Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

For anyone else, converting a 30 second skit into a feature length movie would be borderline impossible. However as we full well know from his Jackass antics, Jonny Knoxville always takes the word impossible with a pinch of salt.

Irving Zisman is a creation of Knoxville’s and used in Jackass to generate awkward situations, typically by leaving his fake old man testicles hanging out of his shorts and falling on people. Not to say that seeing grown men run away from an old man’s privates isn’t funny, but you would think that there’s only so many times that a joke like that can be used.

This is not the case with Bad Grandpa as we see Knoxville rise to new levels with his ridiculous stunts and by the end of the film almost becomes convincing as an old man. As you’d expect we do see Irving’s manhood several times in the film, but this time he goes a step beyond by destroying property, defecating on walls and even dropping his dead wife off a bridge. Even his grandson plays a part in the mayhem but can get away with it because of his mischievous character.

A warning for those Jackass fanatics who were hoping for more of the same from Knoxville and crew, it is not what you’d expect. It is a film that flows with a real plot line and at some moments there is even the opportunity to feel compassionate towards Irving and his grandson. The film does lack some originality but it’s ultimately the public deception that draws you in to make it hilarious and definitely worth a watch.