The best critic slams of 'Daddy's Home'
According to critics, you may not want to leave the house for Daddy's Home.
That's what reviews are saying about the new comedy that recasts the funny Other Guys co-stars Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell as dad and step-dad, respectively, trying to compete for their kids. The movie, rated PG-13, is currently certified rotten on Rotten Tomatoes. We rounded up the best critic slams of the film:
Variety :
The movie "winds up an unpalatable mix with little to satisfy families or anyone who likes to laugh... audiences seeking a family-friendly Ferrell fix will quickly realize they should’ve stayed home and watched 'Elf' instead."
The Wrap :
"Someday, on cable, 'Daddy’s Home' will make for adequate, half-watched entertainment, but it’s not a movie that mommies, daddies or their charges should bother to leave the house to see."
Village Voice :
"It's tired in concept, flimsy in structure, and it only on occasion suggests that anything is being satirized."
The Hollywood Reporter :
The film "plays like a comedy underwater: Its rhythms are sluggish, its jokes predictable and the gags are set up with such thudding deliberateness that even the sight of Ferrell losing control of a motorcycle, careening through the air and crashing straight through his house barely raises an eyebrow."
And here's THR's biggest burn of all:
"To borrow a term from today’s youth — who, given the movie’s PG-13 rating and risk-averse humor, may be its target audience — 'Daddy’s Home' is basic."