We spend our whole life in the core of relationships, and those relationships become the essence of our life, but sometimes we lose touch and start to lose the warmth of those relationships. We need to learn how to keep up relationships.
Dave Bresnahan's 'Grandpa's Crazy?' is a movie about the relationship between parents and children.
The movie is about 'Gramps' an elderly retired coach. After his retirement and his wife's sudden demise, he found himself extremely lonely. In his house where he is accompanied by just his pet dog, he has nobody to talk to or stay with him. Due to their busy work life, his children can not give him attention. After spending so many months in loneliness, he contrived an idea to pretend to get lost as a way to get his children's attention. But what is going to be next, will his idea work out or he will face any trouble?
A retired coach to popular 'Gramps', facing all the loneliness, the retired coach pretends to be lost. While taking this initiative, he met some teen boys who were practicing skateboarding. R. J, his grandson, was also part of that group of teens. The elderly coach who became a YouTuber teaching fly fishing after his retirement, started to take videos of the skateboarders, and soon he became very popular among them. They all started to call him 'Gramps' instead of 'Coach.'
An another perspective which will surely draw the attention of the viewers is the relation between the old man and his son. In the movie it was shown that his son used to be very upset with him, because when his son was a child he did not give him enough time. Now after his wife's demise, when he is asking for some time, his son is neglecting his request. The movie tried to show that the scars of childhood memories remains in the heart for the lifetime.
A skating coach: another character of the movie, which will draw the attention of the viewers is Scab, one of the young teens in the skating group, who is also a friend of R. J, and also helped R. J. learn to skate. The movie subjected the idea of child abuse in the most subtle way. Scab is an orphan, who lives with his uncle. His uncle regularly abused him physically and withheld food from him. The character has been seen extremely strong and talented in such a young age.
God! Are you there! : After not tolerating all those tortures of his uncle, scab escapees from his uncle's house and camped in the woods. Lying under a tree, looking at the sky, the twelve-year-old boy started to cry and asked - 'God, are you there, I just want a home. I just want a home.' This scene will leave the audience teary-eyed.
Plan backfires. After a few attempts, Gramps managed to get the attention of his son and daughter, but his plan turned out as a great failure. After noticing his problematic situation his son and daughter tried to declare him as 'incompetent.'
Dave Bresnahan's 'Grandpa's Crazy?', is a perfect family comedy-drama, which subjects several social issues like child abuse, elderly loneliness, teen suicidal thoughts, conflicts between father and son, and adoption of an older child. This movie has showcased the purity and warmth between an elderly couple in such a lovely way, that it will melt everyone's heart.
The story of the movie is for all age groups, where everyone will identify with the storyline. Every character carries their own story, so each viewer will find a character to identify with. The different scenes of the movie will make the audience cry, laugh, and think, and lastly make them fall in love with its story.
The movie is full of a good-looking and promising star cast. Walter Platz, who played the role of 'Gramps' did a great job. A cool coach, a stubborn father, or a lovely husband, his character is full of different emotions, which helps the movie to connect with the audience's heart.
Dave Bresnahan is the writer and producer of 'Grandpa's Crazy?'. The well-written script illustrates the common problems faced by most of the older parents fantastically. The whole story visualizes the importance of tenderness, love, and care in relationships.
'Grandpa's Crazy?' will place a strong impression on the viewer's mind. This movie is different from so-called romantic and action drama, which people will love to watch again and again. The viewers will take heartful emotions with them after watching the movie.
Reviewer to viewers: a reviewer is a viewer itself. I must say, I watched this kind of movie after a very long time. Some of the scenes leave me teary-eyed and some scenes make me feel very delighted. I can suggest the viewers watch the movie at least once to understand the value of the relationships.
