‘The War With Grandpa’ review: Another forgettable Robert De Niro comedy
Who knew a dodgeball game between Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Cheech Marin, Jane Seymour and a bunch of rowdy kids could be so bland?That’s one of many beige scenes in the new comedy “The War With Grandpa,” a film that’s both by-the-book and based on a book, in which a preteen boy gets back at his grandfather for moving into his room.That could have been an emotionally involving tussle. At one end, you have a young man, Peter (Oakes Fegley), who is just starting to gain his independence — represented by the almighty lockable bedroom — and at the other, a man in his 70s, Ed (De Niro), whose autonomy is slipping away.