Welcome back to my blog. Here’s my recommendation of a movie to check out today and hope you punch your “Ticket to the Movies!” OK, let’s take the express lane to puerile, stoner comedy with the outrageously funny “Grandma’s Boy” with a supporting cast better than the headliners!
The “headliners” of “Grandma’s Boy” (no pun intended with all the weed smoked in the film) are Allen Covert as “Alex” and he’s the grandson; Nick Swardson as “Jeff,” who is Covert’s best friend; and Linda Cardelini as “Samantha,” who has been hired to ride herd on the boys as they test and develop a new video game.
However, the real “stars” of “Grandma’s Boy” are tee-vee veteran Doris Roberts, who plays the grandmother named “Lilly.” Her roommates in her house are Oscar winner Shirley Jones (not for this one) and two-time Oscar nominee (not for this one) Shirley Knight. The three elderly ladies can party down (Doris had accidentally made “tea” from pot and then said she could hear her hair grow); Jones tremendously over-sexed; and Knight takes such an incredible number of prescription meds that she keeps them in a tackle box!
OMG is about all you can say about Jones in “Grandma’s Boy” as she seduces Swardson and tells him about the 1,000 men with whom she’s had relations – including Charlie Chaplin (Swardson asks if Charlie was a “silent” actor and she replies, “Not when I got through with him!”). They wind up making out on a conference table during the climactic video game scene.
OMG!
While weed permeates “Grandma’s Boy” from Covert’s dealer describing the different kinds of marijuana he sells (walking stiffly to describe the “Frankenstein” pot), it’s more of a quiet soundtrack to the movie, which is about one young gamer stealing Covert’s game and Reynolds having a showdown match with the boy to prove Covert developed it.
So, I say punch your “Ticket to the Movies!” and watch “Grandma’s Boy.” It can be found to rent on a number of streaming services. So, find it! Watch it! Don’t worry, you’ll fall on the floor laughing and then thank me later for “Grandma’s Boy.”
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