Watch the new trailer for Grandma staring Lily Tomlin. Due in theaters this August, Tomlin plays Elle, a lesbian mourning the death of her partner. She’s also trying to her her teenage daughter Sage, played by Julie Garner.
The new trailer shows Orange is the New Black star, Laverne Cox as Elle’s friend Deathy. Deathy can’t help with funds, but she can certainly give her a new tattoo.
Watch the trailer below as Cox inks Tomilin.
Grandma is out on August 21
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I had never even heard about this movie before reading this article / watching this trailer. I think it looks great! Glad to see more female-driven films with some actual depth to them.
Seeing Danner carry a movie, is especially a delight. She is a remarkable actress with a Tony and two Emmys under her belt yet most people only know her as “the mom” : the mom from Meet the Parents, the mom from Will & Grace or quite simply “just” the mom of Gwyneth Paltrow.
The Slap was one of the best things on TV in 2015 so far. The hour that focused on Uma Thurman’s and Blythe Danner’s characters was the best episode of the series. And Blythe Danner was the best thing about that episode.
I like this new wave of films focusing on women of a certain age. Grandma (Lily Tomlin), Hello my name is Doris (Sally Field), I’ll see you in my dreams (Blythe Danner) all look like great showcases for their under appreciated and criminally underused stars. Seeing Danner carry a movie, is especially a delight. She is a remarkable actress with a Tony and two Emmys under her belt yet most people only know her as “the mom” : the mom from Meet the Parents, the mom from Will & Grace or quite simply “just” the mom of Gwyneth Paltrow. It was about damn time she got a movie…and seeing how critics seem to love her AND the film (94 on RT, 75 on MC), not to mention the surprisingly nice Box Office performance (by indie standards), I expect her to remain in the Best Actress conversation for the next few months the least. Whether she’ll have the industry support to go all the way to the top5, that I don’t know.
Bottom line : Considering films like Grandma, Hello my name is Doris, I’ll see you in my dreams are actually getting made at last, on top of films like Woman in Gold (headlined by a 69 year old British dame) and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2 (carried by two 80 year old British dames) that are turning into decent hits (10M budgets, 30M+ in the US alone), I think we may just see a new wave of films about not only women, but women of a certain age. Good. It was about damn time.
This looks like a fun indie film featuring a great leading role for Lily Tomlin who is an actress I love and after going through all of Grace and Frankie and finding nothing inspiring a lead role like this seems perfect for Tomlin and even if she doesn’t happen I’m just glad Lily Tomlin is sort of making a mini comeback.
I don’t like the girl’s hair at all
Looks good. To me a second to realize that I recognized Julia Garner from The Americans.