The War with Grandpa Review

The War with Grandpa

Release Date: 3rd December 2020 - Australia

Production Companies

Marro Films

Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films

(EPO Films)

TRI G

West Madison Entertainment

Distribution

Universal Pictures Australia

Genre: Family/Comedy

Rating: PG

Runtime: 98 minutes

Budget: $38,000,000

Box Office Gross: $40,800,804 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary

Peter is upset that his parents have forced him to give up his bedroom to his grandfather. Thus, an all-out war between the two has just begun. But will

the two realise there is more

than taking back one's property?

Cast

Robert DeNiro - Ed

Oakes Fegler - Peter

Uma Thurman - Sally

Rob Riggle - Arthur

Laura Marano - Mia

Poppy Gagnon - Jennifer

Cheech Marin - Danny

Christopher Walken - Jerry

Jane Seymour - Diane

Juliocesar Chavez - Billy

Isaac Kragten - Steve

T.J. McGibbon - Emma

Lydia Styslinger - Lisa

Joe Gelchion - Chuck

Colin Ford - Russell

Faizon Love - Store Manager

Rutanya Alda - Lynn Marino

Veronica Alicino - Nurse Alice

James Martin Kelly - Carl

Crew

Director - Tim Hill

Based on the Book "The War with Grandpa" - Robert Kimmel Smith

Screenplay - Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember

Executive Producers - Craig Chapman, Elizabeth Cree, Randall Emmett, Ted Fox, George Furla, Joe Gelchion,

Wayne Marc Godfrey, Robert Jones,

David Lubotta, Myles Nestel,

Christina Papagjika, Tre Peart,

Jane Rosenthal, Matthew Salloway,

Sonny Schwartz, Jimmy Sommers

and Berry Welsh

Co-Executive Producers - John Kennedy

Fitzgerald and Bryant Pike

Producers - Marvin & Rosa Morris Peart

and Phillip Glasser

Co-Producers - Tom Prince and

Mandy Spencer-Phillips

Co-Producer/Second Assistant Director -

Alan Steinman

Production Designer - John Collins

Art Director - Justin O'Neal Miller

Set Decorator - Lynne Mitchell

Costume Designer - Christopher Hargadon

Director of Photography - Greg Gardiner

Stunt Coordinator - Rudolf Weber

Special Effects Coordinator - John S. Baker

Visual Effects Supervisor: Crafty Apes -

Mark Ledoux

Set Supervisor: Crafty Apes - Nicholas Johnson

Editors - Peter S. Elliot and Craig Herring

Supervising Sound Editor - Michael J. Benavente

Co-Supervising Sound Editor - Paul Carden

Sound Design - Luke Gibleon

Re-Recording Mixers - Marc Fishman

and Gabriel J. Serrano

Music - Christopher Lennertz

Music Supervisor - Laurie Marie Mikus

Review

Hello, this is Rad Dingo. It is the anniversary of my blog FilmGuruLad which turned ten at the end of this year. I celebrated it with a critique of a recent movie. All of you must know that THE WAR WITH GRANDPA is not a sequel to Dirty Grandpa despite having the same actor Robert DeNiro and is a family-oriented comedy. However, due to my low expectations of Dirty Grandpa, it's a miracle that this movie isn't related to the latter. The former is deemed unsuitable for young children under 18. After watching the trailer, I decided to see THE WAR WITH GRANDPA and trust me... this film is a bit better than Dirty Grandpa. The movie is hilarious and endearing, but its message teaches you to respect the elders, even your grandparents! While disrespectful, it showcases several comical scenes that would leave all moviegoers in stitches!

Robert DeNiro has had this role easy, given his age. It's not like what he's been through in his career portraying characters in films that were hard-nosed, crazed and psychotic killers and gangsters. It's not the first time he's played a grandfatherly figure unless you count Dirty Grandpa. His fellow geriatrics like Christopher Walken, Jane Seymour and Cheech Marin are the supporting players. The same goes for Uma Thurman and Rob Riggle, who played the onscreen parents.

THE WAR WITH GRANDPA is a delightful and semi-decent comedy recommended for viewing by all ages and is worth my expectations. You will have to wait until this movie comes out on Blu-ray or DVD or your favourite streaming service, and you'll be able to give a cheer.

Star rating: (7/10) Good Movie

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In Memory of Jeremy Bulloch (1945-2020)

Jeremy Bulloch (1945-2020)

Dearest moviegoers and fans, we've lost another pivotal actor from the Star Wars series. Jeremy Bulloch, the British actor who portrayed Boba Fett in the original trilogy, passed away at age 75 on the 17th of December 2020 due to complications with Parkinson's. His death came weeks after the character reappeared in the Disney+ series "The Mandalorian". Which, in recent years, was played by New Zealand actor Temuera Morrison. Boba Fett's role in the movies was relatively minor. He has continued to be one of the most fan-favourite characters of the franchise. He is known to everyone in the Star Wars community, and we will sorely miss him.

He was born in Leicestershire in the English Midlands on the 16th of February 1945. As a child, Jeremy began his acting career in commercials during the late 1950s and at age 17, he starred in a movie, "Summer Holiday", opposite Cliff Richard. He appeared in the original Star Wars films, "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi", becoming the first physical actor to portray the Mandalorian bounty hunter.

While Jeremy was inside the costume of Boba Fett, the late Jason Wingreen voiced the character. Morrison would later dub over Wingreen's voice in the remastered versions to maintain the continuity within the prequels. Aside from playing Fett, Jeremy also had a small role as the Imperial Officer Lt. Sheckil in "The Empire Strikes Back". Years later, he made a cameo as the Alderaan pilot Captain Jeremoch Culton in "Revenge of the Sith". Jeremy even proved his love for the franchise by appearing in fan films for Save the Children. In 2004, he even appeared in a cameo in Mark Hamill's "Comic Book: The Movie". It also featured fellow Star Wars cast members David Prowse and Peter Mayhew. Jeremy also appears in three of the Roger Moore-starred James Bond films, "The Spy Who Loved Me", "For Your Eyes Only", and "Octopussy", as well as several TV shows, including "Doctor Who", "The Bill", "Casualty" and "Robin of Sherwood".

Jeremy, wherever you are, you gave us the character of the bounty hunter we all know and love.

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