![]() That said, it should come as no surprise that Daddy’s Home is just another entry in a comedy subgenre rooted in mortification and indignity. Adam McKay, who has made a gallant bid for respectability this season with The Big Short, is among the producers, as are Ferrell and Chris Henchy ( Get Hard, Tammy). How will Brad compete? Especially when it becomes clear that Dusty isn’t just there to see his kids, but steal back his wife?ĭaddy’s Home certainly has a pedigree, pun intended: Directing is Sean Anders ( Hot Tub Time Machine, Dumb and Dumber To, Horrible Bosses 2) the screenplay is by Anders and Brian Burns ( Blue Bloods, Entourage, Big Shots). “If this guy was my wife’s ex I’d put a bullet through my skull,” offers Brad’s boss (a terrific Thomas Haden Church). “There’s no doubt this man is your better in every way,” observes a limo driver, watching Dusty Mayron–all leather, attitude and Mark Wahlberg–enter the airport. Brad, self-effacing to a fault, even offers to pick up his wife’s ex at the airport he comes down the jet way with the swagger of a gunfighter. Brad, however, is undaunted: He’s going to win them over no matter what it takes.Īnd then, suddenly, Daddy’s back in town. ![]() When they draw pictures of their family, Brad is off to the side, with a knife in his head. And how do the kids feel about him? If he were on fire, they wouldn’t spit their Sunny D in his general direction. Add to this the fact that he’s the second husband of Sara (Linda Cardellini), devoted stepfather to her two young children, Dylan and Megan (Owen Vaccaro and Sara Estevez) and nebbish extraordinaire. Bush, but rather a mild-mannered radio executive, which already puts him outside the orbit of cool. Ferrell’s character this time is not an oblivious anchorman, race driver, elf or George W.
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