Actors: Robert De Niro, Zac Efron,
Zoey Deutch, Aubrey Plaza
Rating: 8 out of 10, Deniro plays a
retired Army officer trying to mold the future of his grandson. Zac Efron is
unfortunate enough to play the grandson because he gets the hell beaten out of
him for the entire movie. I know the script will have the PC police out in
force but there’s some really funny moments in this. Deniro is excellent as the
randy senior citizen cutting a major swath through Jacksonville Spring Break a
couple days after losing his wife. Efron’s main job seems to be getting punched
and finding ways to lose not only his shirts but his pants repeatedly. It’s an
excellent send up of several aspects of modern life but I’m sure that’ll be lost
to most people who will rail against the almost non-stop lack of
appropriateness, God forbid we actually offend someone with sarcastic humor.
It’s like kids and mud puddles – sometimes it’s just fun to jump right in and
get dirty. If you can handle humor that will push your level of discomfort then
go see this. If not, run screaming away and I’m sure complaining the entire
way.
MVP: DeNiro as the randy grandpa
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