2015 Directed by Paul Weitz
Self-described misanthrope Elle Reid has her protective bubble burst when her 18-year-old granddaughter, Sage, shows up needing help. The two of them go on a day-long journey that causes Elle to come to terms with her past and Sage to confront her future.
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Oh, the joy of going into movies being almost completely clueless about them.
Lily Tomlin.
Paul Weitz.
Abortion.
Could be a cloying AS GOOD AS IT GETS clone with a crotchety old lady instead of a crotchety, condescending old man.
That's the list. So I get to discover a performance like Sam Elliott's, that completely stuns and thrills me – perhaps unlike any other performance of the year, honestly. The whole Elliott-Tomlin detente is its own self-sufficient drama. Three acts, mind you, in all of 10 minutes or so of screen time? There might be seven.
Lot of Sundance-y disaster potential here, and Weitz – aided by Elliott and a game Tomlin – swiftly sidesteps almost all of it by simply playing it straight, and grounding all the acrimony (and humor) in genuine anger and pain.
Grandma. 2015. Directed by Paul Weitz.
Paul Weitz’s Grandma (2015) is a comedy/drama that I enjoyed the first time we viewed it. However, I did not write a review.
Lily Tomlin (Elle) portrays my favorite grandmother who is a lesbian feminist lacking a vocal filter. Julia Garner (Sage) is pregnant and needs money for an abortion. So, Sage and Elle set out on a road trip to raise the money for this procedure.
I will admit that this male directed film about a very female topic got it right. Weitz’s direction was not heavy handed and Tomlin was at her best slinging foul language at anyone who didn’t support her cause. The cinematography, score, and costumes were adequate for this…
I did not know what this was about when I put it on. It was just something gay from the watchlist. A film about a young woman who gets to choose to have an abortion hits funny right now. The film shows the financial struggle to get one in order to use it as a journey for the bonding of grandma and granddaughter, and that seems... triter now than maybe it would be before Dobbs. The financial, social, legal, cultural, bureaucratic, emotional, physical obstacles to abortion even before Dobbs were considerable, and they deserve an accurate, scouring portrayal.
I was worried for much of the journey that they would chicken out, that they wouldn't go through with it, but this…
Infused with sincerity and freshness, Paul Weitz is able to craft a story that is highly amusing, yet remarkably poignant. Grandma excels at softly exuding warmth through little elements that maintain the film's energy and appeal throughout its brief runtime. The entire cast is excellent in their roles, and they all carry the film with such a strong sense of charisma and emotion, but Lily Tomlin is the clear standout. It's actually a lot better than you might assume.
60/100
Found myself resisting Tomlin's tough-old-broad routine early on, but the performance (and the film) deepens over time, tracing an emotional trickle-down effect in three generations of women. Marcia Gay Harden in particular does wonders with a role that starts out as caricature and takes on very human dimensions. Pet peeve: It's time for a long, long moratorium on final shots in which the protagonist walks away from the camera, down the road to an uncertain future blah blah blah. (Even the Dardennes have a weakness for this trope.)
52 Years in 52 Weeks: 45/52
1. endings
2. ink
3. apes
4. the ogre
5. kids
6. dragonflies
Features one of the meanest breakups ("You're a footnote.") and one of the best insults ("Some people should not grow beards. Your face looks like an armpit.") ever heard, both courtesy of the magnificent Lily Tomlin as the titular grandma. The story is as acrimonious as it is heartfelt, a delightful combination.
I know this addresses a very sensitive topic but I just love how lily tomlin racks nat wolff in the balls
There are certain movies whose sole purpose is to serve as a vehicle for a specific actor. In this case, the one and only Lily Tomlin, who nails the drama and the comedy with such an ease, as expected from such a great actress as her.
Unfortunately she's trapped in a rather conflictive movie. Not so much because of its themes like Abortion and the not-so-lovely side of queer relationships, but there's something about the tone and script that felt a bit too awkward and very improvised, lack there was a real lack of an actual direction.
Also we have a great cast here that always felt very restricted and they weren't simply giving their full potential. Garner especially, we've…
A short and snappy indie drama from writer/director Paul Weitz that doesn't waste a beat. Lily Tomlin stars as Elle, a stubborn women with an acerbic tongue who has just broken up with her girlfriend and showing the early signs of a breakdown. When teenage granddaughter Sage (Julie Garner), appears on her doorstep and ask's to borrow 630 bucks so that she can have an abortion before the end of the day. It gives Elle, who only has 43 bucks to her name after cutting up all her credit cards, something to focus her energies on and the pair set off in Elle's vintage Dodge Royal to visit a series of old friends and lovers, digging up ghosts from the…
