Film

Grandma's Boy

Name: Grandma's Boy
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2006
Cast: Allen Covert, Doris Roberts, Linda Cardellini, Joel David Moore, Shirley Knight

Other titles called Grandma's Boy: the 1922 film.

Comedy
Light-hearted

A 35-year-old video game tester forced to move in with his grandmother discovers unexpected warmth in their relationship. It's a comedy that treats its elderly characters with genuine affection rather than contempt, blending crude humour with real sweetness. For anyone who's felt stuck between adolescence and adulthood, or who loves their grandparents more than they admit.

TMDb rating

3.3

Should you watch it?

Watch it if you laugh hardest at juvenile, gleefully crude comedy built on a man-child's arrested logic, and you don't mind the gross-out set pieces piling up one after another.

Skip it if you want sharp characters or a story that stays grounded; the humour here is loud, repetitive and frequently vulgar, and the plot bends to make room for the next gag.

What it asks of you: Ninety-five minutes of nonstop, unembarrassed silliness; you switch off the part of you that wants realism and simply go along with the escalating nonsense.

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