mark.waltz They're off on the road to aggravation in this unfunny, annoying, cloying and loud comedy of untied apron strings. What should be "Funny Grandma" becomes "The Way We Weren't", a rushed script that questions why the allegedly picky Babs would choose to let this script go through without changes, seeming more like the Lifetime TV movie "Smothered" (with Diane Keaton) while aspiring but failing to be the touching and triumphant "Only the Lonely", a much better written version of mothers and son's relationships. With a truly dull, uninterested performance by Seth Rogen, this ends up not only truly bad, but unbelievably boring as well.Streisand must have cringed when she had to refer to Rogen as her "Little Donald Trump". She was an amazing comic actress early in her career, and a few of those films really didn't have great scripts, either. Their plots often were absurd, but none were more unbelievable than this story of mother and son on a business road trip. Rogen's motivation for taking her along? To supposedly reunite her with somebody from her past. Her good intentioned interfering is unfunny, and he reacts unnaturally to all of it. There's no redeeming value in this, making it another missed opportunity for a veteran star intermingling with young actors, where the spark is completely absent.

Destroyer Wod I really like Seth Rogen's stuff. Pineaple Express and Superbad are among my favourite comedies of all time and his later efforts like The Night Before and Neighbors really made me laugh and where very enjoyable. Yet i always skipped this movie because i had a feeling it wouldn't be that funny. I stumble on it in one of those bargain bin in a video store, just the DVD with no case for 2$, so at that price... why not. I watched the movie and well, it was what i expected, maybe even less funny. Its not to say the movie does not have qualities and i can totally understand another audience could actually like this movie, but for a Rogen fan expecting some crude humours and big jokes, this movie does not have much. Its just not really funny. I chuckles maybe 3 times trough the whole movie. In the end there is nothing much i can say that has not been said already. This movie is not bad by any mean but i didn't enjoyed it, i was a bit bored at time, probably because i simply am not the target audience.

ryklinker A mother's affection is a wonderful thing, and sometimes it can become overbearing. Andy Brewster knows this far too well. As he packs his things in preparation for his trip, he presses "Play" on his phone message machine, and no less than 6 recordings have been left by his mother Joyce. "Do you need and underwear? Bring a coat! Are you drinking enough water?" and many other maternal warnings are crammed into his machine. When he does arrive to her house, the constant questions do not relent, but he responds in good humor, and he really sees that it's just because she loves him so much. As a single woman ever since her husband's death, she has always felt like she needed to be everything for her little boy; the only problem is that her son is now in his late twenties, and she still treats him like he's in junior high. Once the questions end, Andy tells his mother about his new invention; a cleaning spray that is made of entirely natural products, which makes it far safer than the other guys. Now that his product has been manufactured, he is set to travel across the country meeting with stores in hopes of selling it. Soon the conversation turns to Joyce's life. She is stuck in the same routine of book clubs, going to the GAP, and eating her M&Ms before bed. Unable to find a man that she feels comfortable around, she simply has nowhere to turn her affection to besides Andy. Joyce tells her son a story about an old flame she had back when she was in college, and how the man told her to marry Andy's father rather than him. Seeing his mother's necessity for love, Andy invites her on his road-trip, secretly making their last stop at the home of Joyce's old flame.I remember seeing the commercials for this movie a few years ago. It looked like kind of an odd movie, and I just figured that it would be something I'd dislike. Years later, I found it on the instant queue of Netflix, and my family and I decided to give it a try. Much to my surprise, I actually quite enjoyed it! Seth Rogen is perfect at capturing the childish dopiness that is needed to play the part of Andy, and Barbara Streisand is actually very good at playing the overly loving mother Joyce. After the film ended, I looked at the IMDb page for the film just to read the trivia and such. On the awards section, I was greatly astonished to find that Streisand was nominated for a Razzie, which is awarded to the worst actor or actress of the year. I think that the critics didn't understand that Joyce is supposed to be annoying and is meant to be painful to watch. Now many of you may be thinking: Seth Rogen is inappropriate, crude, and just plain idiotic. Though I must agree in some of his other movies, I found him to be great in this role. The jokes don't fly too far off of the rails, and he simply turned in a great performance! Maybe I just liked this because of the way it somewhat reminds me of my mother (though Joyce is far more embarrassing than my own mom), or maybe I just was in an optimistic mood, but I liked this film. It's not exactly a fine piece of cinema, and it does take an open mind to enjoy.

mattkratz This is one of those movies where the two leads, who make up most of the movies, work perfectly together, and make the movie work. Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen make an outstanding team as Rogen makes a cross-country road drive to San Fransisco as he tries to promote his latest invention-a cleaning fluid made of natural ingredients-to various companies and another goal.My favorite scenes are his final "televised" pitch, the scene in the Steak Ranch in Lubbock, and the scene in CostCo. Overall, this is a throughly enjoyable movie with terrific performances and good humor.*** out of ****