The War With Grandpa is 100% a family film, so the conflicts between the two warring sides are more on the classic slapstick side, played for laughs, with De Niro obviously having fun as Ed.

So far, so De Niro-as-raging-codger proud. But that’s about all you’re going to see of the 77-year-old De Niro’s charismatic volcanic side in “The War with Grandpa.” ...

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - "The War With Grandpa," a Robert De Niro comedy about the battle between a wily septuagenarian and his grandson over a bedroom, was originally supposed to hit theaters ...