Review of Dirty Grandpa (2016) by Jasrick J — 22 Jan 2016

Here is no real reason to talk about Dirty Grandpa in depth, the film is exactly what you see in the trailer, its raunchy, its wacky, its a hilarious sex comedy. It also extremely cliched, predictable, over the top, and the film has the most thin story line ever. But you excepted that already, the film provides however what it was mainly made for laughs . Its a stress buster film, and yes there are many things that bog down the film occasionally but at the end you enjoy yourself while watching Dirty Grandpa.Its also a film you feel that you have watched before, because while the jokes are not really new, what makes the film maybe a notch better then most sex comedies is Robert De Niro. This man is by the far the youngest man in the film, and he is outlandishly awesome, who knew the master of acting could play a wacky sexy manic grandpa to perfection, but more on that later.

Story wise right before Jason Kelly's wedding, he being a uptight guy is tricked into driving his grandfather, a perverted former Army general, to Florida for spring break. What happens when Jason finds out his Grandpa just wants to get laid, and how he joins the party is what forms the rest of the plot of Dirty Grandpa.

Acting wise Robert De Niro, is a revelation of sorts, who knew this man could play such a wacky, outlandish, and over the top character. We know he is one of the best actors ever, but he goes no holds bar for this film. He is so filthy its awesome, truly this man can do anything the acting sphere Watch out for his scene when he sings it was a good day by Ice Cube, that scene and many more scenes with De Niro had me laughing out loud. Zac Efron is passable as the pretty boy, when it comes to acting he has nothing much to do, other than show his body off, maybe he should try going to acting school.

Critics have completely destroyed this film, its already being called one of the worst films of 2016, but I don't understand all the hate. Its way better than the fore night released " isters" which was accepted with open arms by critics. I don't know its beyond me why the film is getting such high hater. I mean the film is cliched, predictable, has no real amazing story, its a low iq comedy, as I stated before, but is that not what you excepted from the film after the viewing the trailer. Moreover the film entertains, and however many the negatives like having a dumb love track, the familiarity issue etc, for me De Niro's wacky act rises above anything. It was so entertaining watching him go full retard in a good way. And honestly I enjoyed the raunchiness, the low iq, outlandish jokes. Its also never a bad sight when the film is crawling of beautiful women the whole time, and thats huge plus for male audience who want to watch the film. Tech wise the film has nothing knew you haven't seen before, its production values like the camerawork, the clothing, the cars, location etc are those seen in numerous other films. However the audience need to give the film a chance in my opinion if your a fan of whacky sex comedies.

Overall Dirty Grandpa is no cinematic gem, honestly its a joke of a film, but I guarantee you will laugh in this raunchy sex comedy, and thats only criteria this film holds. Enjoyment is almost guranteeded.

3/5* or 6/10.