Produced by Happy Madison, Adam Sandler's production company, and written by and starring Allen Covert (a supporting player in several Sandler vehicles), GRANDMA'S BOY is an unapologetic ode to immaturity in 20- and 30-something males that features all of the staples of the genre---beer, bosoms, bongs, video games, and a karate kicking chimp. Covert's script, which revels in its nerdiness, details the plight of Alex, a 35-year-old video game tester who finds himself homeless when he discovers that his roommate has spent the last six months of their rent at a brothel. Left with no other option, he accepts his Grandma Lilly's (Doris Roberts) offer to stay with her and her two roommates--randy Grace (Shirley Jones) and near-catatonic Bea (Shirley Knight)--until he gets back on his feet. Though it seems that this new arrangement will wreak havoc on his highly social, pot-smoking life, and his attempts to romance his boss, Samantha (Linda Cardellini), he finds that closing the generation gap is much easier than expected.

A low-budget ($5 million) relative of popular male-bonding comedies such as OLD SCHOOL, THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN, and WEDDING CRASHERS, GRANDMA'S BOY has a comparable anarchic style which, despite a multitude of gags you wouldn't want to watch with your parents, still seems to have nothing but the best of audience-pleasing intentions. Throw in some great music and several affectionate--and spot-on--skewerings of the geek lifestyle, and you have a classic depiction of arrested development that bears repeat viewings--especially if you're watching it in a dorm room.

Theatrical Release: January 6, 2006

DVD Features:

Region 1
2-Disc Set - Checkpoint, Sensormatic
Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital Surround 5.1 - English
Dolby Surround - French, Spanish
Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional

DISC 1: Widescreen Theatrical Version and Unrated Feature Seamlessy Branched
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - Nick Goossen - Director; Allen Covert, Nick Swardson - Stars
Behind the Scenes - 1. "Fox Movie Channel presents: Casting Session"
2. "The Making of the Music Video"
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes - 1."Scenes That Went Up In Smoke"
2. "Monkey Business"
3. "Unsmoked Material"
4. "Smoke This"
Music Video - Twenty Twos - "Another Day"
Trailer - 1. Trailer
2. Anti-Piracy Trailer
3. Inside Look: OMEN 666
4. Soundtrack Spot
5. Forced Trailers: DUDE WHERE'S MY CAR?, SUPER TROOPERS, THE RINGER

DISC 2: Digital Copy

Distributor Notes: Gamers, grannies and stoners unite! From Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions comes a raucously funny, "fish-out-of bongwater comedy" (Playboy) that'll have you rolling with laughter! Life is sweet for 35-year-old video game tester Alex (Allen Covert), until he's forced to move in with his overbearing grandmother Lilly (Doris Roberts) and her two roommates: oversexed Grace (Shirley Jones) and overmedicated Bea (Shirley Knight). To save face with his much younger co-workers and super-sexy new boss (Linda Cardellini), Alex brags about the "three hot babes" living with him, but soon that cat's out of the bag and the real party at Grandma's house has just begun! If you love footie pajamas, techno-talk and karate-chopping chimps (and who doesn't?), grab your buds and watch Grandma's Boy!

Source: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Allen Covert: Screenwriter, ADAM SANDLER'S EIGHT CRAZY NIGHTS (2002)
Shirley Knight: 
Shirley Jones: Oscar winning actress, THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY
Linda Cardellini: Actress, 'Strangeland'
Peter Dante: 
Doris Roberts: American television actress, EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND
Kevin Nealon: American Comedian/SNL

Nicholas Goossen: 

Allen Covert: Screenwriter, ADAM SANDLER'S EIGHT CRAZY NIGHTS (2002)
Nick Swardson: Screenwriter, MALIBU'S MOST WANTED (2003)

Waddy Wachtel: Composer, DICKIE ROBERTS (2003)