Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

Eighty-six-year-old Irving Zisman's celebration over the death of his wife, Ellie, is cut short when he gets stuck with his eight-year-old grandson, Billy, because his mother, Kimmie (Irving's daughter), violated her parole and consequently is going back to jail. Kimmie urges Irving to make sure Billy makes it to his father. Irving and Billy get on a video call with Billy's deadbeat dad, Chuck, who instructs Irving to take Billy down to Raleigh, North Carolina by 2 P.M. Sunday.

To make money, Irving sells his former wife's belongings, and later calls over two men to get her dead body into the trunk of his car. They settle her corpse in, and Irving and Billy hit the road. Billy is hungry, so Irving pulls over to a nearby market. He tries to flirt with a woman, as Billy goes on a ride that seems to not work. Irving tries going on the ride and it springs off its base.

Frustrated, Irving tries to ship Billy to North Carolina through the post office, but his attempt is not successful. Afterwards, he goes to play Bingo, leading to shenanigans between Irving and the other Bingo players, as Billy wanders off asking a random man to be his replacement dad.

Billy gets hungry again, so the two go to a supermarket. Irving shoplifts and makes Billy and himself a sandwich while they are in the store. Irving is confronted by staff for stealing, but he and Billy manage to leave.

Irving and Billy stop at a motel. Irving goes to a black men strip club so he could hook up with aroused women. He starts stripping as his testicles hang out of his underwear, disgusting the people in the club.

As they approach North Carolina, Irving uses Billy to attract women, but none fall for him. They drive to a diner, where Irving crashes into a large penguin statue. A man who promotes the diner is angered by this and demands him to fix the statue. They go in the diner and try to entertain each other by farting, but Irving accidentally defecates on the wall, so they leave.

Billy gets hungry once again, so Irving takes him to a church where a wedding reception is taking place. During a group photo, Irving swipes a glass of champagne from a wine glass tower, causing the entirety of the tower to collapse. He then falls on top of the table the tower was on and inadvertently destroys the wedding cake.

Irving drives Billy to a bar, where they are set to meet Billy's dad, Chuck, who is also speaking with a member of a biker organization entitled Guardians of the Children, which is an organization that assists abused children. They enter the bar, and Irving drops Billy off, bidding him farewell. Irving drives away, when he immediately starts to regret his decision, and returns to the bar. Chuck starts to show bad parenting toward Billy, which is noticed by the G.O.C. So, Irving successfully gets Billy as the members hold Chuck back.

To celebrate, Irving and Billy crash a beauty pageant after spotting the flyer on their road trip. Afterwards, Irving drives up to a bridge where he and Billy finally get rid of Ellie's body by throwing it into a river and proceed to go fishing.

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• Johnny Knoxville as Irving Zisman{{cite web|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=107218|title=The Trailer for Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa is Here!|date=July 31, 2013|website=ComingSoon.net|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-date=October 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026233720/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=107218}}
• Jackson Nicoll as Billy Zisman-Muskie
• Greg Harris as Chuck Muskie
• Georgina Cates as Kimmie Zisman
• Kamber Hejlik as Doctor
• Jill Kill as Pageant Reporter
• Madison Davis as Juggalo Girl
• George Faughnan as Juggalo Guy
• Grasie Mercedes as Hostess
• Marilynn Allain as Receptionist
• Jack Polick as Funeral Worker{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}
• Spike Jonze as Gloria
• Catherine Keener as Ellie Zisman
• Blythe Barrington Hughes as herself

In March 2012, Johnny Knoxville discussed the possibility of a fourth Jackass movie, saying "we're keeping our mind open" and "I've got 50–60 ideas on top of all the stuff we didn't get to shoot."{{cite web|url=http://www.craveonline.com/film/previews/184731-sxsw-interview-johnny-knoxville?start=1|title=SXSW Interview: Johnny Knoxville: On Arnold Schwarzenegger's comeback film The Last Stand, Nature Calls and more Jackass|last=Topel|first=Fred|date=March 14, 2012|website=CraveOnline|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602082332/http://www.craveonline.com/film/previews/184731-sxsw-interview-johnny-knoxville?start=1|archive-date=June 2, 2013|access-date=May 14, 2013}} Then in June 2012, it was reported Paramount "registered several domains for a film that would be called Jackass 4: Bad Grandpa."{{cite web|url=http://www.slashfilm.com/paramount-registers-domains-jackass-4-bad-grandpa/|title=Paramount Registers Domains For 'Jackass 4: Bad Grandpa'|last=Lussier|first=Germain|date=June 7, 2012|website=SlashFilm|access-date=June 7, 2012}} During Bam Margera's September 18, 2012 interview on The Howard Stern Show about Jackass he said: "There's going to be a whole movie about Knoxville's grandpa character."{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1aNT72VekA |title=Howard Stern Show – Bam Margera's Stalker & Other Tales, Part 1 of 3 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=August 1, 2013}} The film was officially announced on July 17, 2013, and released on October 25, 2013.{{cite web|url=http://collider.com/jackass-bad-grandpa-paranormal-activity-5/|title=JACKASS: BAD GRANDPA Set for October 25th; PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 5 Moves to January 3, 2014|last=Goldberg|first=Matt|date=July 17, 2013|website=Collider|access-date=August 1, 2013}} Knoxville revealed that he and director Jeff Tremaine had been approached about making a film featuring the Irving Zisman character, but held off as they did not feel a plot consisting of pranking the public would be able to carry an entire film. Eventually, Tremaine and Knoxville came up with a story to structure the pranks around. The film was dedicated to Jackass cast member Ryan Dunn, who died in 2011.

Much of Bad Grandpa was filmed in Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, as well as North Carolina.{{cite web|url=http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/exclusive-11-interview-bad-grandpa-director-jeff-tremaine|title=Exclusive 1:1 Interview: Bad Grandpa Director Jeff Tremaine!|author=JimmyO|date=October 23, 2013|website=JoBlo.com|publisher=Joblo Media Inc|access-date=December 12, 2013|quote=We shot in Ohio quite a bit, in Columbus and Cleveland and North Carolina a lot}} The first scene shot featured Irving enraging golfers on a Columbus course, where he was working as a groundskeeper. "At that point all of my hesitancy just washed away," Knoxville said. "We got so much funny stuff that we knew we had something special." Alterian, Inc.'s prosthetic Irving Zisman makeup took three and a half hours to apply to Knoxville every morning. Five hours were needed for scenes requiring Knoxville to remove his shirt. Jackson Nicoll was cast as Billy, Irving Zisman's grandson. Knoxville cast Nicoll after working with him on the 2012 film Fun Size. "Jackson would just follow me on the set and verbally assault me while hitting me in the zipper," Knoxville said. "I was just shaking my head thinking that this kid is a piece of work. He's unbelievable. I think he was sent from heaven."{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/07/30/bad-grandpa-jackass-johnny-knoxville/2596245/|title=Johnny Knoxville: Sidekicked in 'Bad Grandpa'|last=Alexander|first=Bryan|date=July 31, 2013|work=USA Today|access-date=August 1, 2013}}

Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 61% based on 112 reviews, with an average rating of 5.52/10. The site's critics consensus states: "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."{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jackass_presents_bad_grandpa/ |title=Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa |publisher= Fandango Media |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=July 22, 2019}} Metacritic, gave it a weighted average score of 54 out of 100 based on 29 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.{{cite web |url= http://www.metacritic.com/movie/jackass-presents-bad-grandpa |title=Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa Reviews |publisher= CBS Interactive |website=Metacritic |access-date= October 25, 2013}} Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemascore.com|title=Find CinemaScore|format=Type "Jackass" in the search box|publisher=CinemaScore|access-date=July 20, 2021}} The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling at the 86th Academy Awards, but lost to the biographical drama Dallas Buyers Club.

Ashley Clark of Time Out gave the film two out of five stars, saying "In Bad Grandpa, there's no shock value: the physical comedy is down to a minimum, replaced by a creaking humour almost as dated as Zisman himself."{{cite web|author=Ashley Clark |url=http://www.timeout.com/london/film/jackass-presents-bad-grandpa |title=Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa | review, synopsis, book tickets, showtimes, movie release date | Time Out London |date=October 22, 2013 |publisher=Timeout.com |access-date=October 25, 2013}} Scott Foundas of Variety gave the film a positive review, saying "Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa shows 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."{{cite news|author=Scott Foundas |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/film-review-jackass-presents-bad-grandpa-1200754672/ |title='Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa' Review: Irving Zisman Gets His Closeup |publisher=Variety |access-date=October 25, 2013}} Amy Nicholson of LA Weekly gave the film a C, saying "The joke is really on Knoxville, who, despite flinging himself through a glass wall and rigging up a fake poo-sprayer in his pants, gets fewer laughs than his boy sidekick."{{cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/movies/jackass-presents-bad-grandpa-2134072/ |title=Los Angeles: Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa |publisher=Laweekly.com |date=July 20, 2013 |access-date=October 25, 2013}} Elizabeth Weitzman of New York Daily News gave the film a negative review, saying "Knoxville and the perfectly cast Nicoll have great chemistry throughout. But longtime "Jackass" director Jeff Tremaine consistently cuts away too quickly, undermining each joke in order to rush on to the next."{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/bad-grandpa-movie-review-article-1.1494373|title='Bad Grandpa,' movie review|last=Weitzman|first=Elizabeth|date=October 24, 2013|work=NY Daily News|access-date=October 25, 2013|location=New York}} Michael O'Sullivan of The Washington Post gave the film two out of four stars, saying "Although we're allowed the perverse pleasure of watching Irving commit one inappropriate act after another, our sense of horror/delight dissipates after each one."{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/jackass-presents-bad-grandpa-movie-review/2013/10/23/9bf09296-3c01-11e3-b6a9-da62c264f40e_story.html|title='Jackass Presents Bad Grandpa' movie review|last=O'Sullivan|first=Michael|date=April 24, 2012|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=October 25, 2013}}

Peter Keough of The Boston Globe gave the film three out of four stars, saying "Though at times it grows predictable and more inane than outrageous, Bad Grandpa gets more than its share of cheap laughs."{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/movies/2013/10/24/that-jackass-crew-strikes-again/wg2DwfPUf0iXprAVvZQGZO/story.html|title='Jackass' crew strikes again with 'Bad Grandpa'|last=Keough|first=Peter|date=October 18, 2013|work=The Boston Globe|access-date=October 25, 2013}} Colin Covert of the Star Tribune gave the film four out of four stars, saying "Bad Grandpa has the thrill of a dirty joke, brilliantly told. This film is emphatically not for everyone, but if it's not for you, too bad."{{cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/movies/229137421.html|title='Bad Grandpa' is a terrible, hilarious influence|last=Covert|first=Colin|date=October 25, 2013|website=Star Tribune|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031120602/http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/movies/229137421.html|archive-date=October 31, 2013|access-date=October 25, 2013}} Scott Bowles of USA Today gave the film three out of four stars, saying "Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa not only stands as the best installment (by bounds) of Johnny Knoxville's hidden-camera franchise; it's one of the sharpest comedies of the year."{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/10/24/jackass-presents-movie-review/2894359/|title='Bad Grandpa' matures to score candid camera laughs|last=Bowles|first=Scott|date=October 24, 2013|work=USA Today|access-date=October 25, 2013}} Alonso Duralde of The Wrap gave the film a positive review, saying "When the three-act structure gets shoved to the side for fun and games, Bad Grandpa delivers some of the heartiest laughs I've had all year."{{cite web|url=http://www.thewrap.com/bad-grandpa-review-slightly-tamer-still-outrageous-jackass/|title='Bad Grandpa' Review: 'Jackass' in Old-Man Drag Is Slightly Tamer but Still Outrageously Hilarious (Video)|last=Duralde|first=Alonso|date=October 23, 2013|website=TheWrap|access-date=October 25, 2013}} Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a B−, saying "You'll occasionally laugh out loud, but the heart of the movie is safe enough to chuckle at."{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2013/11/01/jackass-presents-bad-grandpa-movie|title=Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa Movie Review|last=Gleiberman|first=Owen|date=November 1, 2013|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=October 26, 2013}} R. Kurt Osenlund of Slant Magazine gave the film a half a star out of four, saying "A choppy, feature-length progression of crude, predictable gags, Bad Grandpa plays like a variety show, and yet its main attraction is barely funny enough to warrant his own brief sketch."{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/bad-grandpa |title=Bad Grandpa |date=October 25, 2013 |publisher=Slant Magazine |access-date=October 26, 2013}}

Sam Adams of Time Out New York gave the film two out of five stars, saying "Apart from a handful of physical stunts and the penultimate biker-bar setup, Knoxville never puts himself at risk, and the imbalance of power curdles the imperative to laugh at the rubes."{{cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/us/film/jackass-presents-bad-grandpa-movie-review|title=Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa: movie review|last=Adams|first=Sam|date=October 24, 2013|website=TimeOut|access-date=October 26, 2013|archive-date=October 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131028043855/http://www.timeout.com/us/film/jackass-presents-bad-grandpa-movie-review}} Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying "It's not really a movie. It's Johnny Knoxville and his Jackass crew faking out real people into believing he's 86-year-old Irving Zisman, an old fart bag traveling cross-country."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/bad-grandpa-20131024|title='Bad Grandpa' Movie Review|last=Travers|first=Peter|date=October 24, 2013|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=October 26, 2013}} Peter Hartlaub of the San Francisco Chronicle gave the film two out of four stars, saying "Some of the pranks are masterfully executed; the beauty pageant and a disastrous funeral near the beginning stand out. But on the whole, Bad Grandpa can't locate a consistent groove."{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Jackass-Presents-Bad-Grandpa-review-4922868.php|title='Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa' review|last=Hartlaub|first=Peter|date=October 16, 2013|work=SFGate|access-date=October 25, 2013}} Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times gave the film three and a half stars out of five, saying "The film has a story complete with a beginning, middle and end. It has some acting and emotion. And most shocking of all - it has empathy."{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-bad-grandpa-review-20131025,0,4373458.story#axzz2ig5NxZ3G|title=Review: Johnny Knoxville's 'Bad Grandpa' is higher-brow lowbrow|last=Sharkey|first=Betsy|date=October 24, 2013|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=October 25, 2013}} Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times gave the film three and a half stars out of five, saying "It's hard to score big laughs with hidden-camera material these days because there has been so much of it since the "Jackass" TV show, but Mr. Knoxville and his young sidekick still land a few jaw-droppers."{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/25/movies/jackass-presents-bad-grandpa-with-more-pranks.html|title=Crudely Closing a Generation Gap|last=Genzlinger|first=Neil|date=October 24, 2013|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 17, 2014|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}

Amy Nicholson of The Village Voice gave the film a negative review, saying "By Jackass standards, Bad Grandpa is benign—it's neither as fun nor as thrilling as watching Knoxville play tetherball with a beehive."{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2013-10-23/film/bad-grandpa/|title=Bad Grandpa's Kid Actor Outshines Johnny Knoxville|last=Nicholson|first=Amy|date=October 23, 2013|website=Village Voice|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423194131/http://www.villagevoice.com/2013-10-23/film/bad-grandpa/|archive-date=April 23, 2014|access-date=October 26, 2013}} Linda Barnard of the Toronto Star gave the film one and a half stars out of four, saying "Fans of the MTV series and related flicks will be quite entertained by this latest extrusion from the Jackass factory. But like the lime-green bingo dabber contents Irving drinks down to the horror of his seatmates, it's an acquired taste."{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2013/10/24/bad_grandpa_packs_a_plot_but_hes_still_a_jackass_review.html |title=Bad Grandpa packs a plot. But he's still a Jackass: review |work=Thestar.com |date= October 24, 2013|access-date=October 26, 2013 |location=Toronto}} Kyle Ryan of The A.V. Club gave the film a B−, saying "No one will ever mistake the Jackass franchise for good cinema, but it never aspired to that. It was always about allowing the gleeful anarchy of the TV series to escape the constraints of television — to be more outrageous, gross, and profane than the FCC would ever allow."{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/jackass-presents-bad-grandpa-1798178431|title=Jackass Presents Bad Grandpa|last=Ryan|first=Kyle|date=October 24, 2013|website=The A.V. Club|access-date=October 26, 2013}} Steve Rose of The Guardian gave the film three out of five stars, saying "Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat set the bar very high for this type of narrative-driven prankery, and in comparison, Bad Grandpa comes across as disjointed and aimless."{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/oct/24/jackass-presents-bad-grandpa-review|title=Jackass Presents Bad Grandpa – review|last=Rose|first=Steve|date=October 24, 2013|website=The Guardian|access-date=October 26, 2013}}

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa grossed $102,003,019 in North America, and $48,900,000 in other countries, for a worldwide total of $150,903,019.{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=badgrandpa.htm|title=Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013)|date=October 1, 2013|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=February 7, 2014}} In North America, the film opened to #1 in its first weekend, with $32,055,177.{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2013&wknd=43&p=.htm |title=Weekend Box Office Results for October 25-27, 2013 |work = Box Office Mojo |access-date=October 27, 2013}} In its second weekend, the film dropped to number two, grossing an additional $20,010,303.{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2013&wknd=44&p=.htm|title=Weekend Box Office Results for November 1-3, 2013|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=November 10, 2013}} In its third weekend, the film stayed at number two, grossing $11,326,977.{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2013&wknd=45&p=.htm|title=Weekend Box Office Results for November 8-10, 2013|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=January 16, 2014}} In its fourth weekend, the film dropped to number five, grossing $7,421,536.{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2013&wknd=46&p=.htm|title=Weekend Box Office Results for November 15-17, 2013|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=January 16, 2014}}

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa was released on DVD and Blu-ray on January 28, 2014, in its theatrical version and an unrated version.{{cite web|url=http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=12836|title=Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa Blu-ray|date=December 17, 2013|website=Blu-ray.com|access-date=December 19, 2013}}

A version of the film with unused footage, titled Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5, includes over 40 minutes of additional outtakes and interviews, and premiered June 15, 2014, on MTV.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1845450/bad-grandpa-the-secret-of-johnny-knoxvilles-accent/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910134120/http://www.mtv.com/news/1845450/bad-grandpa-the-secret-of-johnny-knoxvilles-accent/|archive-date=September 10, 2014|title='Bad Grandpa:' The Secret Of Johnny Knoxville's Accent|last=Zalben|first=Alex|date=June 13, 2014|website=MTV|access-date=June 20, 2014}} It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on July 8, 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=14032|title=Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 Blu-ray|date=May 21, 2014|website=Blu-ray.com|access-date=May 22, 2014}}

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