Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

This is a light near-family comedy. Brad (Will Ferrell) is the step-dad who tries very hard at being accepted by his wife's children. Just when he is making a break through, their real father (Mark Wahlberg) shows up. He is super cool and has AC/DC swagger music. Brad works as an executive at a light Jazz radio station. Wahlberg appears to be an iron man mercenary.As expected there is a testosterone battle between the two. Sara, the wife (Linda Cardellini) reassures Brad, but the audience has to wonder if having a buff Mark Wahlberg part time is not better than having Will Ferrell all the time.The comedy is in part slap stick and at times adult as the guys drop their pants and body parts are compared with their backs to the camera. The story was formula and many jokes were on the stale side. The boss (Thomas Haden Church) for me was the highlight of the film as he tells stories of his various ex-wives in an attempt to help Brad...or not.Guide: No f-bombs, minor swearing. No sex, some sex talk. No nudity. Wahlberg shirtless.

Very little of the humor is unexpected but it did catch me off guard a couple of times and was funny all the way through. It has spectacular eye candy, some FX, a feel good ending, and an excellent cast. I enjoyed this thoroughly and not just because Cardellini is in it. Though I did only buy it because I found out she was in it. Come for the Velma, stay for the LOLs!I'll be able to watch this every 2 or 3 years.

I have to say that Daddy's Home is one of my favorite movies ever!! It is incredibly funny and Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg make a fantastic team in movies. My favorite character is Griff! He is soooo funny! Everything he says just makes me laugh every time I watch this! I give this movie a 10/10 in my book!

That "Daddy's Home" stars Will Ferrell as a straight-laced stepdad having to cope with the cool original dad (Mark Wahlberg) should tell you all that you need to know about it. Pretty much the whole thing is a series of gags as the two dads vie for control over the family, with no shortage of crude humor. I suspect that they enjoyed filming it, especially the motorcycle scene. I will say that when it comes to slapstick comedies about parents, I preferred "Bad Moms" and its sequel to this one, but there's still no lack of fun here. Good times.