Grandma
Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: August 21, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 37 Critic Reviews
Positive:
30
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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60
The TelegraphRobbie CollinDec 17, 2015
The film unquestionably dices with slightness. But you don’t leave the cinema feeling that something was missing, and Tomlin, who appears in every scene, constructs a persuasive and highly watchable character. Read full review
60
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottSep 18, 2015
What we end up with is a sweet, feminist character study that shows off Weitz's deft hand as a writer while doubling as a perfect showcase for Tomlin. Read full review
60
Time OutJoshua RothkopfAug 28, 2015
Would that Grandma had given rascally Sam Elliott more time to express his magnificent unease as Elle’s old flame, still wounded by her own choices. Single-handedly, he saves the film from its cutesy instincts. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsKatherine PushkarAug 19, 2015
As Elle, Tomlin is Tomlin, which is to say great. Garner’s Sage is whiny, wise and winsome, which is to say an excellent 18-year-old. Read full review
60
The GuardianBrian MoylanJun 11, 2015
Grandma is fun and brisk, though sometimes the encounters seem a little pat, and Elle’s grief about the death of her partner a year earlier is way overdone. Read full review
50
ObserverRex ReedAug 20, 2015
It’s a movie that knocks itself cross-eyed trying to be hip, clever and today about acerbic seniors, but instead it only makes you long for old ladies in aprons exclaiming “Land sakes alive, I smell something burning in the oven!” Read full review
50
Slant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundAug 19, 2015
Writer-director Paul Weitz's proudly boisterous star vehicle for Lily Tomlin has about as many ambitions as it does delusions. Read full review
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