Grandma

Lily Tomlin Fuels the Journey Depicted in ‘Grandma’

Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 28, 2015 - 10:01am

Rating: 3.5/5.0

CHICAGO – There is a circumstantial and frank presentation of abortion in the new Paul Weitz film “Grandma,” and it probably could not have resulted the way it did if the story wasn’t anchored by the great Lily Tomlin. She portrays the title character, helping her granddaughter get to the procedure.

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