Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Jane Seymour, Christopher Walken... a dream powerhouse cast for an inviting drama fifteen years ago maybe, but here they are appearing in this childish, simple family comedy that pits grandfather and grandson against each other when the senior moves into his daughter's home and the younger loses his bedroom and is moved up to the attic. It is befitting of director Hill's main experience in animation that characters, situations and outcomes are very broadly-drawn and cartoon-like, but De Niro and young Oakes Fegley play the central relationship with sufficient warmth to make it just about bearable for any viewer over the age of ten.
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