![]() ![]() Gibson, meanwhile, is a crusty old chauvinist, his curled upper lip struggling against his dentures as he mocks his son’s newfound sensitivity and encourages his granddaughter to buy a gun. Lithgow’s lovey-dovey dad is the kind of guy who loved being a postal worker, and takes the flights with the most connections so he can “talk to as many new people as possible.” His beaming, obnoxious generosity is a real highlight. However, the addition of their dads, Lithgow especially, spices up the proceedings in unexpectedly amusing ways. One wishes writer-director Sean Anders could trust his leads’ crackerjack chemistry to carry the day, instead of leaning on weak fall-down-go-boom antics. When Clark Griswold survives a life-threatening event involving Christmas decorations, it hardens his heart toward the holidays for Ferrell’s Brad Whitaker, it’s just another day of death-defying clumsiness to be shrugged off by the next scene. The physical comedy is still embarrassingly broad, shooting for Christmas Vacation -level hijinks (electrocution, being dragged by an out-of-control snowblower, etc.) without the sly cynical streak that made that film a classic. ![]() God bless them, they throw volumes of energy at even the lamest gags, even here. #DADDY HOME 2 CAST FULL#Wahlberg’s preschool lilt is on full display as he geeks out with Ferrell, who still plays his elven sensitivity with expert timing. Mostly, though, it just provides plenty of excuses to hit Will Ferrell in the crotch with something.Īdam McKay’s cop comedy The Other Guys, at its best, showcased Ferrell and Wahlberg as a deceptively hilarious pair of childlike bros, and glimmers of that charm show here, now that their rivalry from the first Daddy is largely resolved. The twist? Brad and Dusty’s dads – the fussy, over-affectionate Roger ( John Lithgow) and alpha-male pig Kurt (Gibson), respectively – come along, dragging old resentments to the forefront and threatening the uneasy peace this expanded 21 st -century family has cultivated. However, with the kids expressing resentment at having to split the holidays between Mom and Dad, the family decides to plan a “together Christmas” at a palatial log cabin Airbnb. With these modest expectations in mind, Daddy’s Home 2 might offer some reasonable cinematic diversion for the holidays, if you can swallow some heaping helpings of Christmas sweetness mixed with the tone-deaf inclusion of one of Hollywood’s biggest scumbags.Ī few months after the events of the first film, stepdad Brad (Ferrell) and bio-dad Dusty (Wahlberg) have settled into a smooth equilibrium as “co-dads” of their children by Brad’s wife Sara ( Linda Cardellini). Like the first, the film dabbles with some interesting ideas about the complicated makeup of 21 st -century families, and the new and confusing responsibilities entailed in shared fatherhood, which is at least mildly admirable. After all, there’s little else to occupy your mind otherwise. Perhaps it’s telling that the Gibson question is at the forefront of one’s mind when watching Daddy’s Home 2, the tinsel-tossed sequel to the Will Ferrell– Mark Wahlberg 2015 comedy. #DADDY HOME 2 CAST MOVIE#What’s Mel Gibson doing in movies again? After deciding collectively as a culture to disavow a guy who’s said that “ Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world ” and who threatened his ex-wife with racially insensitive threats of sexual assault, does one milquetoast World War II movie really get him back in the good graces of Hollywood, much less at the center of a treacly family comedy? ![]()
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