{"id":1690,"date":"2014-03-11T08:28:33","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T12:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/students.com.miami.edu\/~reviewing\/?page_id=1690"},"modified":"2014-03-11T08:28:33","modified_gmt":"2014-03-11T12:28:33","slug":"knoxville-bad-grandpa-hilarious","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/students.com.miami.edu\/reviewing\/?page_id=1690","title":{"rendered":"Knoxville, ‘Bad Grandpa’ hilarious"},"content":{"rendered":"

Posted March 11, 2014<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

By MELISSA MALLIN<\/p>\n

The \u201cJackass\u201d producers are at again, this time with a hilarious new movie starring the infamous Irving Zisman.<\/p>\n

\"bad\"<\/a>The idea to portray an old man came from Johnny Knoxville in the last season of \u201cJackass\u201d back in 2001. If you\u2019ve ever seen \u201cJackass\u201d then you already know the raunchy, inappropriate and highly perverted character Zisman is.<\/p>\n

Disguised as an 86-year old grandfather, Knoxville uses his infamous \u201cJackass\u201d tricks to cause trouble and wreck havoc upon mankind. Only this time, instead of bringing along the old Jackass crew, he\u2019s partnered with a 8-year old boy, aka his grandson Billy, played by Jackson Nicoll.<\/p>\n

Poor Billy. You just can\u2019t help but to feel sorry for this kid. He\u2019s short and chubby with cheeks a grandmother can\u2019t wait to pinch. He\u2019s sweet and rather quiet and mature for his young age. But his mom\u2019s a crack-addict. His grandmother just died. And since his mom\u2019s on her way to jail, he gets dropped off with the inappropriate, perverted, old Irving Zisman.<\/p>\n

The goal for Zisman is to reconnect his grandson with his father. In a road trip across the country, Zisman causes a load of trouble by pulling hidden-camera pranks on people.<\/p>\n

The chemistry between Knoxville and his co-star, Jackson Nicoll, is so great that you hardly even notice or miss the rest of the Jackass crew. It\u2019s the growing bond between grandfather and grandson that fuels the heart and soul of this film.<\/p>\n

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A scene from “Bad Grandpa.”<\/p><\/div>\n

The pranks are much different than Jackass though. You can definitely see Knoxville\u2019s age trying to catch up with him as he\u2019s traded in those hard-on-the-body pranks for more \u201clets see if someone punches me in the face\u201d type pranks.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s rather interesting how they combined the Jackass style hidden camera pranks with an actual feature film like quality. If you\u2019ve never seen Jackass then you might have a hard time figuring out whether the pranks are real or scripted because the production quality is that good.<\/p>\n

For example, the first prank involves Zisman sticking his private parts inside a vending machine. Zisman winds up \u201cstuck\u201d and asks for help from people walking by. By the end of the prank you realize they must be using \u201clive\u201d hidden-cameras because you simply can\u2019t script those very realistic reactions to those obnoxiously inappropriate pranks.<\/p>\n

I have to say I was extremely impressed with the high-quality of the production value. The crew really worked hard to keep its Jackass style ways, but drastically improved the production quality to make it hardly recognizable.<\/p>\n

Knoxville must have spent eight hours a day in makeup. He is disguised so well you almost have to remember its Knoxville behind the mask.<\/p>\n

From the first prank all the way through the credits you\u2019re filled with belly aching laughter. The pranks are well thought out and, honestly, some were a little scary in that I thought old inappropriate Irving Zisman was going to get his ass beat!<\/p>\n

The movie starts off a little slow, but progresses into yet another legendary Jackass film. By the end of the movie you are imagining how anyone could get away with such nonsense.<\/p>\n

In the credits your question is answered in that after they\u2019ve pissed off a number of people they go back and explain to them that their reactions had been filmed and that they would have an appearance in the movie. Apparently, 15 minutes of fame is enough to satisfy most people and prevent them from killing the crude, Johnny Knoxville.<\/p>\n

There were quite a few pranks I re-watched a thousand times on YouTube because they were just that funny. The funniest prank for me involved the male strip club dancers.<\/p>\n

Certainly not filled with any decent or moral values whatsoever, the movie does have a hilarious plot with a cute ending that makes you go \u201cawe,\u201d at first. Then you realize \u201cOh my god. This kid is only eight! Look how he is being raised and what kind of values dear old grandpa is teaching this kid! Somebody call child services immediately!\u201d<\/p>\n

I couldn\u2019t help but to think that if this were, in fact, a real grandfather and a real grandson, just how bad that kid would turn out to be. Poor thing. Luckily, it\u2019s not a real film and the kid is as cute as can be.<\/p>\n

Being a die-hard fan of \u201cJackass,\u201d I was both pleased and impressed by the film. For those of you who have a sense of humor I highly recommend it! Even if you\u2019re nearing the \u201cgrandfather\u201d age yourself, after watching this movie you\u2019ll be trying to figure out ways to pull off these pranks yourself.<\/p>\n

If you thought Borat was the worst thing to ever hit the box office then you certainly won\u2019t be a fan of Bad Grandpa. If you don\u2019t have a sense of humor, if you\u2019re not into hidden camera pranks, if you hated any of the Jackass movies, and if you\u2019re someone with old moral values then by all means do not see this movie!<\/p>\n

Most touching was the fact that the film was made for Jackass crew member Ryan Dunn, who tragically died in a car accident in June 2011. At the end of the credits when it says \u201cIn memory of Ryan Dunn,\u201d I shed a tear in remembrance of the hilarious Jackass crew member.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re in need of a good laugh, then this film is for you. This movie is for the open-minded, light-hearted and juvenile delinquent sense of humor. If you\u2019re a fan of “Jackass” and you love Jeff Tremaine and Johnny Knoxville, you\u2019re going to love this movie.<\/p>\n