I enjoyed Daddys Home (2015), it was a nice take your brain out comedy that exceeded my low expectations.
A sequel is not something I forsaw and upon seeing the trailer I felt this was going to be a blatant cashgrab, and it kind of is.
Immediatly I was concerned by the cast additions, I despise both Gibson and Cena but credit where credit is due Gibson was on fine form. The kind of form in fact I haven't seen him in for a good decade! Cena however, still sucked.
Wahlberg, Ferrell, Cardellini and Lithgow are great and really make the best of a questionable script. Jokes are predictably hit and miss (More miss than hit), it's full of tack and schmultz and doesn't reach the same level of the original.
It's not a complete mess and does manage to deliver the laughs, but considering this is entirely supposed to be a comedy it simply doesn't have enough!
Nice try, but let's not make this a trilogy ok?!
The Good:
Cast are great
Lithgow and Gibson are excellent
The Bad:
Simply not that funny for the most part
Annoyingly dark in places
Sappy
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
Making out with your step-sister is bad
Linda Cardellini doesn't know how to age.
A sequel is not something I forsaw and upon seeing the trailer I felt this was going to be a blatant cashgrab, and it kind of is.
Immediatly I was concerned by the cast additions, I despise both Gibson and Cena but credit where credit is due Gibson was on fine form. The kind of form in fact I haven't seen him in for a good decade! Cena however, still sucked.
Wahlberg, Ferrell, Cardellini and Lithgow are great and really make the best of a questionable script. Jokes are predictably hit and miss (More miss than hit), it's full of tack and schmultz and doesn't reach the same level of the original.
It's not a complete mess and does manage to deliver the laughs, but considering this is entirely supposed to be a comedy it simply doesn't have enough!
Nice try, but let's not make this a trilogy ok?!
The Good:
Cast are great
Lithgow and Gibson are excellent
The Bad:
Simply not that funny for the most part
Annoyingly dark in places
Sappy
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
Making out with your step-sister is bad
Linda Cardellini doesn't know how to age.