Dirty Grandpa

Dirty Grandpa
Two topless men. The older man is lifting the younger man horizontally across his shoulders.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDan Mazer
Written byJohn M. Phillips
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyEric Alan Edwards
Edited byAnne McCabe
Music byMichael Andrews
Production
companies
Distributed byLionsgate
Release date
  • January 22, 2016 (2016-01-22) (United States)
Running time
102 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$11.5 million[2][3]
Box office$105.1 million[2]

Dirty Grandpa is a 2016 American comedy film about a lawyer who drives his grandfather to Florida during spring break. The film was directed by Dan Mazer and written by John Phillips. It stars Robert De Niro and Zac Efron in the leading roles, with Aubrey Plaza, Zoey Deutch, Julianne Hough and Dermot Mulroney in supporting roles. It was filmed on location in Atlanta from January 19 to May 9, 2015.

The film was theatrically released on January 22, 2016, by Lionsgate. It grossed $105 million worldwide, and received negative reviews by critics, several of whom called it the worst film they had ever seen.

  1. ^ "Dirty Grandpa (15)". British Board of Film Classification. December 4, 2015. Archived from the original on March 24, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Dirty Grandpa (2016)". The Numbers. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  3. ^ FilmL.A. (May 2017). "2016 Feature Film Study" (PDF). FilmL.A. Feature Film Study. Retrieved September 29, 2019.