{"id":102097,"date":"2020-12-26T02:26:30","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T10:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/?p=102097"},"modified":"2020-12-28T02:31:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T10:31:52","slug":"the-war-with-grandpa-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/the-war-with-grandpa-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The War With Grandpa"},"content":{"rendered":"

BLU-RAY REVIEW:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Universal;
\nComedy;
\n<\/strong>Box Office $18.39 million;
\n<\/strong>$22.98 DVD, $34.98 Blu-ray;
\n<\/strong>Rated \u2018PG\u2019 for rude humor, language, and some thematic elements.
\n<\/strong>Stars Robert De Niro, Oakes Fegley, Uma Thurman, Rob Riggle, Laura Marano, Poppy Gagnon, Cheech Marin, Christopher Walken, Jane Seymour.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Based on the children\u2019s novel of the same name by Robert Kimmel Smith, The War With Grandpa<\/em> is an odd little comedy that seems more mean-spirited than it turns out to be.<\/p>\n

Robert De Niro stars as Ed, who moves in with his daughter (Uma Thurman) after an accident. When he\u2019s given the room of his grandson, Peter (Oakes Fegley), this upsets the young lad. And since he\u2019s just learning about the U.S. Revolutionary War and the Declaration of Independence in school, he sends a note to grandpa declaring war unless his room is returned.<\/p>\n

Grandpa has a few chuckles with his pals over the note, but doesn\u2019t take it too seriously, prompting Peter to escalate things to a full-on prank war.<\/p>\n

Ed, understanding his grandson\u2019s frustration but egged on by his friends, pulls Peter aside and they work out a series of rules for when and where they can prank each other \u2014\u00a0the most important one is not letting Peter\u2019s parents or other siblings find out about it \u2014\u00a0so it never gets beyond harmless fun.<\/p>\n

That is, until Peter\u2019s younger sister has a Christmas-themed birthday party that gives the filmmakers all sorts of excuses for mayhem.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/em>The War With Grandpa<\/em> is filled with occasional laughs and should serve as a nice diversion for families looking to pass the time. In addition to the pretty standard back-and-forth prank format, the film also heavily relies on a \u201cFamily Guy\u201d-style flashback structure \u2014\u00a0in which a character brings up something that happened, prompting the film to cut to a scene of the humorous incident occurring.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also some clever stuff about the generational technology gap, as grandpa can\u2019t figure out how phones and automated checkout machines work, while the Jenny the youngest granddaughter keeps asking if Ed wants to watch a movie on the tablet she\u2019s always toting around.<\/p>\n

The Blu-ray presentation doesn\u2019t include any extras.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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