Bad Grandpa - Low brow. High quality

To enjoy ‘Bad Grandpa’ all you need to ask yourself is, ‘Do I like Jackass?’ If you don’t know what ‘Jackass’ is then you really need to watch a clip on Youtube or something and find out. If you know and hate Jackass then you’re not going to like this film.

It’s basically an extended ‘hidden camera show’ where a young man (Johnny Knoxville) dons a brilliant latex disguise as an old man and escorts his young boy across America. This film is the result. It’s basically a load of individual sketches linked together by a wafer-thin story. But, the real result is that it’s very funny. Or at least it is if you like severely low-brow humour which is totally politically incorrect.

It’s disgusting, cringe-worthy and will make you want to look away, but it is funny. I laughed more in this ninety minutes than I did in the last twenty ‘comedy’ films. Again, I say that you need to be in the mood for something this deliberately cringe-worthy and lowbrow. If you hate Jackass or hidden camera shows in general, don’t go near this.

Know what you’re getting and you’ll have a great time!

9/10 almost as perfect as The Godfather