Grandma's Boy

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.

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.

Even Sandler diehards may pass on this mostly derivative paean to compulsive computer geekdom and male sexual dysfunction.

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."

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.

There's no drug potent enough to make Grandma's Boy worth 87 minutes of your life.

This is one of those movies where you stay rooted in your seat just to see how bad it can really get.

This is one of my favourite movies of all time. Period._______________More than that, it is my chicken soup. When I am feeling crap or depressed my pickup is either throwing on some heavy metal or watching this movie. It never fails to get a chuckle out. I have lost count of how many times I have watched it, but I am fairly certain it is my most watched movie by far - massive replay value._______________That being said, I understand why it did not get great critical reviews. It is full of stoner humour and in-jokes that only geeks can appreciate. It uses stereotypes of computer geeks and computer-game humor that geeks find hilarious - but leave everyone else going WTF? Some say this is a stoner movie, and to an extent it is - but the real heart of this movie is geek and computer gaming culture and humour. And if you dont get that - and most people dont, especially stodgy old movie critics - then you simply are not going to appreciate this movie for what it is. Read the critical reviews and you can see this for yourself._______________Is it perfect? Well no, but what is? The main point is that this movie gets all the big things right. The acting is great. The story is great. The humour is amazing. It has boobies at the end. And the things it gets wrong are so small and inconsequential you wont even notice them, and these flaws ultimately just reinforce the overall personality of the movie, rather than serve as serious detractions._______________I feel I have to comment on the story in particular. I have read so many reviews, even positive ones, that basically say "yeah was pretty funny but didnt have much of a story". Let me say load and clear that the story behind this movie was AMAZING. You have a guy who hits rock bottom, moves in with his grandma and her friends, teams up with a band of losers to form an unlikely alliance against an evil (ok evil is a bit harsh) nemesis who is as comedic as he is sinister, manages to overcome obstacles to defeat his opponents and ultimately win the battle *and* scores the girl at the end. All while managing to have a bunch of fun and laughs along the way. It was tight. I suspect that people who found this movie funny but thought there was no story only saw the shallow slapstick humour and simply missed the deeper humour and culture that was present. I am guessing they are the same people who though Adam Sandler should have been in it (praise the Lord he wasn't)._______________What more to say? All I can think of is I am so glad this film is hated by critics. It just shows how well it serves its target audience. If some old fart writing for a newspaper column found this movie funny, I am sure I would have only found it half so. It is so rare that a movie is made without compromise - without trying to appease the critics or buy mass market appeal - but when they are, gems can be born. And that is what this movie is - a gem._______________Over and out.

Grandma's Boy is a comedy film produced by Adam Sandler but he remains behind the scenes. This film features several of the actors that take supporting roles in his film. I did not have high hopes for this movie from the outset because the acting looked weak with characters generally known for smaller roles playing pivotal parts, but it gets better as it goes. There are a few components of the film that get repeated a little too much but the characters are funny even though the movie lacks much conflict in the third act. If you are looking for a film that will make you laugh but not do much more then Grandma's Boy could be for you.

The acting was ok and there were a few funny moments but there were also quite a few stupid moments as well. Also it does get rather corny as well. Yet it was still a solid comedy.

A few funny parts but the last 1/2 of the film is just so stupid and it kills the film rather quickly. The first 20 mins or so were good but the rest is just garbage. Also I hated how they recycled the same lame jokes through out the film.

Not funny at all, and I'm a guy who normally enjoys Sandler's crude humor. This films is ridiculously acted and terribly casted. There's no chemistry, no story, no point. If you want to get high while watching something, you can do much better than this by just watching South Park reruns. Moneymaking garbage film.