When a rebellious teenager is forced to spend the summer with his grandfather, their differences go deeper than just the years that separate them.
Acting
Ed Asner carries the emotional weight with zero sentimentality.
Writing
Dialogue that actually sounds like grandparents and teens talking.
Director
Bill L. Norton
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ed Asner filmed this between UP voice sessions, making it his grumpy-old-man era peak.
This aired on Hallmark Channel during their brief 2008 experiment with slightly edgier family content before retreating to pure schmaltz.
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