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It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

The acting in this movie is really good.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Enjoyable and interesting enough (for free on TV). Another user review mentioned a number of small bits that took them out of it - not funny enough, and not realistic enough for a movie that is to be taken essentially as realistic, not a SNL skit - like the hockey stick incident and the face punch one. I agree. The whole film was a bit shoddy that way and a bit random.The ex-boyfriend was later described as a creep etc. by Sage's mother. His worthlessness was way overdone in about 100 ways to the point where it detracted from Sage's character to have had him as a sort-of boyfriend (the kind you have sex with when you are maybe a junior in high school, and lots of times. Any non-idiot teen age girl would have known better. He didn't seem to have a single redeeming characteristic, like being really cute or funny or charming or intelligent. He was the opposite. A lot of the plot contrivances were a little forced in order to keep them going to the end to get the money. And why this particular clinic for $600? Grandma takes Sage to what turns out to be a free clinic that isn't there any more. Did no one think of calling that big famous nationwide organization with 15 clinics in Los Angeles?And one more gripe - one I also had about Hidden Figures. If a plot point is car problems, how about talking to a mechanic so they actually make sense? Why did the car have a low battery to start with, and then after what is later diagnosed as a bad crankshaft did it suddenly make the low battery starter sound and not restart after driving far enough on the freeway to keep it charged, and why was the engine also smoking? If it was actually low enough on oil to cause that problem as the mechanic later referred to it would have been making a whole lot more racket first. And she agrees to have him put in a new crankshaft. That would mean really rebuilding the whole engine or finding a new one, which would cost a couple thousand dollars and she doesn't have any money. And he mentioned something about keeping oil in it and it seems like she didn't. Why make her so careless with Violet's baby? By the way, I'm no mechanic but just have a basic knowledge of how cars work and what old ones are like. All this is similar to other shoddiness in this film, although maybe more expected in a little knocked out indie than in Hidden Figures. Grandma's car was the now deceased Violet's and you could see why Grandma might want to hold onto it - although no mention of where her car went. It's LA. She must have had one. Typically for this film there was no explanation of why she would have had a 1955 Dodge in 2013. This could have been an interesting thing about her and fill in her pretty much nonexistent character description but was skipped, like a lot of things. The actual reason the 1956 Dodge was in the film is that it is Lily Tomlin's car. You would think that with her money she might get the cracked side window and bent hood corner fixed on this otherwise nice collector car. Anyway, it's still OK and has its good points. See it if you like this sort of film.

Sam Elliott was just amazing in this! I have loved the depth and the humility in the warmth and the humor that he brought through with his character. I really feel like it was an Oscar worthy performance and a movie that probably won't be seen by as many people as it could be. I hope we see this performance in another movie with Mr. Elliott because it would be super nice to see him win an Oscar for this caliber of performance. Overall this movie was a little bit hard for me to watch because I am pro-life and pro choice, politically. I think ideally we have to respect that it's a woman's choice and yet offer so many fabulous options that they would not feel like they ever had to do that.

Grandma is an Oscar bait movie for Lily Tomlin. She plays the acerbic even bitter grandma (Elle) of the title. A renowned writer, poet, lecturer and lesbian we see her cruelly breaking up with a much younger partner. Of course Elle has never got over the death of her long term partner.The film is divided up into six segments but is essentially a road movie set in a single day where Elle revisits her past and allows Tomlin to be grouchy and bad tempered. Yet the the reason for her journey is her granddaughter has turned up and announced she is pregnant and wants money (about $600) for an abortion.We later find out that her mother (Marcia Gay Harden) is a high powered businesswoman and has plenty of money but both her daughter and Elle have an uneasy relationship with her.Elle only has a few bucks in her name goes out with her granddaughter in her old, classic car to visit people from her past, a few who owe her money. First stop though is her granddaughter's douche bag boyfriend who Elle beats up.Of course further along the journey Elle becomes tender, her edginess becomes less jagged. The best scenes are with her ex played by Sam Elliott who is still bitter after forty years that she left him the way she did.Of course the abortion angle is not taken lightly. Elliott has become a patriarch with several grandchildren and is not happy to give money for an abortion. At the abortion clinic Elle gets into an argument with a protester.The film is billed as a comedy drama. There is less comedy but it is a no nonsense film about ageing, family and looking back over your life.

Writer-Director Paul Weitz' dramedy "Grandma" might not be a grand showstopper of a movie but it has a grand performance from veteran actress Lily Tomlin, and that was grandly suffice. Tomlin stars as Elle, an outspoken & tough-as-nails grandmother/mom who assists her granddaughter Sage in her mission to get funds for an abortion. It might sound like a very simplistic plot, but there were some dynamic family connections to it; especially when Sage's mom/Elle's daughter Judy comes into the picture. Weitz draws up "Grandma" as a mini-tour movie highlighting Elle and Sage, and it primarily focuses on how an vociferous and mean-spirited grandmother could still show her "heart of gold" to do whatever it takes to help her granddaughter. Sure, there is some formulaic family feud dynamics we have seen before, especially in the relationship between Elle and Judy; but it's not that huge of a flaw. Tomlin was grandly snubbed for a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her outstanding performance here as Elle. Although, Marcia Gay Harden as Judy and Julia Garner as Sage were performances that were not too grand. I did like though the supporting work of the vastly underrated Judy Greer as Elle's younger lover Olivia, and Sam Elliot as Elle's ex-boyfriend Karl. But it's Tomlin who was the most grandiose in "Grandma", and that enough is worth a grand look at this movie. **** Good