Directed by : Dan Mazer
Written by : John Phillips
Starring : Zac Efron, Robert De Niro, Zoey Deutch, Aubrey Plaza, Jason Mantzoukas
Release Date : January 20, 2016
There's really only one reason anybody would want to see "Dirty Grandpa" and that's to see 70+ years old Robert De Niro say offensive things, and do outrageous things. I thought he was very entertaining in this movie, and De Niro does look like he is at least having some fun here. Some of the crazy things he does will either make you want to give him a high five of approval, or just make you feel embarrassed for him.
Unfortunately, for a movie called Dirty Grandpa, this story is actually more about the Grandson; played by Zac Efron. The story arc to follow here is Efron's character, and it's such a been there done that cliche filled premise, that it's a little infuriating that it just couldn't stick to what the movie's title claims it should be about. Zac Efron is supposed to play the straight man, fish out of water, party pooper of a character, and Robert De Niro is the guy that gets him in trouble and forces him to come out of his shell. Yes, you've seen that plot before.
This movie makes it's best attempts to put the "dirty" in Dirty Grandpa, and some of the things Robert De Niro says and do, does fit that bill, but I honestly thought they could have gone farther than they actually did. Having Aubrey Plaza contribute to the outrageousness of the movie helps a lot, and it's easy to wish that the movie should have just been about those two characters that they play.
"Dirty Grandpa" is funny some times, and maybe even a little bit hilarious at a few spots, but it obnoxiously tries too hard to be the next best outrageous comedy, that it falls flat on it's face a lot of times. I'm unsure if Robert De Niro and Aubrey Plaza are enough to justify seeing this movie.
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