'' Dirty Grandpa '' received negative reviews for its gross-out and shock humor that was also considered as sexist , homophobic and racist . Mike Ryan of Uproxx said : " '' Dirty Grandpa '' is the worst movie I ’ve ever seen in a movie theater . Burn it . " He later also picked it as the worst film he had both reviewed and seen . and Pete Hammond of '' Deadline Hollywood '' said : " ... '' Dirty Grandpa , '' is not just the worst movie De Niro has ever been in , but it may be the worst movie '' anyone '' has ever been in . " Glenn McDonald of '' Indy Week '' said : " The awful , ugly '' Dirty Grandpa '' is the comedy equivalent of torture porn ... In fact , in the dizzying moments after being bludgeoned by this miserable specimen , I was convinced it 's among the worst movies ever made . " Richard Roeper gave the film zero stars , writing , " If '' Dirty Grandpa '' is n't the worst movie of 2016 , I have some serious cinematic torture in my near future . " Mark Kermode , on his BBC Radio 5 Live show ( '' Kermode and Mayo 's Film Review '' ) , said , " after '' Dirty Grandpa '' I did feel genuinely unclean , I wanted to go and have a shower , because it 's just so revolting . Somewhere in hell there is a multiplex playing this on a double bill , with '' Movie 43 '' and '' Entourage '' . " He would later go on to brand it his least favorite film of 2016 . Glenn Kelly of ''RogerEbert.com '' said : " The actor Bela Lugosi appeared in some landmark , perhaps even great , films at the beginning of his Hollywood career in the 1930s . ... Lugosi ’s final film was 1959 ’s “ '' Plan 9 From Outer Space '' , ” frequently cited as the worst film ever made . The cinematic landmarks of De Niro ’s career include films such as Coppola ’s “ '' The Godfather , Part II '' ” and Scorsese ’s “ '' Raging Bull '' . ” He has been featured in a good number of very bad films in the years since . But this ? This might just be his own “ '' Plan 9 '' . ” " The film has an approval rating of 11 % at Rotten Tomatoes with an average score of 2.74 / 10 , while on Metacritic , it has a score of 21 out of 100 based on 27 critics , indicating " generally unfavorable reviews " . At the 37th Golden Raspberry Awards , it received five nominations , for Worst Picture , Worst Actor ( De Niro ) , Worst Supporting Actress ( Julianne Hough and Aubrey Plaza , respectively ) and Worst Screenplay , but did not win in any category
37th Golden Raspberry Awards
37th Golden Raspberry Awards
Dirty Grandpa