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27 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Kate TaylorThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Kate TaylorIt’s the direction, not the script, that really kills the picture, as Mazer limps along from the chugging contest to the half-naked conga line to the car chase without ever raising the laughs he needs from the comic set pieces or the tension he needs from the dramatic developments.
- 30TheWrapInkoo KangTheWrapInkoo KangIf nothing else, Dirty Grandpa is consistent: it maintains a tone of aggressive charmlessness from start to finish.
- 25The PlaylistKevin JagernauthThe PlaylistKevin JagernauthTedious and painfully miscalculated, Dirty Grandpa is never as filthy or funny as it thinks it is.
- 25Slant MagazineClayton DillardSlant MagazineClayton DillardAs in Judd Apatow's films, crassness is boasted as shamelessness, and calculated sentimentality is dressed up as empathy.
- 20ScreenCrushMatt SingerScreenCrushMatt SingerThere’s no issue with De Niro and Efron’s effort; both are game for every disgusting line and ludicrous set-piece. But they have less material to work with than Aubrey Plaza’s costume designer.
- 10The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckIt can be definitively stated that Dirty Grandpa is utterly unfunny.
- 0Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperIf Dirty Grandpa isn’t the worst movie of 2016, I have some serious cinematic torture in my near future.
- 0VarietyNick SchagerVarietyNick SchagerThis contemptible fiasco is not only comfortable courting laughs through ugly mockery of minorities, but also doesn’t even have the courage of its own crass-as-I-wannabe convictions.
- 0RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyRogerEbert.comGlenn KennyThe movie is so incredibly consistent in failing to land an honest laugh that about an hour into it, its not being funny becomes laughable.