Grandmothers Recharge Well! (1984)
A family purchases a home robot designed to look like a grandmum. Their neighbours immediately buy a more expensivve model as the two families always try to up the other one. Both grandmums start to "terorize" their families because they were set up to ensure the mums exercise, the kids study etc. Apart from that they start causing problems to the other family ... cut ropes with hanging clothes, pierced tires, etc. Once they get to killing each other family's pets the parents get really worried about the safety of their kids. The grannys later destroy each other while fighting and the families decide that they'll be better off without any robots. (It's some time since I saw this so the details may be off.) Mainly thanks to the design of the robots it's rather a comedy than a horror. Unless you are ten. And a rather good comedy!
Cast
- Jiří Lábus - Louda
- Daniela Kolářová - Loudová
- Kateřina Urbancová
- Petr Frolík
- Libuše Havelková - Róza
- Jana Dítětová - Carmen
- Antonín Hardt
- Marie Málková
- Michal Ryneš
- Dana Balounová
Screenplay
- Jiří Just (Story)
- Jiří Just (Screenplay)
- Zdeněk Hřebík (Story)
- Jiří Blažek (Creative Producer)
- Ladislav Rychman (Story)
Themes
Visions of Future and Technology, Dark Comedy and Irony
Keywords
dark comedy, robot, based on short story, grandmother
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Grandmothers Recharge Well! about?
- A family purchases a home robot designed to look like a grandmum. Their neighbours immediately buy a more expensivve model as the two families always try to up the other one. Both grandmums start to "terorize" their families because they were set up to ensure the mums exercise, the kids study etc. Apart from that they start causing problems to the other family ... cut ropes with hanging clothes, pierced tires, etc. Once they get to killing each other family's pets the parents get really worried about the safety of their kids. The grannys later destroy each other while fighting and the families decide that they'll be better off without any robots. (It's some time since I saw this so the details may be off.) Mainly thanks to the design of the robots it's rather a comedy than a horror. Unless you are ten. And a rather good comedy!
- Who directed Grandmothers Recharge Well!?
- Grandmothers Recharge Well! was directed by Ladislav Rychman.
- Who stars in Grandmothers Recharge Well!?
- Grandmothers Recharge Well! stars Jiří Lábus, Daniela Kolářová, Kateřina Urbancová, Petr Frolík, Libuše Havelková, Jana Dítětová.
- How long is Grandmothers Recharge Well!?
- Grandmothers Recharge Well! has a runtime of 1h 41m (101 minutes).
- What genre is Grandmothers Recharge Well!?
- Grandmothers Recharge Well! is a Science Fiction, Comedy, Horror film.
- Where was Grandmothers Recharge Well! produced?
- Grandmothers Recharge Well! was produced in Czechoslovakia.
- What are the themes of Grandmothers Recharge Well!?
- The themes of Grandmothers Recharge Well! include: Visions of Future and Technology, Dark Comedy and Irony.