Synopsis
Peter is thrilled that his Grandpa is coming to live with his family. That is, until Grandpa moves into Peter's room, forcing him upstairs into the creepy attic. And though he loves his Grandpa, he wants his room back - so he has no choice but to declare war.
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Cast
- Robert De NiroEd
- Uma ThurmanSally
- Rob RiggleArthur
- Oakes FegleyPeter
- Laura MaranoMia
- Cheech MarinDanny
- Jane SeymourDiane
- Christopher WalkenJerry
- Juliocesar ChavezBilly
- Isaac KragtenSteve
Recommendations
- 60
The Hollywood Reporter
The War with Grandpa will probably prove riotously funny to small fry while providing some compensations to adults with its supremely overqualified cast. - 60
TheWrap
There are some random chuckles along the way . . . . For the most part, though, The War with Grandpa seems like the sort of brightly-lit disposable family comedy that fills the Disney Channel schedule, only with an insanely overqualified cast. - 50
Original-Cin
In theory, it should be possible to have a comedy about a competition between an elderly man and a child to injure and humiliate each other, but it would need to be substantially sharper than The War with Grandpa to make the case. - 50
The A.V. Club
There’s a pleasing kernel of genuine warmth glowing at the heart of this movie, but it’s been heavily insulated—almost buried—by juvenile silliness. One could argue that this merely echoes the family dynamic, but your tolerance for buffoonery will still need to be quite high. - 50
The New York Times
De Niro is game throughout, and sometimes amusing in that way he can be. But Walken is the funniest performer here. - 38
Slant Magazine
Only when left to their own devices do the film’s stars enter the less manic, more heartfelt realm of the book. - 33
IndieWire
The War With Grandpa is a sluggish hodgepodge of slapstick humor that barely holds together its illogically motivated plot. - 30
Los Angeles Times
The “pranks” just aren’t funny. The whole premise isn’t funny.
