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What it's about:
86 year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion, his 8 year-old grandson, Billy. This is the most insane hidden camera road trip ever captured on camera.
Along the way, Irving will introduce the young and impressionable Billy to people, places and situations that give new meaning to the term ‘child-rearing.’
The duo will encounter male strippers, disgruntled child beauty pageant contestants (and their equally disgruntled mothers), funeral home mourners, biker bar patrons and a whole lot of unsuspecting citizens. Real people in unreal situations, making for one really messed up comedy.
What the critics thought:
Like the lime-green bingo dabber contents Irving drinks down to the horror of his seatmates, it's an acquired taste.
- Linda Barnard, Toronto Star
Sometimes joy buzzers - and pratfalls, and funny costumes - are really all you need for a laugh or two. Or even a three-star comedy.
- Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
Apart from a handful of physical stunts and the penultimate biker-bar setup, Knoxville never puts himself at risk, and the imbalance of power curdles the imperative to laugh at the rubes.
- Sam Adams, Time Out New York
Be warned: Knoxville has a thing for body parts, and body functions, that you'll never, ever, see on America's Funniest Home Videos.
- Neil Pond, American Profile
86 year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion, his 8 year-old grandson, Billy. This is the most insane hidden camera road trip ever captured on camera.
Along the way, Irving will introduce the young and impressionable Billy to people, places and situations that give new meaning to the term ‘child-rearing.’
The duo will encounter male strippers, disgruntled child beauty pageant contestants (and their equally disgruntled mothers), funeral home mourners, biker bar patrons and a whole lot of unsuspecting citizens. Real people in unreal situations, making for one really messed up comedy.
What the critics thought:
Like the lime-green bingo dabber contents Irving drinks down to the horror of his seatmates, it's an acquired taste.
- Linda Barnard, Toronto Star
Sometimes joy buzzers - and pratfalls, and funny costumes - are really all you need for a laugh or two. Or even a three-star comedy.
- Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
Apart from a handful of physical stunts and the penultimate biker-bar setup, Knoxville never puts himself at risk, and the imbalance of power curdles the imperative to laugh at the rubes.
- Sam Adams, Time Out New York
Be warned: Knoxville has a thing for body parts, and body functions, that you'll never, ever, see on America's Funniest Home Videos.
- Neil Pond, American Profile
