a coherent plot never really gets in the way of any of the fun.
Cons:
* While the movie is fun, it never quite achieves the level of fun as any of its Jackass predecessors.
* A major problem is the fact that the trailer gave away the best part of the movie. The pageant scene is by far the funniest scene of the movie, but if you've seen any commercials for this thing, then you've already seen it.
* The movie clocks in at 90 minutes, and it flies by. Couldn't they have squeezed a scene or two more into this?
Overall, this was a fun time, but slightly disappointing in it's short length and failure to provide any bigger laughs than the highlight pageant that was shown in the trailers. Bad Grandpa scores a 3 out of 5 on the BDBOS.
(Hey guys, thanks for checking out my review. And thanks for being so sexy. I know it takes a lot of time and effort to look as good as you do, but damn, you pull it off. Did you do something different with your hair? It looks amazing. Wanna grab a drink tonight? We can talk movies, I can show you my humble little movie page (facebook.com/TheBDBOS), whatever you like. Sounds good? Cool. I'll pick you up at 7. See you then.)