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Grandma’s Boy

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007 at 11:28 pm

Things I liked about Grandma’s Boy:

  • The cute girl from Freaks & Geeks. She’s cute.
  • Nick Swardson. He’s a funny guy. His stand-up is hilarious, and I loved him in Blades of Glory.

Things I didn’t like about Grandma’s Boy:

  • Everything else.

OK, maybe that’s not fair. A few lines made me laugh pretty hard, but on the whole, it was like a barely-entertaining sitcom that lasted almost two hours. If it were a series, I’d only watch it if it was on and I were too drunk to change the channel. Allen Covert sounds like Jon Stewart (and even looks like a slightly younger version of him), and he may be Adam Sandler’s buddy, but Jesus Christ is he an awful actor. It was sort of like watching a seventh-grade production of Fiddler on the Roof: the script ain’t half bad, but the performance wasn’t “acted” so much as “spoken word for word.” I probably would have liked it more if someone else played Alex (and I was baked out of my mind), but that’s neither here nor there.

I give it a D, because it may have been awful, but it was good for a few laughs.

Also, the scenes with all the tester geeks were hilarious.

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One Response to “Grandma’s Boy”

  1. petef Says:
    April 4th, 2007 at 12:33 am

    Maybe it’s just because I’m incredibly fucked up whenever I watch it, but this is my new favorite "one-liner" movie. It’s full of so many good scenes and one-liners that it’s been worth quite a few watches for me. But I tend to like crappy movies, so… (posted on LiveJournal)