Dirty Grandpa (2016)
7/10
Efron and De Niro had good chemistry but Aubrey Plaza really shines and if not for De Niro would have stolen the movie.
16 May 2016
"Most grandpa's just want toffee." Jason (Efron) is about to get married and start his new life as an impressive lawyer. At the funeral of his grandmother he reconnects with his grandpa Dick (De Niro). When he asks Jason to drive him down to Florida Jason thinks it will be a quick trip, then he shows up at his grandpa's house and everything changes. This is a movie I was extremely curious about. Sex comedies like this are usually funny and entertaining to watch, but this one had De Niro which seemed very odd to me. I have to admit, he was very very funny in this and brought something that most characters in movies like this don't. Believability in the serious aspects. The jokes are really nothing new, but De Niro delivering them make them that much funnier and I laughed a lot through out, hard. All of the actors had great timing in this, Efron and De Niro had good chemistry but Aubrey Plaza really shines and if not for De Niro would have stolen the movie. This is nothing all that original but it feels new and fresh with the addition of De Niro and is very much worth seeing for that reason. Overall, De Niro really shows his range; from Godfather 2 to Raging Bull to Goodfellas to this one...and he again shows why he is one of the greatest actors of all time. I give this a B.
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