Grandma's Boy (2006)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Nicholaus Goossen

Writers (WGA):

Barry Wernick (written by) and
Allen Covert (written by) ...

Release Date:

6 January 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Sex. Drugs. Nakedness. Rude language... And proud of it!

Plot:

A 35 year old video game tester has to move in with his grandma and her two old lady roommates.

Plot Keywords:

Roommate | Grandmother | Tester | Grandma | Game Tester

Cast

Linda Cardellini	...	Samantha
Allen Covert	...	Alex
Peter Dante	...	Dante
Shirley Jones	...	Grace
Shirley Knight	...	Bea
Joel Moore	...	J.P. (as Joel David Moore)
Kevin Nealon	...	Mr. Cheezle
Doris Roberts	...	Grandma Lilly
Nick Swardson	...	Jeff
Jonah Hill	...	Barry
Kelvin Yu	...	Kane
Chuck Church	...	Dan
Scott Halberstadt	...	Bobby, Co-Worker #1
Heidi Hawking	...	Milk Maid
Shana Hiatt	...	Pamela Mills

Also Known As:

Nana's Boy (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for drug use and language throughout, strong crude and sexual humor, and nudity.

Runtime:

94 min | Philippines:90 min (cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:18A | Singapore:M18 | Australia:MA | Malaysia:(Banned) | Philippines:R-13 | Italy:T | Finland:K-15 | Germany:16 | France:Unrated | Norway:15 (DVD rating) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles Center Studios - 450 S. Bixel Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Wilshire 1

Trivia:

When Alex tells Jeff to "Shut up" when he spends the night at his house, it was to keep him from ad-libbing even further about his sweet car bed.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When an X-Box controller is unplugged, like Josh does in the beginning, it would not allow you to continue playing until the controller is plugged back in.

Quotes:

Dante: [Answering the phone stoned] Hello?
Jeff: Dante is Alex there?
Dante: Who is this? Is this the devil?

Movie Connections:

References Frankenstein (1931)

Soundtrack:

Little Girl

Don't trust the critics!

First and foremost, I only gave this movie a 9 to out weigh all the 1s that morons are giving it, I believe that it truly deserves about a 6.5-7.0 (currently it has a 5.5 with 87 votes). Look this is a funny movie, it's not ground breaking and it is certainly low-brow but it's actually quite enjoyable. The critics are trying to make it into the worst movie of the new year, which is sad because, in my opinion, it's as funny as anything that came out last year, including wedding crashers (although wedding crashers, I'll admit is a better film). The story relies on comedy to get by, the plot bobs and weaves, sometimes awkwardly, in the name of telling a joke rather than flowing an interesting plot line, that said, I enjoy the filmmaker's willingness to disregard any attempt to make the story realistic or to make the transitions genuine. The flow of the story seems as if it is constructed in an alternate universe where random parties come together with ease, while it may sound as if I'm being sarcastic I'm certainly not, I believe that most movie transitions are simply labored and lame attempts to get from point A to point B, they just jump almost directly to what they want to do next in Grandma's Boy ala the first Wayne's World, which keeps the movie from sagging. All and all, I believe this is a great comedy, it's certainly not for those with high brow taste, remember, critics typically like comedies like Sideways and Broken Flowers, movies that, while entertaining, find it difficult to make a young person laugh. If you liked There's Something About Mary and previous Sandler films, with the exceptions of Spanglish and Punch Drunk Love, you will enjoy Grandma's Boy.