![]() Lithgow’s character is so delightfully conceived and performed with so many perfect details that Don practically deserves his own sitcom. There’s a genius dad joke involving a thermostat that would have been that much funnier with more time, but the film zips through it and other jokes and plot points to fit them all in. The mania produced by four warring dads, two moms and several precocious kids means the film almost never stops to breathe or let a bit run its full course. And overall, the film's premise is so akin to the recently released Bad Moms Christmas.įilm: "Daddy's Home 2" Director: Sean Anders Cast: Will Ferrell, Mel Gibson, John Lithgow, Linda Cardellini, Scarlett Estevez, Owen Vaccaro, Didi Costine, Allessandra Ambrosio and John Cena Rating: *1/2 starsWith the added dads around, those antics become frantic. ![]() Technically, the film is moderately mounted with humour in limited and mediocre quotient. The other characters in the family seem to be in stock roles and they do a good job of it. ![]() Together, they make the many flaws in the film diminish. On the other hand, John Lithgow as Brad's father is all mush and sloppy. Not only that, he is also the guy who likes to crack heavy jokes that make his son squirm. Mel Gibson as the extravagant Kurt is a kind of exaggeration in his role as a rough guy in action films, with all the necessary typecasts rude, womanizing, misogynist, macho, Republican, etc. In fact, there are scenes which are sort of funny, where the two dads and two granddads offer advice and strategies to the younger lot in the film. They seem to overshadow their sons most of the times. With both fathers' personalities being an extension of their sons, theirs are the funniest characters. But it is the direction of Sean Anders and the script written in collaboration with John Morris, specialist in the field, who deliver the best moments of the film: the bowling scene is great as well as the live crib, although both are surpassed without doubt for the finale. The scenes of physical gag, a classic in comedy are the order of the day. While there is tenderness, understanding and weakness between Brad and his dad, there is an air of defiance, rudeness and charisma between Dusty and his father. Like all family comedies, the message is pro-family and the jokes are to see how the family, despite its obvious differences, manages to reconcile. From stereotype behaviour to progressive and shockingly amusing, they have it all. The family yoyos between seeming to be a happy family to a dysfunctional one, depending on the dads' outlook. With space being a constraint, Kurt books the family in a holiday resort, where the major part of the drama takes place. Whitaker (John Lithgow) and Dusty's dad Kurt (Mel Gibson). For the one week holidays, they are joined by their respective dads Mr. Brad (Will Ferrell) and Dusty (Mark Wahlberg) decide to give their children a good "One-family-Christmas". The arrival of Christmas is the family event of the year and family means bonding, relatives and more. It is about dads versus step-dads and their dads. While adhering to the wacky tone that was defiantly established in the first edition, this one does further the story set-up in a natural and organic way. Except that this one is set during Christmas week, making it a festive fare. A loosely structured farce that satirises modern concepts of fatherhood and masculinity, "Daddy's Home 2" is a flighty comedy just like its predecessor - the 2015 released "Daddy's Home".
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