ghcheese This movie is for man hating bitches. Feminist narrow minded lesbians. Hot tempered c@*ts who don't care about anyone including them selves. If you like to prove you're a Liberal Feminist that understands what it is like to be looked down upon because you are a woman than this is the movie for you. If you have a ball sack or you are a woman and like a good ball sack this movie will make you angry.

Prismark10 Grandma is an Oscar bait movie for Lily Tomlin. She plays the acerbic even bitter grandma (Elle) of the title. A renowned writer, poet, lecturer and lesbian we see her cruelly breaking up with a much younger partner. Of course Elle has never got over the death of her long term partner.The film is divided up into six segments but is essentially a road movie set in a single day where Elle revisits her past and allows Tomlin to be grouchy and bad tempered. Yet the the reason for her journey is her granddaughter has turned up and announced she is pregnant and wants money (about $600) for an abortion.We later find out that her mother (Marcia Gay Harden) is a high powered businesswoman and has plenty of money but both her daughter and Elle have an uneasy relationship with her.Elle only has a few bucks in her name goes out with her granddaughter in her old, classic car to visit people from her past, a few who owe her money. First stop though is her granddaughter's douche bag boyfriend who Elle beats up.Of course further along the journey Elle becomes tender, her edginess becomes less jagged. The best scenes are with her ex played by Sam Elliott who is still bitter after forty years that she left him the way she did.Of course the abortion angle is not taken lightly. Elliott has become a patriarch with several grandchildren and is not happy to give money for an abortion. At the abortion clinic Elle gets into an argument with a protester.The film is billed as a comedy drama. There is less comedy but it is a no nonsense film about ageing, family and looking back over your life.

JoSantz Honestly....some of the things I've read are really odd and I can't find much logic in it. Anyway, I found this film very good, Lily Tomlin was amazing, her character had just the right amount of sarcasm. The story is good, the subject might sound common however I don't hear about it very often in films. There's a review that said "I find the idea of a comedy about abortion to be offensive." Disregard this, the film doesn't joke about the issue, I don't get this statement, maybe the person who did it watched the film while working or facebooking or whatever.Julia Garner was OK, could be better but she's very young I think she can become a very good actress.To sum it all up, in my opinion this is a very good film, I recommend it.

Tom Dooley Lily Tomlin plays Elle a woman who's life long lover has recently died and she has taken up with a much younger woman but that relationship is now sliding into the rocks. She is an academic who academia has forgotten about and is somewhat disgruntled with the World. Then her granddaughter turns up – this is Julie Garner as Sage. She has some life changing news and needs a quick fix of cash to sort things out.The problem is Elle is more or less broke so, without losing heart, they start on a road trip to find as much cash as they can lay their hands on. On the way both women come face to face with their pasts and the life choices that brought them to this point in time and it is revelatory for both.Now this is billed as a comedy and a lot of it derives from the sour comments and general bad behaviour of Elle. If you think old people being cranky has been done to death as a vehicle for comedy then best to give this a miss. I like it as it works on more than one level. The grumpiness belies a real person who cares, loves and has been through life and she keeps the scars hidden by the outward attitude. As such I felt that this film does indeed have a lot to offer and is very much worth investing the time to see it.