At the start, What We Did... feels very much like the creators' TV hit Outnumbered, with its beleaguered parents and wittily knowing children, with a successfully gentle comedic vibe. Once the major plot device is employed (which is shamelessly signposted by a incredibly blatant use of Chekhov's Gun in the first minute of the film), the film then spins off into significantly darker, more bizarre and even occasionally near-offensive territory, adding a surprising bite to the second half. Tennant and Pike are effortlessly watchable as the battling parents, Billy Connolly charms as the grandfather (with some surprisingly touching moments with his eldest granddaughter), and Amelia Bullmore has a standout comedic meltdown episode in a shop, captured in full glory on YouTube (the pumpkin moment is a comedy classic). The ending falls back into more expected and positive feelgood territory, but the film has enough interesting ideas to make it just about stand out in the domestic comedy field.
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