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his movie was a lot funnier than I was expecting. Knoxville's Irving character is dirty, crude, and hilarously BAD! When his wife dies, Irving must take his grandson Billy on a road trip to get him to his whitetrash dad. Throughout the film, Irving and Billy prank people at strip clubs, convenient stores, restaurants, beauty pageants and much more. Jackson Nicoll who played Billy really has a lot of guts to dress up like a girl at a beauty pageant and do a pole-dance. If you love dark humor, you'll love JACKASS PRESENTS: BAD GRANDPA!!!
25 of 28 people found the following review helpful.
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Gut-Busting Movie With Humor In The Vein Of Borat Instead Of Jackass
By Mike
Synopsis: Irving Zisman (played by Johnny Knoxville) is a recent widower who
finds out he must also take care of his 8-year-old grandson Billy (Jackson
Nicoll) after finding out his daughter has to go back to prison for a parole
violation. Intending to celebrate his newfound bachelorhood by living a life of
total debauchery, Irving makes the plan to drive from Nebraska to North
Carolina in an effort to leave Billy with his deadbeat dad Chuck (Greg Harris),
who agrees to take Billy in solely because he'll get child support from the
state for doing so (Irving also plans on disposing of his dead wife along the
way, so her body accompanies them in the trunk for the entire drive.) Though
Irving sees Billy to be a nuisance, they both manage to form a bond with each
other as they get into a myriad of antics along the way. Will Irving leave
Billy with his deadbeat dad, or will have have a change of heart? And what in
the world will happen to Irving's dead wife?
When I saw the previews for the film, I figured it was going to be weak because
what was advertized on TV wasn't that laugh out loud funny. Upon seeing the
film, however, it was clear most of it couldn't be shown because it was too hot
for TV. I laughed hard and often throughout seeing this movie. Just when I
thought they couldn't have topped it further, they took it up to a whole other
level. Jackson Nicholl was the perfect counterpart to Johnny Knoxville in this
case, as he was as up to task on conducting pranks as any of the veteran Jackass
crew would have been. Kudos to everyone who got pranked yet weren't too stuck
on themselves to appear in the film; the credits were long because everyone who
agreed to allow their likeness to be used on camera received an actor credit as
themselves. Though the movie was wrought with bad manners, there were also
elements that showed how real people still do good in the world on a day-to-day
basis (such as a church group who was willing to grieve with a lone widower, or
a biker group who stood up for children.)
Though people with more prudent tastes may be turned off by some of the
vulgarity, fans of Jackass or Borat will undoubtedly love this film. I
recommend it to fans of comedies and age-appropriate people who want something
fun to watch.
14 of 17 people found the following review helpful.