Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

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Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

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2013

1h 32m

Comedy

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Irascible Irving Zisman and his young and impressionable grandson, Billy, set out on a road trip across America. Hidden cameras capture their insane and shocking encounters with a diverse set of unsuspecting citizens, including male strippers, disgruntled contestants (and their mothers) from a children's beauty pageant, mourners at a funeral home, patrons at a biker bar and more. Based on the "Jackass" TV series.

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Critics Consensus

Never quite as funny as it wants to be, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa still offers viewers the timeless pleasures of seeing an old man get his privates stuck in a vending machine.

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Wesley Morris

Grantland

12/10/2013

The wrongs pile up, and there's a clear object of satire. That feels new for the Jackass experience: a target that isn't a crotch. I'd like to see Irv try to strike again with braver gags.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

11/07/2013

Onlookers occasionally glance into the camera, a pretty good sign that people are hip to these prankster movies now and just play along.

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

10/28/2013

1/5

Secondhand gags, third-rate execution, fourth-rate results.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

09/04/2023

0/5

Plenty of things want to be funny, but Bad Grandpa bites off more than its dentures can chew this time around.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

09/12/2020

3.5/4.0

Amidst all the chaos and naughtiness, there's an unabashed celebration of the human spirit here that left me simultaneously laughing and crying.

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Allen Almachar

The MacGuffin

07/23/2020

C+

You can laugh at poop and fart jokes for only so long; sooner or later all the pooping and farting will start to stink.

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Robert H

@Rwhobbs198 4d

Bad Grandpa is a hilarious spin-off built around one of the funniest characters to come out of Jackass. Johnny Knoxville fully commits to the role, following the outrageous Bad Grandpa as he unexpectedly travels with his young grandson after being left on his own. The hidden-camera format creates some genuinely shocking and laugh-out-loud moments, with unsuspecting people reacting to the absurd situations in real time. It's crude, ridiculous, and certainly not for everyone, but if you enjoy the Jackass style of comedy, it's an entertaining ride from start to finish.

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matthias S

@Thescreenasvor Jul 10

**★★★★☆** *Bad Grandpa* is one of my favorite *Jackass* projects because it takes the usual hidden-camera chaos and turns it into an actual movie. Johnny Knoxville is surprisingly convincing as Irving, and the whole thing is much better acted than you'd expect. It's still packed with outrageous pranks, but there's also a genuinely sweet relationship at the heart of it that gives the film more charm than a typical *Jackass* outing. The beauty pageant sequence is easily one of the greatest hidden-camera bits they've ever pulled off—I was crying with laughter. Hilarious, surprisingly heartfelt, and endlessly entertaining.

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Harry H

@Movies10 Jun 24

Trying to combine a narrative with Jackass style stunts sounds great on paper but in execution not so much would have been better had they filmed like a real movie an not a hidden camera type film as is i feel like a got the whole joke from the trailer but was reasonably entertained

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Steven F.

@SteveGotScored Feb 17

Absolutely wild and hilarious!

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Tom C

@RT77388749 07/22/2025

Laugh-out-loud funny. The reason it works so will is the unsuspecting bystanders to the pranks. Just ordinary people witnessing one outrageous stunt after another.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 06/19/2025

On Blu-Ray players, the extended version is funnier and longer. LOL. A success on home media. Rated R for Language, Brief Drug Use, Some Graphic Nudity and Strong Crude & Sexual Content.

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Synopsis

Irascible Irving Zisman and his young and impressionable grandson, Billy, set out on a road trip across America. Hidden cameras capture their insane and shocking encounters with a diverse set of unsuspecting citizens, including male strippers, disgruntled contestants (and their mothers) from a children's beauty pageant, mourners at a funeral home, patrons at a biker bar and more. Based on the "Jackass" TV series.

Director: Jeff Tremaine
Producer: Jeff Tremaine, Spike Jonze, Johnny Knoxville, Derek Freda
Screenwriter: Johnny Knoxville, Spike Jonze, Jeff Tremaine
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount, Dickhouse Productions, MTV Films
Rating: R (Language|Brief Drug Use|Some Graphic Nudity|Strong Crude & Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 25, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 29, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $102.0M
Runtime: 1h 32m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, Datasat