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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

Scroll.in

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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David Griffiths

Subculture Entertainment

The film seems to work best when it forgets about trying to be funny and instead goes for more touching scenes, like a step-Dad trying his best with his kids, but also falls on its face when it tries to ‘show-up’ other films.

Rated: 2.5/5

Mar 10, 2025

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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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Rubí Q

What an ungrateful family. Fun at times, but very boring overall.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

05/14/25

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Laze T

Why the hate........

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/27/25

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Audience Member

This movie has taken a place on the shelf as one of my top go-to Christmas comedies. Stellar contrast in comedic characters between Will Farrell and Mark Wahlberg. Happy, relaxing, holiday fun. I’m not surprised the reviews are terrible because audiences usually prefer vulgar comedy nowadays if giving any credit to any comedy at all.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/22/25

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Isaac S

I had maybe 1 chuckle which wasn't even one. Movie was alright but certainly not good.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/08/25

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Bronwyn D

Stupid & Overdone. I love Will Ferrell & Mark Wahlberg as actors, but the movie was bad (surprised they made a sequel- won't watch). The writers tried.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/09/25

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Luke R

I used to like it, but not anymore. And the kids are awful too.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/01/25

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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: Paramount Pictures, Gary Sanchez Productions
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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