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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy | Romance
Written by: Marc Fienberg
Directed by: Marc Fienberg
Release Date:
Theatrical: August 28, 2009
Running Time: 105 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for sexual content and language
Starring Paul Campbell, Andy Griffith, Doris Roberts, Marla Sokoloff, Liz Sheridan, Clint Howard, Rance Howard, and Juliette Jeffers
A young ladies' man, David, teaches his dating tricks to his lonely, widowed grandfather, and plays his best mind games to meet the woman of his dreams. But as David's games begin to fail him, Grandpa quickly transforms into the Don Juan of the nursing home. Slowly, the teacher becomes the student, and it's up to Grandpa to teach David that the best way to win the game of love is not to play games at all. But both David and Grandpa may have met their match in more ways than one. (Story Films)
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What The Critics Said
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New York Post Lou Lumenick
While Fienberg's direction is no great shakes, the film showcases its veteran cast.
Read Full Review >Variety Dennis Harvey
The comedy's broad perfs, predictable story beats and pro but characterless packaging have a smallscreen feel.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
The screenplay, written by first-time director Marc Fienberg, fervently stays true to an ancient sitcom tradition.
Read Full Review >St. Louis Post-Dispatch Joe Williams
Ultimately it's sunk by the hole in the middle: Paul Campbell (presidential aide Billy on "Battlestar Galactica") who substitutes smarm for charm as the archetypal player who gets played.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
Alas, the conceit of a double-dating Grandson and Gramps does not produce a great many laughs in this cringeworthy film.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
Undeniably offers cheap laughs, its most receptive audiences will likely be found in retirement-community auditoriums.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
If you love Viagra jokes, look no further. Otherwise, stay home and find yourself a "Golden Girls" marathon.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Aaron Hillis
This Lifetime-ready comedy is hardly provocative--let alone perceptive, funny, or fresh
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Janice Page
Fienberg’s film spends most of its time trying to convince us that true love starts when you stop playing games. Then, in the final minutes, it reverses itself and puts gamesmanship back up on another wobbly pedestal. The result is hard to cheer.
Read Full Review >Washington Post John Anderson
A sex romp starring Andy Griffith? Holy AARP! The good news is that the seemingly perennial TV fixture is still funny and sharp and folksy. The bad news is that he lost the bet, or whatever it was that got him into Marc Fienberg's smarmy, lackluster comedy.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Peter Hartlaub
Has all kinds of good intentions, but the comedy is too broad and the pacing is clumsy. And then there's the Andy Griffith sex scene.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
This comedy is a bilge pump of tacky jokes, fake sentiment, and hollow performances, accompanied on the soundtrack by lite rock and hokey music cues. It should never have been made, though it's probably guaranteed a long life at bad-film festivals.
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