Lily Tomlin is "Grandma" in this 2015 film, written and directed by Paul Weitz. Let's start with some trivia. For those who remember "Imitation of Life" from 1959, Paul Weitz is the son of Susan Kohner, who played the young woman who passed for white in the film. His grandfather was a famous theatrical agent, Paul Kohner, and his grandmother was actress Lupita Tovar.Tomlin plays Elle, a lesbian with a checkered past which includes a one-night stand that produced a daughter (Marcia Gay Harden), an ex- husband (Sam Elliott), a deceased lover who helped raise her daughter, and a young lover (Judy Greer) whom she's in the process of breaking up with when the film starts.Elle's granddaughter Sage (Julia Garner) visits her seeking $600 for an abortion. Elle doesn't have it. She's paid off all her debt and then cut up her credit cards. So the two go on a search for the money, hitting up the baby daddy, a friend (Laverne Cox), and another friend (Elizabeth Pena) with a cafe who offered to buy some first editions. In the end, Elle comes up short. Then it's time to hit up the ex- husband. This is where we find out Elle hasn't told her granddaughter everything about her life.The next stop is a confrontation with Sage's very busy mother who is on the outs with Elle.Entertaining and fun film, well written, well directed, and well acted. Lily Tomlin is delightful as a no-nonsense, dry-witted woman still grieving over the loss of someone so special in her life. Really a wonderful role for her.The rest of the cast is marvelous, with Marcia Gay Harden proving again that she's uber-talented. Weitz's quirky casting truly elevates this film.Highly recommended.

Sam Elliott was just amazing in this! I have loved the depth and the humility in the warmth and the humor that he brought through with his character. I really feel like it was an Oscar worthy performance and a movie that probably won't be seen by as many people as it could be. I hope we see this performance in another movie with Mr. Elliott because it would be super nice to see him win an Oscar for this caliber of performance. Overall this movie was a little bit hard for me to watch because I am pro-life and pro choice, politically. I think ideally we have to respect that it's a woman's choice and yet offer so many fabulous options that they would not feel like they ever had to do that.

This movie is for man hating bitches. Feminist narrow minded lesbians. Hot tempered c@*ts who don't care about anyone including them selves. If you like to prove you're a Liberal Feminist that understands what it is like to be looked down upon because you are a woman than this is the movie for you. If you have a ball sack or you are a woman and like a good ball sack this movie will make you angry.

Hard to finish the movie when you hate the main character. Don't get me wrong. I think Lily Tomlin is a great actress and would like to see her in much more movies but awful sentences can make even excellent actor sound unnatural and amateurish. Add to those awful sentences bunch of overused indie movie clichés (like transsexual hairdresser, cool lesbian grandmother etc.) and fair dose of unmotivated screaming (guess for creating comical moments when there is none) you get recipe for disaster. I behaved like a hipster few years ago and had way to much compassion for all sort of indie or European hyped movies and tried to "understand" them or blame myself for not liking them (I thought I missed some greatness or am not educated enough) but no more. I don't like this movie. Sorry