Guest Blogger: Mohamed 2

Perhaps the funniest movie of the year 2013 is Bad Grandpa. The movie starts out at the funeral of the grandpa’s wife. At the funeral, the grandpa’s daughter informs her dad that she will be going back to jail and that she needs him to take her son to his father. The grandpa is furious, but on the long road trips, the two have a lot of fun. The grandpa, who is Irving Kisman, is shown in a lot of MTV productions. This particular movie was produced by MTV for the series Jackass. The little kids name is Billy. Being raised during tough times for the family, Billy is not the average kid for his age. However, his grandpa is a child deep inside as well, which means they share a lot in common when it comes to immaturity. For example, Irving carries his wife’s dead body around with him during the entire car ride. And once while at a convenience store, he shoplifts food, telling his grandson that it is ok. Irving Kisman is actually Johnny Knoxville. In reality, Johnny is rather immature, perhaps even more immature than he acts in the film. The name may seem familiar, as he is a key actor for most of the Jackass videos produced by MTV. Throughout the movie, it is easy to recognize themes. One theme revolves around family. Family is family no matter what happens, so be there for them. This theme is evident in the film when Iriving returns to pick up Billy from his drunk father, who for the record only wanted Billy so he could get paid. A second theme involves the topic of life. It is human behavior to be obnoxious to people, that is until they are dead. In the movie, this is shown with the death of Irving’s wife. When she dies, he actually holds on to the body because he can’t let her go. Overall, Bad Grandpa is a great movie. But it is not exactly a movie. Rotten Tomatoes Peter Travers successfully explains that, “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.” Travers is right. Bad Grandpa is just a showing of the real Johnny Knoxville with a crowd in the background. In all, Bad Grandpa is worth the extra bucks and time. You’ll definitely get tons of great laughs for what you paid for.