DIRTY GRANDPA (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Robert De Niro (Taxi Driver), Zac Efron (17 Again), Zoey Deutch (Beautiful Creatures), Aubrey Plaza (Safety Not Guaranteed), Dermot Mulroney (My Best Friend’s Wedding), Julianne Hough (Rock of Ages), Adam Pally (Iron Man 3), Jason Mantzoukas (Bad Neighbours), Jake Picking (The Way Way Back)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Dan Mazer (I Give It A Year), director; John Phillips (film debut), writer; Jason Barrett (That Awkward Moment), Bill Block (Fury), Barry Josephson (Enchanted) and Michael Simkin (That Awkward Moment), producers; Michael Andrews (Bridesmaids), composer; Eric Alan Edwards (Knocked Up), cinematographer; Anne McCabe (Adventureland), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Shortly after his wife passes away, the elderly Dick (De Niro) tricks his uptight grandson Jason (Efron)  – who’s about to get married to his nuisance finance Meredith (Hough) – into taking him to Florida in time for spring break, where he intends to party it up and feel like a young man again…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Robert De Niro gets to live it up in this raunchy comedy, and gets to do it with Zac Efron as well to make it a sweeter deal.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

MONDAY 25TH JANUARY 2016

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