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Wednesday 22 January 2014

JACKASS PRESENTS: BAD GRANDPA [2013]

Director Jeff Tremain, co-writer Spike Jonze & star Johnny Knoxville bring the antics of their Jackass old man to his own film in Bad Grandpa.
While still using hidden camera antics, they decide to stitch together a loose story about Grandpa, his recently deceased wife's corpse & his grandson on a road-trip leaving a trail of chaos along the way.  It might still be the cheap Jackass humor of before but occasionally it's brilliant shit-your-pants funny...literally. Knoxville's not nearly as smart or as good as Sacha Baron Cohen when it comes to this schtick he's just as ready to dive in face first and sometimes that's just enough.

2½ Cherry Pies out of 5

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