Daddy's Home

UK Release Date. 26 December 2015
Certification. 12A
Running Time. 1 hour 36 mins
Director. Sean Anders
Cast. Linda Cardellini, Thomas Haden Church, Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg.
Rating. 29%

Review.

Will Ferrell may have some memorable comedy films in his back catalogue - the likes of Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy, Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby and Elf. However, for every Step Brothers, there's a Holmes And Watson and sadly, Daddy's Home is positioned more towards the Holmes And Watson end of the Will Ferrell spectrum.

In Daddy's Home, Will Ferrell stars alongside Mark Wahlberg in a tedious and formulaic alpha-male comedy about two wildly different father figures vying for the attention of Sara's (Linda Cardellini) children. It is comedy filmmaking-by-numbers.

Ferrell and Wahlberg fail to reignite the chemistry of The Other Guys; Linda Cardellini is thoroughly wasted in a role that's merely a plot device; only a surprising comedic performance from Thomas Haden Church as Leo Holt, the General Manager of The Panda Smooth Jazz Radio is of some degree of interest. His meandering, monotone, irrelevant insights help no one.

Brad (Will Ferrell): "This story has no relevance to my situation."

Leo (Thomas Haden Church): "Oh, it doesn't at all. It's just a good story."