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Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
2013 92 min United States of America R 18+
★6.5
Comedy
Director: Jeff Tremaine
Trailers
Description
86-year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion: his 8 year-old grandson, Billy.
Budget:
$15M
US Gross:
$102M
Worldwide:
$151.83M
Starring
Johnny Knoxville
Actor
Jackson Nicoll
Actor
Gregorio
Actor
Awards
Academy Awards 2014
— Best Makeup and Hairstyling
MTV Movie & TV Awards 2014
— Best Comedy Performance
MTV Movie & TV Awards 2014
— Most Outrageous Scene
Key opinion
Bad Grandpa is a divisive hidden-camera comedy that blends outrageous, vulgar pranks with a scripted narrative journey between a grandfather and his grandson. While critics and viewers frequently praise the technical achievement of the makeup and the authentic performances of the leads, they remain split on whether the film functions as a cohesive work or a collection of crude, disjointed stunts.
| Production | Johnny Knoxville’s physical transformation and makeup are universally praised, with many noting their Academy Award-nominated quality and total immersion. | |
| Acting | Jackson Nicol delivers a surprisingly talented and nuanced performance that anchors the film and complements Knoxville’s improvisation. | |
| Originality | The film’s reliance on hidden-camera pranks creates genuine, visceral reactions from unsuspecting public participants, effectively blurring the lines between staged fiction and social experiment. | |
| Humor | The humor is polarizing; fans of the 'Jackass' style find it liberating and cheeky, while others criticize it as crude, repetitive, or gratuitously vulgar. | |
| Screenplay | The narrative structure is debated; some appreciate the road-trip arc for providing a moral core, while others find the plot thin, cliché, and lacking necessary cohesion. |