"Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa"

From the start I want to make it clear that I would not normally watch a film associated with the "Jackass" telelvision series. For me it is just about the lowest form of entertainment on the planet, along with reality tv shows.
Yet there was something about the trailer that appealed, and there was hope that this might be something even remotely entertaining.

The basic premise is simple. Knoxville under very heavy make up masquerades as an 80+ year old Grandfather, taking his young grandson to be with his rather unworthy father. Along the way, they get into various situations, which are leashed upon as unsuspecting public. The action is filmed using hidden cameras.
Not exactly the most novel of ideas, but it has been given the "Jackass" spin, and at times is funny. Alas it does suffer from that some of the funniest bits are shown in the trailer. It is a shame that a trailer could not be contsructed to illustrate what the film was about but without having to give too much away. A few of the gags do fall by flat but there are some good laughs, but not as many as there could have been.

The make-up used to age Knoxville is excellent, and there is no doubt why so many were fooled by his appearance. Jackson Nicoll is excellent playing Billy the grandson. He really comes into his own in one the best scenes of the film, when Grandpa enrols Billy as a contestant in one of those young child pageants that the Americans seem obsessed with, and to most of the civilised world are just plain creepy and WRONG.

It was good, but despite the promise from the trailer, cannot get more excited than that......6 out of 10