Daddy's Home Analysis

If any Joe blow were asked if he liked Daddy’s Home he would probably say yes, the critics would tell you otherwise. Out of five critic reviews only one said some good things about the movie Daddy’s Home. None of them said bad things, but none said anything outstanding either. All of the critics had wonderful things to say about Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, but they critiqued the comedy of the movie something terrible. The reviews of the critics had many different viewpoints some giving Daddy’s Home and ok review and others completely trashing the whole movie. One of the main things the critics talked about was weak comedy.

Will ferrell is a wonderful comical actor but this movie does not show off his comedy skills. According to John
Anderson, “If Will Ferrell didn’t exist, men might have to invent him.” Will Ferrell has wonderful comedic potential but this movie does not show it off. “Daddy’s home is an ugly psychological cockfight posing as a family-friendly comedy” (Holden). In the movie, Brad (Ferrell) is attacked over and over again by Dusty (Wahlberg), leaving him in a tight situation making the whole scene of the movie awkward and emotional. The movie begins to develop into a stand-off between brad and Dusty then the whole mood diminishes after an almost fight scene in the airport when Dusty tries to skip town. “Just as the movie is building toward a face off, it’s testosterone suddenly drains, and it expires in a feel-good dance sequence; all is forgiven” (Holden). The dance scene at the end of the movie is somewhat comical because of Ferrell’s shirtless appearance but Wahlberg does not show off any of his moves. The director puts Wahlberg on the dance floor but does not let him show off his moves. Let Wahlberg dance! If you're going to put Mark Wahlberg in a dance battle with a dad who thinks he is better don’t just let Wahlberg look dumb let him show off his moves. Along with the weak comedy Daddy’s Home is not as good as movies, such as The Other Guys, that the acting pair has done.

Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell are a fantastic acting pair but Daddy’s Home is not the best they have ever done.
The comedy in Daddy’s Home does not compare to the comedy in other movies that Ferrell and Wahlberg have done together. The Other Guys was one of the most comical movies that the acting pair has done and completely blows Daddy’s Home out of the water. “ In the universe of Will Ferrell films, it's helpful to think of Daddy’s Home as the misbegotten love child of The Other Guys and Kicking and Screaming” (O’sullivan). Wahlberg has done many movies serious and funny alike but Daddy’s Home does not show the potential that Mark Wahlberg has for comedy. The movie Daddy’s Home is like a lump of coal in your stocking in your stocking compared to The Other Guys. Both Wahlberg and Ferrell are great actors and both have done phenomenal work in the past, but Daddy’s Home does not show them off. The director of this movie holds the actors back and does not let them show off their comical styles. Will Ferrell is sometimes considered the Godfather of comedy even though Daddy’s Home does not show his full comedy potential Ferrell is still one of the funniest actors of all time. Not only was the comedy weak and the actors were held back but this movie is not a family friendly
movie.

The movie used quite a good bit of vulgar language such as, when the two father want-to-be’s are teaching Dylan (their son) how to stand up for himself. The scene is set in the family’s garage, where Brad and Dusty are training dylan to stand up to the bullies at his school. The two men attempt to teach him how to fight but as they do so they are teaching him to uses extremely inappropriate language for a ten year old. They are teaching him to stand up to bullies, but in a way that is both rude and cruel even to a bully. “If you were thinking that Daddy’s Home might make a nice movie to take the family to over the holidays, think again” (O’sullivan). Daddy’s home contains a couple of inappropriate scenes in it including the scene as to where Dusty, Brad, and Sarah are in DR. Emilio’s office. “There is a bit more coarse language and vulgar, squirm-worthy humor- including a scene in which a doctor Emilio (Bobby Cannavale) conducts a physical examination comparing Brad’s testicles to Dusty’s-than one should expect from a family movie” (O’sullivan). This scene is not an appropriate scene for the younger viewers in the theater, not only is it wrong but it sets a bad example for young children everywhere.
In the end of the movie the scene is set back at Brad and Sarah’s home, where Dusty and his new wife has built a new house across the street.
The mood of the movie is heating between Dusty and Brad throughout the entire course of the movie, but the mood changes when Dusty meets his match. Dusty’s new wife and daughter are visited by the biological father of his new daughter and he proceeds to treat Dusty the same way Dusty treated Brad in the beginning of the movie, changed his bad boy tone. Dusty learned that even tho Brad is only the stepfather of his children he still makes a great father figure for his 2 children. The whole moral to this laugh free vulgar comedy is that a stepfather can be just as good as any father figure can be. No matter if the stepfather comes in at a low time in the family's life and the children do not like him at first the stepfather can make a wonderful father figure if he puts in the time and effort the family deserves out of a father. In the movie Daddy’s home Dusty realizes that Brad is as good of a father as any and will be good to his children. So all in all even in a heated battle between stepfather and biological father, when all the dust settles it is no surprise that a stepfather can be a great father
figure.