Daddy's Home
Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg (together again after 2010's The Other Guys) compete for the adoration of their children in this comedy. When a loving-but-dweebish step-dad (Ferrell) is confronted by the cool-but-jerkish biological father (Wahlberg) of his partner’s children, a war for ultimate parenthood commences…
- Director:
- Sean Anders ('Horrible Bosses 2', 'That's My Boy')John Morris (feature debut)
- Writer:
- Brian Burns
- Cast:
- Will FerrellMark WahlbergLinda CardelliniThomas Haden ChurchAlessandra AmbrosioPaul Scheer
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Daniel Rutledge
flicksIf you want to see Will Ferrell victimised by in-full-arsehole-mode Mark Wahlberg for an hour or so, this movie is for you. That actually could sound pretty appealing, but Daddy's Home is not a good movie. Far too many of the comedic beats miss their mark in this predictable and lazy story for me to recommend it.
Ferrell versus Wahlberg!
Everybody loves a good laugh, but what makes us unashamedly burst out in shrieks of delight is purely in the eye of the beholder. Some people still find Adam Sandler funny (and relevant) while others find the rebooted canned laughter of early eighties American slap stick comedy the right fit for their sense of humour. It is all about taste and what one...
Variety
pressThe first PG-13 comedy from R-rated laffer auteur Sean Anders ("Horrible Bosses 2," "That's My Boy") winds up an unpalatable mix with little to satisfy families or anyone who likes to laugh.
Time Out
pressAnders's film tells a basic story in which strutting males repeatedly lock horns to varying degrees of comic effect.
The New York Times
pressIt is best avoided unless a movie that has the attitude and mind-set of a schoolyard bully happens to be your thing.
The Guardian
pressIt's by-numbers filmmaking that rarely adds up to anything worth the price of admission.
Hollywood Reporter
pressA one-trick pony, and that trick - an effortlessly cool Wahlberg emasculating a beleaguered Ferrell - just isn't fresh or funny enough to sustain a 95-minute movie.
Empire Magazine
pressIf it all ends in cornball reconciliation, the dumb, fuzzy smile it leaves suggests it's well earned.
Flicks, Daniel Rutledge
flicksIf you want to see Will Ferrell victimised by in-full-arsehole-mode Mark Wahlberg for an hour or so, this movie is for you. That actually could sound pretty appealing, but Daddy's Home is not a good movie. Far too many of the comedic beats miss their mark in this predictable and lazy story for me to recommend it.
Variety
pressThe first PG-13 comedy from R-rated laffer auteur Sean Anders ("Horrible Bosses 2," "That's My Boy") winds up an unpalatable mix with little to satisfy families or anyone who likes to laugh.
Time Out
pressAnders's film tells a basic story in which strutting males repeatedly lock horns to varying degrees of comic effect.
The New York Times
pressIt is best avoided unless a movie that has the attitude and mind-set of a schoolyard bully happens to be your thing.
The Guardian
pressIt's by-numbers filmmaking that rarely adds up to anything worth the price of admission.
Hollywood Reporter
pressA one-trick pony, and that trick - an effortlessly cool Wahlberg emasculating a beleaguered Ferrell - just isn't fresh or funny enough to sustain a 95-minute movie.
Empire Magazine
pressIf it all ends in cornball reconciliation, the dumb, fuzzy smile it leaves suggests it's well earned.
Ferrell versus Wahlberg!
Everybody loves a good laugh, but what makes us unashamedly burst out in shrieks of delight is purely in the eye of the beholder. Some people still find Adam Sandler funny (and relevant) while others find the rebooted canned laughter of early eighties American slap stick comedy the right fit for their sense of humour. It is all about taste and what one...
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