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mackski

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A few laughs were all I got out of watching this movie. Not that I hated it but it is really only good for watching only once. Linda Cardellini looked amazing in this movie but really didn't belong. The character of J.P. was kinda funny to...
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A few laughs were all I got out of watching this movie. Not that I hated it but it is really only good for watching only once. Linda Cardellini looked amazing in this movie but really didn't belong. The character of J.P. was kinda funny to watch. I guess the movie would have been a lot funnier if I was high myself...

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Posted jul 30, 2008 11:02 pm pt

EBautista

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To the people who enjoyed Grandma's Boy: Were you all high? Seriously. I just watched the movie on DVD today, and I must say, I laughed only twice the entire time. Twice, thanks to the childlike character J.P. and the Robonerd developer. The movie...
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To the people who enjoyed Grandma's Boy: Were you all high? Seriously. I just watched the movie on DVD today, and I must say, I laughed only twice the entire time. Twice, thanks to the childlike character J.P. and the Robonerd developer. The movie was missing a few key ingredients: Adam Sandler, funnier jokes, a more structured storyline. As far as "stoner" flicks go, Grandma's Boy is closer to Dude, Where's My Car? (not funny) than Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (hilarious). Oh, wait--I remember I did laugh a third time during this movie: When I realized Demonik, Alex's big video game, was cancelled in real life! Perhaps this DVD should have received the same treatment.

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Posted jun 2, 2007 6:35 pm pt

reggie186

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Allen Covert really is not ready to be a leading man yet. That's the truth. His performance as a video game tester who meets typical conflicts (love interest, bad boss, etc.) falls a little flat. He was much better as Adam Sandler's sidekick in...
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Allen Covert really is not ready to be a leading man yet. That's the truth. His performance as a video game tester who meets typical conflicts (love interest, bad boss, etc.) falls a little flat. He was much better as Adam Sandler's sidekick in The Wedding Singer.

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Posted feb 24, 2007 4:19 pm pt

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Freakin' Hilarious!

This movie was one of the funniest movies I have seen in a while. I love the genre of the movie and the sub-genres, they are my favorite! I haven't found too many in the genre that are this good! I laughed...
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Freakin' Hilarious!

This movie was one of the funniest movies I have seen in a while. I love the genre of the movie and the sub-genres, they are my favorite! I haven't found too many in the genre that are this good! I laughed throughout the entire thing! It had a great story and great characters! This is a must see and a must have, I will buy it asap! 5/5!

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Posted dec 18, 2006 4:49 am pt

• [+] LA Weekly
  
  70
  Sandler crony Allen Covert, the star, producer and co-writer of this stunted-adolescence classic, hilariously explores a previously untapped nexus of stoner humor, joystick geekdom, elderly women and a martial arts-taught chimp.

  by Robert Abele | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
  60
  It's as aimless and pointless as a joke told while stoned. There are some pretty decent shock-laughs, often provided by Jones, who hasn't ever been this nasty.

  by Roger Moore | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
  50
  It cheerfully invites the audience to descend to their level, where no joke is too silly or raunchy, and a plot is just a way of passing time between game levels and bong hits.

  by Dana Stevens | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
  40
  Even Sandler diehards may pass on this mostly derivative paean to compulsive computer geekdom and male sexual dysfunction.

  by Ronnie Scheib | Read Full Review »
• [+] Film Threat
  
  40
  A touch above the usual adolescent male friendly films of Happy Madison's previous on-screen massacres (see "Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo" for example") but it isn't quite as smart or funny as other recent comedies like "40 Year-Old Virgin" or "Wedding Crashers."

  by Michael Ferraro | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Hollywood Reporter
  
  40
  The film doesn't have much in the way of genuine laughs despite a plethora of attempted gags, but it does have a geniality that makes it hard to entirely dislike.

  by Frank Scheck | Read Full Review »
• [+] Austin Chronicle
  
  40
  Stupid, yes, but fun nonetheless.

  by Marc Savlov | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Reader
  
  40
  The sex, fart, and pot jokes come so fast and furious that a white flag seems the most appropriate response.

  by Joshua Katzman | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
  
  38
  An Adam Sandler movie without Adam Sandler, it turns out, is not necessarily an improvement.

  by Liam Lacey | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Onion (A.V. Club)
  
  33
  Grandma's Boy aspires to nothing more than the frathouse goofiness and juvenile high spirits of early Sandler vehicles, but it possesses the energy of a funeral dirge played at half-speed.

  by Nathan Rabin | Read Full Review »
• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
  25
  Does a very thorough job of reducing every recognizable member of the cast to probable career lows.

  by Gregory Kirschling | Read Full Review »
• [+] TV Guide
  
  25
  Lacking so much as a shred of wit and crammed with more product placements than jokes, this unendurable stoner comedy clearly disproves the movie-formula wisdom that two guys, one Xbox and a 2-foot-long bong add up to something funny.

  by Ken Fox | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Daily News
  
  25
  There's no drug potent enough to make Grandma's Boy worth 87 minutes of your life.

  by Jami Bernard | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Post
  
  25
  A pathetic stoner comedy.

  by Lou Lumenick | Read Full Review »
• [+] ReelViews
  
  12
  This is one of those movies where you stay rooted in your seat just to see how bad it can really get.

  by James Berardinelli | Read Full Review »