Distasteful and Definitely NOT Awarding Winning

Rating: 1/10 (9 February 2007)

This is a distasteful overly hyped movie. The fact that it is Oscar nominated for best picture gives validation to my disrespect for the Oscars. To think that it is funny for a grandfather to spend hours and hours behind close doors teaching his 7 year old granddaughter an inappropriate dance is a mystery. Further, to nominate the little girl in the movie for an Oscar is a puzzle as well. Nothing that she did in the movie is award worthy, there are any number of children actors that act better and have done a better job in roles than she did, Will Smith's son in Pursuit of happiness for example. And where are the child protection laws when it comes to Hollywood. I question a mother who would allow her daughter to play this role. Aside from all of the inappropriateness, most of the movie was just Not funny to me... I frowned through most of it.