\nJackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nGenre(s): <\/b>Comedy
\nParamount | R\/Unrated \u2013 91 min. \/ 102 min. \u2013 $0.00 | January 28, 2013
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/span>Directed by: <\/b>Jeff Tremaine
\nWriter(s): <\/b>Johnny Knoxville & Spike Jonze & Jeff Tremaine & Fax Bahr & Adam Small (story), Johnny Knoxville & Spike Jonze & Jeff Tremaine (screenplay)
\nCast: <\/b>Johnny Knoxville, Jackson Nicoll<\/p>\nTheatrical Release Date: <\/b>October 25, 2013<\/p>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/span>Features: <\/b>Featurettes, Deleted Scenes, Alternate Scenes, DVD Copy, Digital Copy
\nNumber of Discs: <\/b>2<\/p>\nAudio: <\/b>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1), Portuguese (Dolby Digital 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/b>1080p\/Widescreen 1.78
\nSubtitles: <\/b>English SDH, French, Portuguese, Spanish
\nDisc Size: <\/b>40.9 GB
\nCodec: <\/b>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/b>A<\/p>\n
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THE MOVIE<\/strong> \u2013 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe Jackass<\/i> franchise continues the latest, titled nicely enough Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa<\/i><\/b>, re-introduces us to the cranky Irving Zisman (JOHNNY KNOXVILLE) who gets saddled with his precocious grandson, Billy (JACKSON NICOLL), after his mother is set to go to jail. To get rid of the little twerp, Irving gets into contact with Billy\u2019s druggie father (GREG HARRIS) while also making a road trip to bury Irving\u2019s dearly departed wife, molded after Catherine Keener who makes an appearance during the outtakes\/end credits as the part was removed.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s the basic story and surprisingly, thin as it is, it\u2019s good enough to sustain the narrative through the 91-minute running time (I only watched the R-rated theatrical version). Woven throughout are skits and pranks which prove that if you\u2019re old or a child, you can get away with almost anything and people probably won\u2019t call the authorities on you. Oh, and old people doing odd crap or kids saying the damndest things are always good for a laugh anyway.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve never seen any of the Jackass<\/i> movies save for a clip or two but they never appealed to me probably because the idea of seeing someone take it to the nuts several times just isn\u2019t that funny or entertaining. However, with Bad Grandpa<\/i><\/b>, the jokes land when they\u2019re supposed and I don\u2019t mind admitting to laughing at more than a few of the juvenile jokes.<\/p>\n
All in all, if you like Johnny Knoxville and the hidden camera-type shows and movies, Bad Grandpa<\/i><\/b> is well worth checking out even if the plot did feel a bit forced and on the syrupy side and attempts to pull at the heartstrings which comes across as thin, though as I said, it\u2019s good enough if only to string together the pranks and humor.<\/p>\n
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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\nThis release comes with a semi-glossy and title-embossed slip cover<\/b>. Inside is a standard DVD Copy<\/span><\/b> and a download code for either the Digital Copy<\/span><\/b> or UltraViolet<\/span><\/b>.<\/p>\nUnrated Cut (1:42:13; HD)<\/span><\/b> contains new footage not shown in theaters.<\/p>\nBehind the Scenes (34:44; HD)<\/span><\/b> are a collection of eight featurettes looking at how some of the scenes were shot such as the funeral home, estate sale, etc. and revealing the prank and subsequently getting release forms.<\/p>\nAlternate Marks (19:51; HD)<\/span><\/b> shows some basically alternate scenes with different people.<\/p>\nDeleted Scenes (6:09; HD)<\/span><\/b> are scenes that didn\u2019t make it into the final film.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
VIDEO \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\nBad Grandpa<\/i><\/b> strolls onto Blu-ray via Paramount presented with a 1.78 widescreen aspect ratio and a 1080p high-definition transfer. Considering this is a movie shot mostly through hidden cameras, it\u2019s no surprise that it doesn\u2019t exactly look astounding in HD where details are at times hazy and colors tend to be muted. The one bright spot is during the car ride scenes, it does seem crisper compared with other parts but its relatively minor. Needless to say, this is not a movie that benefits from high-def.<\/p>\n
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AUDIO \u2013 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track comes out a tad better though not by much. The bulk of the film is, of course, dialogue and dialogue recorded outside with hidden microphones, so it doesn\u2019t lead to the clearest audio. When we do get some music it makes use of the front and rear speakers otherwise this is a, at best, serviceable track, nothing more.<\/p>\n
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OVERALL \u2013 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\nOverall, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa<\/i><\/b> was far better and a lot funnier than I had expected it to be especially considering the Jackass<\/i> movies and show never was my cup of tea. However, most of the jokes land and there\u2019s enough plot there to string the jokes and pranks together quite nicely. The Blu-ray release comes with adequate audio\/video transfers and a fair number of features well worth checking out.<\/p>\n
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The Movieman
\n<\/i>Published: <\/b>01\/20\/2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa was far better and a lot funnier than I had expected it to be especially considering the Jackass movies and show never was my cup of tea. However, most of the jokes land and there\u2019s enough plot there to string the jokes and pranks together quite nicely. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2618,1164],"class_list":["post-6672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","tag-jackass","tag-johnny-knoxville"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6672"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27609,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6672\/revisions\/27609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa<\/i><\/b> was far better and a lot funnier than I had expected it to be especially considering the Jackass<\/i> movies and show never was my cup of tea. However, most of the jokes land and there\u2019s enough plot there to string the jokes and pranks together quite nicely.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/reviews\/2014\/badgrandpa-bd.jpg\" "\\"Buy")
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