Daddy's Home

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Daddy's Home

PG-13

Released Dec 25, 2015

1h 36m

Comedy

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Brad Whitaker (Will Ferrell) is a kindhearted radio executive who wants to be the best possible stepfather to his wife's (Linda Cardellini) two children. When her freewheeling ex-husband, Dusty (Mark Wahlberg), breezes back into town, Brad's feeling of insecurity quickly develops into an inferiority complex. As Dusty demonstrates his flair for athletics, home repair and bad-boy charisma, Whitaker finds himself in a no-holds-barred battle to one-up his rival and win the approval of his family.

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Critics Consensus

Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg have proven comedic chemistry, but Daddy's Home suffers from a dearth of genuinely funny ideas - and lacks enough guts or imagination to explore the satirical possibilities of its premise.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

It's Ferrell and Wahlberg who keep this engine revving like it does, a statement that shouldn't come as a shock for all of those who watched the pair's 2010 hit The Other Guys.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 16, 2016

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Udita Jhunjhunwala

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Begins with an interesting premise but does not pack in enough satire into its contrived and predictable screenplay.

Apr 15, 2016

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

That's one problematic comedy.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 7, 2016

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Here's one of those comedies like Meet the Parents where an awkward family situation escalates, and everyone onscreen behaves so farcically that their inane behavior can only be explained by the requirements of the script.

Rated: 1/4

Apr 23, 2022

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Ian Brill

Battleship Pretension

Daddy's Home promises a battle between two forms of masculinity and fatherhood, and the implications of that could be fascinating. But what we get is as intense as a sparring match.

Apr 13, 2021

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

Has its giddy moments but by-and-large but doesn't contain enough "dad jokes" to make it worthwhile.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 3, 2021

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Greg M

poignant, and a little too realistic

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

07/21/24

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S R

My sister owned it on VUDU, so I thought I'd give it a try. It was painful and just got worse as it went. I identified with many situations though and it made it that much harder to watch.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

07/15/24

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Tyler S

Sure it seemed a little all over the place, but I don't think this film was meant to be big. It is supposed to be a nice sit-down family film and have a good laugh. This movie completed those objectives.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/17/24

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Brooks M

I did of laughter every time I watch this movie! Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg do an amazing job with making this movie a comedy classic.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/01/24

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alan g

A decent plot ruined by Will Ferrel.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/17/24

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Russell H

Could have been funnier but these two are great together.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/21/24

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Sean Anders

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Will Ferrell

Brad Whitaker

Mark Wahlberg

Dusty Mayron

Linda Cardellini

Sarah

Thomas Haden Church

Leo

Scarlett Estevez

Megan

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Synopsis

Brad Whitaker (Will Ferrell) is a kindhearted radio executive who wants to be the best possible stepfather to his wife's (Linda Cardellini) two children. When her freewheeling ex-husband, Dusty (Mark Wahlberg), breezes back into town, Brad's feeling of insecurity quickly develops into an inferiority complex. As Dusty demonstrates his flair for athletics, home repair and bad-boy charisma, Whitaker finds himself in a no-holds-barred battle to one-up his rival and win the approval of his family.

Director: Sean Anders
Producer: Will Ferrell, Chris Henchy, Adam McKay, John Morris
Screenwriter: Brian Burns, Sean Anders, John Morris
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Gary Sanchez Productions, Paramount Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Crude and Suggestive Content|Thematic Elements)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 25, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 13, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $150.3M
Runtime: 1h 36m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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