Very Bad Dads

Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg go to extremes in this comedy; they took an ordinary life situation and created a comedy that explicitly called for it. What is nice, however, is that they were able to leave out the gross stuff and based the jokes on the individual sketches. In some parts, the jokes seemed really great, and even though the entire movie isn’t like that, those few scenes definitely make it worth it to watchthis piece and relax a bit. (25/11/2016)

Will Ferrell is actually playing Clark Griswold, and the film is at its best in those moments when he's manfully swaggering and we know that a terrible catastrophe is on the horizon, we just have no idea what exactly. In this respect, Daddy’s Home will not only make you laugh, but also surprise you. It's just a pity that at the end we get those hackneyed clichés about family values, however much the writers try not to take them seriously. (31/12/2021)

Après une série prolongée de films ratés et de flops, cette comédie américaine étonnamment bonne m’a fait du bien. Les lourdeurs et clichés sont évités ou, plus exactement, ils sont maintenus au minimum minimorum. Ferrell et Wahlberg sont le bon choix pour les deux rôles masculins principaux. Ce sont des rôles qui leur conviennent à ravir et je me risquerais même à avancer que le Dusty de Wahlberg fait partie de ses rôles les plus réussis. J’ai passé un excellent moment et me réjouis de voir le deuxième. (25/12/2017)

A weak three stars. Some moments had me laughing out loud (the U ramp, the basketball, or the motorbike), but the film also had way too many dull moments, which were unfunny or downright cringey. The supporting characters, Griff and Leo, were great, I would even venture to say that it was thanks to them that the film got over a few weaker moments. (29/01/2018)

Both actors in the main roles are fine, I like them, but their characters are unbelievably boring, it hurts. Honestly, John Cena would fit me much better in Wahlberg's role, who appears at the end. The jokes are unimaginative - maybe except for the scene with the motorcycle and electric current - the development is incredibly straightforward and the film definitely does not belong to great comedies. Rather the opposite. (16/03/2016)