![]() A sequel to Daddy's Home (2015), it stars Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Linda Cardellini, John Cena, with John Lithgow and Mel Gibson. ![]() It’s not even slightly original or creative, but a delightful appearance from John Cena, an surprisingly well-earned payoff and commitment to the seasonal setting ties a nice bow on proceedings.Daddy's Home 2 (titled on screen as Daddy's Home Two) is a 2017 American Christmas comedy film directed by Sean Anders and written by Anders and John Morris. That said, just when you’re ready to escape to mulled wine and mince pies, Daddy’s Home delivers an ending that’s just insane enough to win you over with festive spirit. This is a short film at 98-minutes, but feels much longer. ![]() She also gets to be petty and hit in the face with things, which I guess is a version of equality. The rivalry between her and Dusty’s new wife Karen (Alessandra Ambrosio) is the film’s most boring subplot, but a small mercy is Sara’s liberation from the role of ‘shrew’ wife. For the most part it just kind of… exists.Īs before, the women in Daddy’s Home 2 get very little to do, but this sequel does at least make better use of Linda Cardellini than the first film. Perhaps those behind the scenes simply wanted to create a new Elf – Christmas films are especially lucrative, after all – but this isn’t even as pleasingly bad as something like Jingle All the Way. There’s a fair amount of bad language, and even the slapstick ‘delights’ of seeing Will Ferrell’s Brad being hit in the face with things has been ever-so-slightly scaled back (which isn’t saying much). In general, the film’s tone is its most puzzling aspect as, though it’s being marketed as a family comedy, most of the laughs are designed to appeal to the middle-aged dads in the audience. Really, that’s not a bad message for this kind of film – affection between men should be embraced – even if it isn’t a message that gets through. The film actually manages to sidestep some of the inevitable questions by presenting Gibson’s Kurt as a problem to be solved – an example of the kind of toxic masculinity that creates offspring like Dusty. If we must have Mel Gibson back on our screens, then perhaps this is where he should exist. For some reason the two leads’ chemistry just works, and this sequel benefits from them not being the sole focus this time around. ![]() The film plods along with a couple of chuckles but more missed opportunities, and benefits from its excellent cast. Enter Mel Gibson and John Lithgow, visiting the newly-blended Mayron/Whittaker clan for Christmas. Having milked all of the gags out of the premise of Brad (Ferrell) and Dusty’s (Wahlberg) rivalry over the care of their step and biological children, respectively, this film introduces two new ‘daddies’ to spice things up. But it made enough money at the time to warrant a sequel in the studio’s eyes, so here we are.ĭaddy’s Home 2 is not worse than the first film, but it’s still not very good. ![]() Which brings us to 2015’s Daddy’s Home, which paired Ferrell with reliable scene partner Mark Wahlberg to create a disappointing family comedy that left very little impression after it was done. He thrived at a time when over-long, improvised Apatow-era comedies were king, but his star has waned somewhat since that style fell out of favour. With as many hits as misses on his resume over the years, he was still once thought of as a dependable presence in otherwise absurd movies. Will Ferrell’s comedy oeuvre has taken us on a strange journey. ![]()
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