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Daddy's Home

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Summary

Comedy starring Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell. A hapless stepfather struggles to retain the respect of his kids when their much cooler biological dad turns up.

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A star rating of 2 out of 5.

Stella Papamichael

They got on like a house on fire in The Other Guys, but Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg only kindle a few lukewarm laughs in this comedy from co-writer/director Sean Anders (Horrible Bosses 2). Ferrell is Brad, the gawky suburban stepdad who does little except look on in envy when his children's biological father, Wahlberg, rolls back into town on his motorcycle. This should be the cue for the gloves coming off in the contest to win the children over, except that Brad is a walkover, lapping up humiliating moments while Wahlberg lords it over him with a see-through Mr Nice Guy act. Ferrell's funniest characters have a little bit of guile and a lot of pomp to balance out the idiocy (Ron Burgundy being the prime example) but there's no fun in laughing at a character this pathetic, plus Brad's lack of drive means the film drags. Wahlberg is pure smarm in contrast, but he's never more irritating than in the saccharine finale. In all Daddy's Home is a hollow construction.

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6.2/10

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Cast

rolenameBradWill FerrellDustyMark WahlbergSaraLinda CardelliniLeoThomas Haden ChurchGriffHannibal BuressKarenAlessandra AmbrosioThe WhipPaul ScheerDorisJamie Denbo

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Crew

rolenameDirectorSean Anders

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Theatrical distributor

Paramount

Released on

2015-12-25

Languages

English | Ukrainian

Guidance

Some swearing

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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