Directed and co-written by Sean Anders, the film bears a passing outward resemblance to the recent Amy Poehler/Tina Fey vehicle “Sisters” for the way in which it places two stars with a proven dynamic on comfortable ground. Given the director’s raunchy oeuvre, this shouldn’t be a surprise, but it’s worth noting just in case the title leads anyone to believe that “Daddy’s Home” is a wholesome family film.
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In “Daddy’s Home”, Will Ferrell plays Brad, a variation on a Will Ferrell character we’ve seen a dozen times before: a nice guy who’s so aggressively, wonderfully, trying-so-hard nice even the children around him sometimes roll their eyes at his corny wholesomeness. When their father Dusty, portrayed by Mark Wahlberg, comes back into the fold, a rivalry between the two men soon develops. Dusty is cooler in every way than the emasculated Brad, and it isn’t long before he’s infringing upon parental responsibilities such as school drop-offs and bedtime storytelling.
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The men are also competing for the affection of Sara (Linda Cardellini), who honestly seems too good for either of them. Thomas Haden Church, as Brad’s tone-deaf boss, tells several off-color tales about his past wives while Bobby Cannavale plays an inappropriate fertility doctor. There’s also nothing that can comedically match a well-deployed Hannibal Buress, who gives a great supporting turn as handyman-turned-inexplicable-roommate Griff.
Brad is married to the lovely and sweet Sarah (Linda Cardellini, criminally underused), who has two young children, Dylan (Owen Vaccaro) and Megan (Scarlett Estevaz), from her previous marriage. There are some amusing bits about product placement (which is rampant), especially about Brad’s Ford Flex, and the genre-based expectations for overly dramatic moments, which is undercut perfectly in Buress’ sleepy-eyed deadpan.
Such topics are weighty stuff to address in such a big, broad comedy, but the message gets through without sabotaging the silliness – and, make no mistake, Daddy’s Home is built primarily to let Ferrell and Wahlberg go bonkers.
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Whether you’re going to like Daddy’s Home is going to depend on a lot of things. Rated PG-13 (for thematic elements, crude and suggestive content, and for language). Theaters: Edwards 21, Edwards 9, Edwards 14, Edwards 12, Majestic 18, Village Cinema.
