Today’s Prayer Focus

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

MPA Rating: R-Rating (MPA)

for strong crude and sexual content throughout, language, some graphic nudity and brief drug use.

Moral Rating:	Extremely Offensive
Moviemaking Quality:
Primary Audience:	Adults
Genre:	Comedy
Length:	1 hr. 32 min.
Year of Release:	2013
USA Release:	October 25, 2013 (wide—3,336+ theaters) DVD: January 28, 2014

Relevant Issues

PORNOGRAPHY—How can I tell if I’m getting addicted to pornography or sex? Answer

TEMPTATIONS—How can I deal with temptations? Answer

gross-out humor

What are the potential effects of strong crudity and vulgarity and strong sinful sexual content on audiences?

cross dressing

public nudity

CHANGE HOLLYWOOD—What is being done to change the values of “Hollywood”? Answer

CELEBRITIES’ VIEWS—What do “Hollywood” celebrities believe about spiritual issues? Find out

Featuring	Johnny Knoxville … Irving Zisman Catherine Keener … Ellie Jackson Nicoll … Billy Greg Harris … Chuck Georgina Cates … Kimmie Kamber Hejlik … Doctor Jill Kill … Pageant Reporter See all » Madison Davis … Juggalo Girl George Faughnan … Juggalo Guy Grasie Mercedes … Hostess Marilynn Allain … Receptionist Jack Polick … Funeral Worker Spike Jonze … Gloria Marlon Davis … Himself Quintin Duncan … Himself Diyonte George … Himself Anthony Lanier … Himself Joseph Richmond … Himself Christopher Smiley … Himself Steve Harris … Himself David Barbour … Himself Brett Allison Panzik … Himself Brittany Mumford … Herself Taylor Goldschmidt … Herself Peyton Lytle … Herself Brenna Gaskin … Herself Taylor Hammond … Herself Emily Fortenberry … Herself Kassidy Sandra Hejlik … Herself Olivia Aldridge … Herself Tatum Perrine … Herself Abigail Weissert … Herself Madelyn Weissert … Herself Sara Jenkins … Herself Brandi Alden … Herself Christine Crosbie … Herself Blythe Barrington-Hughes … Herself Lilly Beaver … Herself Keri Chapin … Herself Isabella Crenshaw … Herself Emily Celeste … Herself Azel C. Colston Jr. … Himself Jimmy L. Gates … Himself Azel Bolden … Himself Lacretia T. Bolden … Herself Lucretia Bolden … Herself Pamelia Tyree-Carr … Herself Marvin Colston … Himself Morris Cammon … Himself Chester Curry III … Himself Carlton Lee Fellows … Himself Verlina Kirk … Herself Charles Lockett … Himself Shawn Long … Himself Kofi Washington … Herself Lisa Maley … Herself
Director	Jeff Tremaine
Producer	Dickhouse Productions MTV Films See all » Derek Freda … producer Spike Jonze … producer Johnny Knoxville … producer Jeff Tremaine … producer
Distributor	Paramount Pictures Corporation, a subsidiary of ViacomCBS

public celebration of crudity, vulgarity, illegal drug use, nudity and overall degeneracy

Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “Eighty-six-year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with… his eight-year-old grandson Billy, in ‘Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa’. Along the way Irving introduces the young and impressionable Billy to people, places, and situations that give new meaning to the term ‘childrearing.’ The duo encounters male strippers, disgruntled child beauty pageant contestants (and their equally disgruntled mothers), funeral home mourners, biker bar patrons, and a whole lot of unsuspecting citizens. Real people in unreal situations… one really messed up comedy.”

“VOTING” FOR BAD MOVIES—Every time you buy a movie ticket or rent a video you are casting a vote telling Hollywood “That’s what I want.” Why does Hollywood continue to promote immoral programming? Are YOU part of the problem? Answer

HOLLYWOOD DISCONNECT—Why is there a disconnect between “Hollywood” and the rest of America? Answer

See list of Relevant Issues—questions-and-answers.

Negative

Negative—I did not want to see “Jacka** Presents: Bad Grandpa,” but a family member took me to see it, and although there were a few genuinely funny moments, most of it was very, very crude, and there were several disturbing gags, all involving the male anatomy, which I thought could not be shown in an R-rated movie. There is a lot of graphic nudity, sexual references, comic violence and surprisngly a moderate amount of profanity. I DO NOT recommend this film.
My Ratings: Moral rating: Extremely Offensive / Moviemaking quality: ½

D, age 27 (USA)

Movie Critics

…one of the most depraved movies ever released by a major studio. Featuring a grandfather corrupting his young grandson with alcohol, vulgarity, promiscuity, theft, and dishonesty, it makes a very disturbing statement on how low a major American movie studio is willing to go to appeal to fans of depraved humor. …

Ted Baehr, Movieguide

…more shock video than slapstick… has no morals…

Graham Killeen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

…isn’t afraid to chase laughs with some low-hanging fruit… plenty of other penis throughout the film. …uncomfortable humour…

David Berry, National Post

… there’s still comic life in this decade-old franchise — provided, of course, the sight of a senior citizen getting his penis caught in a vending machine is the kind of thing that brings a smile to your face. … Too much of the 90-minute running time gets bogged down in Irving making lewd passes at uninterested younger women…

Scott Foundas, Variety

…as rude and lewd as you would expect. … the film falls down and can’t get up. … [2/4]

Michael O’Sullivan, The Washington Post

…non-stop line of pornographic chit-chat. … Just don't say — if you have a low tolerance for crude, rude and lewd — that I didn't warn you.

Stephen Whitty, The Star-Ledger (New Jersey)

…Most of the gags hinge on the shock expressed by their innocent foils when presented with the kind of scatological jokes and dick humor that they don’t expect from an old guy and an 8-year-old kid. … [2½/5]

Marjorie Baumgarten, The Austin Chronicle

…play out such tired pranks from the Jackass repertoire as brazenly shop lifting, flatulating in public and destroying property. … the antics come off as gags for the sake of cheap laughs. … [1/4]

Dave McGin, The Globe and Mail

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