The War With Grandpa
critic Reviews
, 29% Rotten Tomatometer Score- Fitfully funny but mostly misguided, The War with Grandpa will leave audiences with a handful of chuckles -- and a lot of questions about what this talented cast was thinking.
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreAmy NicholsonFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
It depends on your tolerance for watching Robert De Niro flash people.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreBilge EbiriNew York Magazine/Vulture
It's the kind of film that seems to vanish from the mind even as you're watching it.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScorePeter TraversABC News
barely passable piffle
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreJohnny OleksinskiNew York Post
Who knew a dodgeball game between Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Cheech Marin, Jane Seymour and a bunch of rowdy kids could be so bland?
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreJames BerardinelliReelViews
Robert De Niro has made his share of nearly-unwatchable comedies so, although it's tempting to say The War with Grandpa is the worst, I can't say that definitively.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreBenjamin LeeGuardian
The fact that The War with Grandpa finally dragged itself off from the shelf is something of a win but now that we're able to see it, the real loser is us.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScorePete Vonder HaarHouston Press
A "comedy for the whole family" assumes adults want De Niro and Riggle sharing multiple scenes where the latter reacts convulsively to Grandpa's accidentally exposed penis.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJim Schembrijimschembri.com
Another pleasing, undemanding feather-light Robert De Niro comedy and yet another example where you survey the reviews after seeing the film and wonder if everybody else saw a different version. It's an unassuming, straight up-and-down family comedy.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreSusan GrangerSSG Syndicate
You can find this frivolous, if forgettable family comedy - filled with childish, slapstick pranks - at Redbox now...
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreJohn SerbaDecider
Consistently terrible.
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