Once again, the trailer for this film contains the best laughs, and there are only a couple more to be found in the whole film. The re-teaming of Ferrell and Wahlberg is the strength of Daddy's Home, but this is a very meagre and thinly-written enterprise compared to The Other Guys. After a promising opening that highlights the contrast between well-meaning stepfather Farrell and the total disdain in which he is held by the children, the film rapidly settles into a very insipid and sluggish grind towards the inevitable homely messages about families and fatherhood. Everyone tries hard, but the overwhelming blandness of the film offers little that is truly engaging or memorable.
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