A nice touch is added with the brief inclusion of Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy as Mortimer and Randolph, the swindling old
codgers given their just desserts in «Trading Places», Murphy's previous project with director John Landis.
Not exact matches
Duvall does his crusty
codger bit, Vincent D'Onofrio and Vera Farmiga have standout cameos, and Downey
gives an intense, tightly - wound performance that is better than this movie deserves.
Dylan suffers at the hands of funny fat - kid bully Kevin (Julian Dennison), whose actions seem particularly callous
given the recent tragic past; Grandpa (Terry Norris) is a randy old
codger (wink - wink scenes with Dylan as he skips between bedrooms at the local nursing home are off - putting), who encourages his grandkid's imagination but seems ignorant of the financial strife his grief - stricken family is in.
At that point, I'm
giving up on the old
codgers & assuming nobody makes it past 102 yrs of age!