When his roommate spends the rent money on Filipino hookers Alex a 35 year old video game tester has to find a new place to live. After an encounter with his friends mom Alex is forced to move in with his grandmother. Trying to save face with his younger co-workers Alex says that a really cute chick said I could sleep with her and her two crazy girlfriends (meaning his grandmother and her two roommates).
Review
"Grandma's Boy" is a comedy in the truest sense of the genre there is only one serious plot line in the whole movie and it is immediately transformed into one of the funniest scenes in the film.
I didn't see the movie in a theater so I don't know how a large audience reaction would have been. However all of 5 adults in my household ranging in age from 18 to 59 laughed 'til it hurt at least 6 or 7 times when we watched the DVD.
But just a few names in the supporting cast shows that this was a film brimming with gifted comedic talent. Among others they include Doris Roberts Shirley Jones Shirley Knight Kevin Nealon David Spade and Rob Schneider. Great talent great writing great performances make for a great bawdy comedy.
I'd put "Grandma's Boy" the same category as "Animal House". To me it is just as funny. It won't achieve the classic status of the latter because it is neither the first nor the best of its kind. But it is very funny and for nonprudes well worth the rental price