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      Grandma's Boy

      Released Sep 3, 1922 1h 0m Comedy List
      83% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 73% Audience Score 250+ Ratings The residents of a small town organize a team to track down a killer on the loose. The town's entire male population joins the hunt, save one jittery youth (Harold Lloyd) who wants nothing to do with a murderer. He instead retreats to his grandma's house. She tells him a fantastic story that rouses his confidence, and hands him a talisman that supposedly holds the power of bravery. Unaware he's been given an ordinary piece of wood, the young man decides to chase the criminal by himself. Read More Read Less

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      Steven D. Greydanus Decent Films Rated: B Oct 29, 2008 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...a thin premise that’s employed to hit-and-miss yet mostly watchable effect... Rated: 2.5/4 Apr 13, 2023 Full Review Robert E. Sherwood LIFE Grandma's Boy was founded on is one of those rare pictures that can be recommended to everyone, big or little, youthful or aged. Oct 6, 2021 Full Review Pare Lorentz Vanity Fair There is nothing funny about Harold Lloyd. May 31, 2019 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Lloyd is good at showing humiliation. Rated: B- Jun 25, 2007 Full Review John A. Nesbit Old School Reviews Incorporates the best of the standard Harold Lloyd formula. Rated: B+ Feb 7, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

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      dave j The thin story involving a young man mustering courage from his grandma serves as nothing but a backdrop to the ingenious sight gags and stunts performed by Harold Lloyd. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member A story to warm even the coldest of hearts - a well constructed fun packed movie full of typical Lloyd business and humour. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member The second feature film from the 3rd Genius of Slapstick Silent Film Comedy Harold Lloyd. The story is simple & idyllic & centering on a young timid young man who is pushed by his Grandmother to stand up for himself. As you imagine the results & attempt to be brave are where the heart of the lies but I think one of the last scenes where he stands up for himself with the aid of a token that saved his granddad in the civil war...but ends up being the end piece of his grandma's umbrella. Filled with innocent fun & many gags, will appeal to both adults & children alike. Interesting to see how clever Lloyd was even is his early years. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Harold Lloyd's second feature is a triumph. A small town country boy who is shy with no self esteem or confidence finds himself part of a posse trying to take down a thuggish hobo. While vying for the affections for a girl, he also must do battle with his rival, in a hilarious knock out dragged out fight that balances comedy and humiliation. With the sweet sentimental core of his grandmother has his guardian and mentor, Grandma's Boy is a simple and wonderful comedy. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie is funny, but the story is predictable and cliched. Overall it's pretty good though, and if you like Lloyd's work you should see it, but it could have been better. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Some of the funniest inter-titles I've seen. Lloyd is able to show off some of his other talents, his physicality hadn't really developed as his trademark yet. While this is a funny film it's exactly the same as about several hundred other silent comedies made at the time, from its plot down to its uncomfortable racial stereotypes and antebellum sentimentality; however, unlike Keaton it feels that Lloyd doesn't have as much of an ideological investment, rather he's using these as motifs to compound the social pressure and the general humiliation and discomfort in the world of his film. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis The residents of a small town organize a team to track down a killer on the loose. The town's entire male population joins the hunt, save one jittery youth (Harold Lloyd) who wants nothing to do with a murderer. He instead retreats to his grandma's house. She tells him a fantastic story that rouses his confidence, and hands him a talisman that supposedly holds the power of bravery. Unaware he's been given an ordinary piece of wood, the young man decides to chase the criminal by himself.
      Director
      Fred Newmeyer
      Screenwriter
      Thomas J. Crizer, Sam Taylor, Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, Jean Havez
      Distributor
      Associated Exhibitors, Unknown Video
      Production Co
      Hal Roach Studios Inc.
      Genre
      Comedy
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Sep 3, 1922, Wide
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Apr 17, 2020
      Runtime
      1h 0m
      Aspect Ratio
      Flat (1.37:1)