By 'all' I mean me, hubby and our 23 year old son. There were some cute scenes though, like the grandson and his love interest in the Laundromat, and a few good lessons learned. And Andy Griffeth was wonderful as always, as was Doris Roberts. Now onto some of the problems...
I thought the grandfather's character was a rather sleazy role, not worthy of Griffeth. Not only that but it was unbelievable, and perhaps demeaning to older folk. Two octogenarians calling a movie a 'talkie'? My parents used that as a joke, but of course neither they or the older characters in this movie would even have been part of the silent movie era. Just an example. My son also kept looking at the protagonist and saying 'no one likes you!'. ;) He thought Griffeth carried a bad plot though, but I think the premise could have worked, if they could have toned down the sleaze a bit. Sorry, I'm an old fashioned gal. Definitely not Christian values though, despite what some of the characters may learn in the movie. But back to the younger generation. When they make a main character too unlikable, it's hard for us to even want him to 'get the girl'. We really wanted to see if Griffeth 'got his girl' though--you can't make Griffeth unlikable, really--so we skipped a bunch of the movie and tuned in at the end. The general consensus was that we should have done that sooner.
I thought the grandfather's character was a rather sleazy role, not worthy of Griffeth. Not only that but it was unbelievable, and perhaps demeaning to older folk. Two octogenarians calling a movie a 'talkie'? My parents used that as a joke, but of course neither they or the older characters in this movie would even have been part of the silent movie era. Just an example. My son also kept looking at the protagonist and saying 'no one likes you!'. ;) He thought Griffeth carried a bad plot though, but I think the premise could have worked, if they could have toned down the sleaze a bit. Sorry, I'm an old fashioned gal. Definitely not Christian values though, despite what some of the characters may learn in the movie. But back to the younger generation. When they make a main character too unlikable, it's hard for us to even want him to 'get the girl'. We really wanted to see if Griffeth 'got his girl' though--you can't make Griffeth unlikable, really--so we skipped a bunch of the movie and tuned in at the end. The general consensus was that we should have done that sooner.