Daddy's Home: An amusing, feel-good movie

As a fan of the dynamic, weird duo – Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, I am being biased when I say Daddy’s Home is yet another hilarious comedy movie after The Other Guys. But even if I am not a fan, I still say it is one funny movie especially if you are a family man (or woman) facing challenges and insecurities in life.

Sean Anders of Horrible Bosses 2 and Dumb and Dumber To directed and co-wrote the screenplay together with Brian Burns and John Morris. Although Daddy’s Home is a hilarious and entertaining movie, the sketch can be made better. See, even with the silly-funny couple Ferrrell and Wahlberg, somehow Sean Andres is missing that natural-silly-humour-resulting-from-awkward-moments lines, that Adam McKay, the director of The Other Guys, who is also one of the producers for this film, is so good at.

Daddy’s Home would also be the perfect kind of funny if only Sean Andres spent more effort and attention on writing really good laughs rather than the expected, excessive silliness.

Daddy’s Home tells the crisis and conflict of a typical dysfunctional American family. Will Ferrel plays Brad Whitaker who works as an executive at a smooth-jazz radio station called Panda. Married to Sarah, a divorcee with two children, played by Linda Cardellini, Brad steers his whole life towards being the perfect ‘daddy’. However, Brad is not well-liked by his two stepchildren, causing Brad huge insecurities.

Just when Brad is getting the hang of being the good step-daddy, in comes the rock star daddy, the biological father of the children, played by the hot-bod Marky Mark Wahlberg, called Dusty.

Despite his insecurities, Brad instantaneously plays the ‘bigger’ man and puts in all he has, welcoming Dusty ‘again’ into his home for the best interest of his stepchildren.


The love-hate relationship between Brad and Dusty begins and Sarah is constantly challenged by the not-so subtle competition that the two dads have.

So, which daddy is ahead of the league and wins the love of the family in the end?

Despite being packed with slapstick and over the top silliness, hats up to Sean Andres who managed to give a family-moving movie filled with life lessons that most of us can relate to.


Cast: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Linda Cardellini

Directed by: Sean Anders

Release date: 31 December 2015 (United International Pictures)

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