SanEat A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Blake Rivera If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Prismark10 Grandma is an Oscar bait movie for Lily Tomlin. She plays the acerbic even bitter grandma (Elle) of the title. A renowned writer, poet, lecturer and lesbian we see her cruelly breaking up with a much younger partner. Of course Elle has never got over the death of her long term partner.The film is divided up into six segments but is essentially a road movie set in a single day where Elle revisits her past and allows Tomlin to be grouchy and bad tempered. Yet the the reason for her journey is her granddaughter has turned up and announced she is pregnant and wants money (about $600) for an abortion.We later find out that her mother (Marcia Gay Harden) is a high powered businesswoman and has plenty of money but both her daughter and Elle have an uneasy relationship with her.Elle only has a few bucks in her name goes out with her granddaughter in her old, classic car to visit people from her past, a few who owe her money. First stop though is her granddaughter's douche bag boyfriend who Elle beats up.Of course further along the journey Elle becomes tender, her edginess becomes less jagged. The best scenes are with her ex played by Sam Elliott who is still bitter after forty years that she left him the way she did.Of course the abortion angle is not taken lightly. Elliott has become a patriarch with several grandchildren and is not happy to give money for an abortion. At the abortion clinic Elle gets into an argument with a protester.The film is billed as a comedy drama. There is less comedy but it is a no nonsense film about ageing, family and looking back over your life.

meeza Writer-Director Paul Weitz' dramedy "Grandma" might not be a grand showstopper of a movie but it has a grand performance from veteran actress Lily Tomlin, and that was grandly suffice. Tomlin stars as Elle, an outspoken & tough-as-nails grandmother/mom who assists her granddaughter Sage in her mission to get funds for an abortion. It might sound like a very simplistic plot, but there were some dynamic family connections to it; especially when Sage's mom/Elle's daughter Judy comes into the picture. Weitz draws up "Grandma" as a mini-tour movie highlighting Elle and Sage, and it primarily focuses on how an vociferous and mean-spirited grandmother could still show her "heart of gold" to do whatever it takes to help her granddaughter. Sure, there is some formulaic family feud dynamics we have seen before, especially in the relationship between Elle and Judy; but it's not that huge of a flaw. Tomlin was grandly snubbed for a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her outstanding performance here as Elle. Although, Marcia Gay Harden as Judy and Julia Garner as Sage were performances that were not too grand. I did like though the supporting work of the vastly underrated Judy Greer as Elle's younger lover Olivia, and Sam Elliot as Elle's ex-boyfriend Karl. But it's Tomlin who was the most grandiose in "Grandma", and that enough is worth a grand look at this movie. **** Good

Simply-Red There is almost nothing funny in this movie. I can't imagine how anyone would describe this with the word "comedy" even if it is followed by "drama".The movie is not terrible, it's just not really good. There are some decent life lessons about the past we leave in our wake and how our actions affect others, so there is some redeemable quality in the film. Those heady movie lovers that for some reason love slow, dialogous films...like to read a lot of books...and usually have ticking and chiming clocks...and cats in their home, love this kind of flick.Spoiler: What the movie's description fails to tell the potential viewer of the film is that not only is Lily Tomlin's character a lesbian and her daughter chose to not have a husband or wife because she is a workaholic and was inseminated with her child, Lily's granddaughter. In addition...the "help" the teenager/granddaughter is looking for in the description is to obtain money quickly for an abortion. So an unwitting viewer like me had no idea that was coming.I think the description is misleading and should be clearer, which would be fairer to a large segment of the population that doesn't find lesbian and abortion content entertaining at all. The Netflix description doesn't mention anything of this stuff, and the IMDb description mentions an "unplanned pregnancy" but doesn't help the potential viewer any more than that.I didn't take too much exception to the lesbian and abortion subject matter because the movie didn't really take those topics "over the top", in fact the movie dealt with it pretty gently. I think it missed an opportunity to deal with the psychological effects on a girl or woman from having an abortion. The movie dealt with the physical discomfort, but didn't really address the difficulty many girls/women have dealing with their decision after the fact. I don't mind educating young girls about abortion as long as it is a FULL education…those who promote easy abortion availability tend to leave out the "gory details" and long term potential psychological effects on a woman/girl.All in all, this movie was a waste of time for me and not very entertaining. There are some fairly decent life lesson opportunities for learning, but I already understand every single one of them, so there was nothing for me to learn either.This movie is rightfully rated "R". The problem is so many parents do not enforce ratings suggestions. This movie should not be seen by children under 16 in my opinion and if they do watch it younger than that, the parent should be watching it with them. I think it will be pretty boring for young people anyway, but young girls may be kept interested by the abortion issue.

gradyharp GRANDMA is that strange type of film that is at one humorous, sensitive, philosophical, and speeds through a fast paced day in the life of the differences and similarities between the aged and the young. Written and directed by Paul Weitz (About a Boy, Being Flynn, In Good Company, Mozart in the Jungle) and employing a cast of immense talent, this film addresses many issues before the public today – same sex partnerships/marriages, abortions, mother/daughter relationships, aging, and more. It is both entertaining and it works very well as a comedy drama – much like life.Sage (Julia Garner) is a teenager who discovers she is pregnant and the boyfriend responsible shuns her and doesn't want to help her. Sage has a tense relationship with the mother Judy (Marcia Gay Harden) and cannot turn to her for financial assistance to pay for a scheduled abortion so instead she seeks out her lesbian maternal grandma Elle (Lily Tomlin) who is in the throes of breaking up with a young girl Olivia (Judy Greer) after recovering from the death of her 38 year relationship with her beloved Violet who had been as much a grandma to Sage as Elle has been. Elle relationship with Judy has been strained for years and Elle decides Judy would be the last source of borrowing for this particular project. Together Elle and Sage set out to find the money to pay for the evening's scheduled procedure and in the process they encounter old acquaintances (Elizabeth Peña, Sam Elliott and eventually crusty mother Judy) and the procedure is accomplished – and Elle has traversed memories of a life she does not regret. So many fine moments of solid dialogue are interspersed with this 'road trip' that make this film a very sensitive examination of mother/daughter/grandmother relationships. Tomlin, Harden, Elliott, Greer and Garner are all in top form. The ending, quiet and solitary, speaks fathoms about human sensitivity.