MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for some violence and suggestive material)Ĭast: James Caan, Dylan Everett, Louis Gossett Jr., Jessica Walter, Paul Sorvino and Greta OnieogouĬredits: Directed by Eric Canuel, script by Jeff Schechter A CCI Entertainment/Netflix release. But man - let’s wish for better things for everybody involved, save for the screenwriter. Welsh, of “Twin Peaks” back in the day and TV’s “Lodge 49” today, is gifted with the only sight gags - a deep sea “walker” and a first generation (1950ish) “computer” that he still uses.Īnd that’s about it, just some fairly colorless young performers teamed up with guys who mention “I have to pee eight times a night, six times in the toilet.”Ĭaan, Gossett, Sorvino and the rest get to work, everybody puts some effort in. We’re treated to a few threats that the stunt people and Caan back up, DeNiro in “The Irishman” style - half-speed, cautious kicks and fights where the fear of breaking a hip is obvious. “I thought you were dead.” “I don’t think so.” The script gives nobody but Caan anything amusing to say, and all of that is recycled from a dozen better movies. , Paul Sorvino, Kenneth Welsh and Lawrence Dane as the elderly experts in camo, weapons, tech and tactics that Grandpa used to to work with. So we’ve got a more PG than PG-13 “RED,” with Louis Gossett Jr. And before Grandpa’s old boss (Jessica Walter), running her covert ops HQ out of the basement of the local sanitation plant, can stop them - Grandpa is “getting the team back together. That’s not good.”Īs he tries to convince the kid,m who is “tired of everybody telling me what to do,” we gather that this war criminal on the lam (Paul Braunstein) might be behind it. In a last ditch effort to rescue Angie, Grandpa re-enlists 'The Devil's Scum', his old special ops unit who band together with Jake to go on one last mission.Anonymous. When Angie gets kidnapped, the truth about Grandpa comes out. Then Angie disappears from the spot where her Mini Cooper broke down (true-to-life accuracy) and all Grandpa has to do is sniff the air and read the tire and shoe tracks to know what went down. Jake Bouchard, a shy 17-year-old, has finally scored a date with the incredibly wonderful Angie. When the girl he likes goes missing, Jake enlists the help of his grandpa and his WWII buddies.
You tell the family you invented “KFC” during the Bay of Pigs, nobody’s going to take you seriously. Undercover Grandpa (2017) 12 (US) Family, Comedy 1h 39m User Score. He’s always dropping broad hints of his many exploits and adventures in covert ops, as a member of the Devil’s Scum.
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But he’s got to drive his beloved, yarn-spinning blowhard of a grandpa (Caan) around first. Undercover Grandpa streaming: where to watch online Currently you are able to watch 'Undercover Grandpa' streaming on Peacock, Peacock Premium, The Roku Channel, Tubi TV, Redbox for free with ads or buy it as download on Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Vudu. It’s about a private school teen ( Dylan Everett of TV’s “Pure”) who only wants to score points with fastpitch softball siren Angie ( Greta Onieogou of TV’s “All American”).
He was 76 when he made “Undercover Grandpa,” and he’s the only reason to see it, offering up a tiny taste of his lingering twinkle in a comedy that’s far beneath his talents. Stream “Holy Lands” or “The Good Neighbor” to get an idea of what he still gets out of it, aside from a paycheck.
He’s still working, diving into indie fare and B-movies and cheap exploitation pics, and he generally shows up and makes sure he delivers fair value.
The man turns 80 this year, and there was no way he was ever going “gentle into that good night,” as the poet said. When Angie gets kidnapped, the truth about Grandpa comes out: he re-enlists "The Devils Scum", his old WW2 unit who band together with Jake to go on one last mission.God bless James Caan. He is a bit worried that she might meet his crazy grandfather at the family dinner. Jake Bouchard, a shy 17 year old, has finally scored a date with the incredibly wonderful Angie. James Caan, Dylan Everett, Paul Sorvino, Kenneth Welsh, Lawrence Dane, Paul Braunstein, Greta Onieogou, Jesse Botwick, Jenn Robertson, Jessica Walter, Louis Gossett Jr. Gilbert executive producer, Jeff Sackman Colin Bohm Noah Segal Charles Falzon scenario, Jeffrey Alan Schechter photography, Pierre Gill editing, Jean-Francois Bergeron music, Michel Corriveau Luc St-Pierre Cast credit: CAMBIUM CATALYST INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION Accession:ĭirector, Erik Canuel producer/executive producer, Arnie Zipursky producer, R.J.
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