Grandma's Boy | REVIEW

Produced by Adam Sandler's company, 'Happy Madison', Grandma's Boy stars Allen Covert who is also a co-writer of the film, Nick Swardson, Jonah Hill, and Doris Roberts, with cameos by Rob Schneider, David Spade, and pro-wrestler Kevin Nash. It tells the story of a 35-year old video game tester, Alex (Allen Covert), who gets kicked out of his house for not paying the rent, and desperately needs a place to stay while trying to finish a game that he's been developing in private for years. The only place he can find is his grandma's house, which also accommodates two other old women. That's basically all you need to know about Grandma's Boy. It doesn't rely much on the storyline, similar to all comedies in this genre, instead depends on its weird and sometimes wacky sense of humor.

I wouldn't rate Grandma's Boy as the funniest movie in town, but it's definitely worth a watch. It isn't Superbad-humor, but it's crazily, weirdly, funny. It's enjoyable, to say the least. I don't really like Doris Roberts, not even when she was in Everybody Loves Raymond. She fits well with Disney Channel Original Movies and nothing else. For some reason she makes movies look low-budget. Hey, it's just my opinion, people.

Grandma's Boy didn't do well ratings-wise, but it developed a cult-following due to the heavy stoner / slacker influence in the film. And yes, when I say heavy I mean 'heavy as Randy Jackson back in 2002'...that kind of heavy. The film is packed with Allen Covert-smoking-pot and stoning scenes. It literally feeds off these scenes for the movie to progress. Huge twists in the storyline take place because of these stoning scenes!

There really isn't much to say about Grandma's Boy other than it's a funny movie with lots of laughs to offer and it's worth a peek, at least. Oh, and kids, it's smacked with a solid 'Restricted' sign, alright...so if you're gonna' watch this, make sure you do it in private and not display it on the family TV during a birthday party in which your uncles, aunties, grandparents, and long lost cousins are present...only to find that the movie on TV has a topless woman with large *ehem* assets, swearing, cussing, stoning, and more swearing. Unless your family consists mostly of rockstars and are somehow related to Hugh Heffner, I'd say this works fine as a 'watch-on-PC' movie, alright?
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Wrap : Grandma's Boy gets a 3.4 out of 5.0. It's worth your time and it's funny while it lasts. Nice stuff.