JamesG
10-25-2013, 11:26 PM
Movie Reviews: Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Jackass is over ten years old at this point, but despite it's lengthy lifespan and various series, movies and offshoot spin-offs, the pranksters are still great at doing what they do.
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa is mostly being lauded by critics, who are praising the numbskull comedy and crazy pranks in the latest outing from Johnny Knoxville and his band of merry men.
The film follows 86-year-old Irving Zisman as he and his 8-year-old grandson Billy (Jackson Nicoll) head off on a road trip to remember, reaking havoc wherever they go.
On their trip across America, the Jackass favorite and his grandson visit the most unassuming and irresponsible places imaginable for an octogenarian and his young grandchild, running into male strippers, child beauty pageant contestants and their thoroughly unimpressed mothers, mourners at a funeral home, biker bar patrons and a whole heap of unsuspecting embers of the public.
As you may expect from a Jackass film, nothing is sacred and nothing is off limits.
Bad Grandpa is currently 83% 'Fresh' on RottenTomatoes and critics and audience members alike have been responding positively to the film.
Scott Foundas of Variety had this to say:
"Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa shows there's still comic life in this decade-old franchise - provided, of course, the sight of a senior citizen getting his penis caught in a vending machine is the kind of thing that brings a smile to your face."
Neil Genzlinger of the New York Times says:
"It’s hard to score big laughs with hidden-camera material these days because there has been so much of it since the Jackass TV show, but Mr. Knoxville and his young sidekick still land a few jaw-droppers.
Certainly the contestants at a kiddie beauty pageant they visit near the film’s end will need therapy for years."
Ben Kendrick of ScreenRant praises Knoxville's comedic skills.
"Knoxville has top-improv skills as Grandpa Irving. Between staged prop sequences and entirely improvised interactions with random strangers on the street, Knoxville is sharp and brash – once again putting his body in harms way for the sake of making film-goers laugh."
-IMDb News
Jackass is over ten years old at this point, but despite it's lengthy lifespan and various series, movies and offshoot spin-offs, the pranksters are still great at doing what they do.
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa is mostly being lauded by critics, who are praising the numbskull comedy and crazy pranks in the latest outing from Johnny Knoxville and his band of merry men.
The film follows 86-year-old Irving Zisman as he and his 8-year-old grandson Billy (Jackson Nicoll) head off on a road trip to remember, reaking havoc wherever they go.
On their trip across America, the Jackass favorite and his grandson visit the most unassuming and irresponsible places imaginable for an octogenarian and his young grandchild, running into male strippers, child beauty pageant contestants and their thoroughly unimpressed mothers, mourners at a funeral home, biker bar patrons and a whole heap of unsuspecting embers of the public.
As you may expect from a Jackass film, nothing is sacred and nothing is off limits.
Bad Grandpa is currently 83% 'Fresh' on RottenTomatoes and critics and audience members alike have been responding positively to the film.
Scott Foundas of Variety had this to say:
"Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa shows there's still comic life in this decade-old franchise - provided, of course, the sight of a senior citizen getting his penis caught in a vending machine is the kind of thing that brings a smile to your face."
Neil Genzlinger of the New York Times says:
"It’s hard to score big laughs with hidden-camera material these days because there has been so much of it since the Jackass TV show, but Mr. Knoxville and his young sidekick still land a few jaw-droppers.
Certainly the contestants at a kiddie beauty pageant they visit near the film’s end will need therapy for years."
Ben Kendrick of ScreenRant praises Knoxville's comedic skills.
"Knoxville has top-improv skills as Grandpa Irving. Between staged prop sequences and entirely improvised interactions with random strangers on the street, Knoxville is sharp and brash – once again putting his body in harms way for the sake of making film-goers laugh."
-IMDb News