Daddy's Home 2

Paramount Pictures | Release Date: November 10, 2017

5.9	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 129 Ratings

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IAmaMovieGeekMay 27, 2020

The first film wasn't terrible. It had some good, funny moments. This one however has cringeworthy acting and humor. This film is just stupid.

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TyranianApr 7, 2019

Sometimes entertaining and a great cast but hampered by an extremely mediocre screenplay and stack of cliches.

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Tigris7Dec 31, 2018

Can check the film once if nothing good is available. I would say the ending is not really entertaining.

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MonkiReviewsMay 4, 2018

I liked the first movie a lot, and this one is good too, but just not as funny and exciting. The actors in my opinion were good choices, each person casted fit the character they were acting as. The story itself was pretty cliché, but it doesI liked the first movie a lot, and this one is good too, but just not as funny and exciting. The actors in my opinion were good choices, each person casted fit the character they were acting as. The story itself was pretty cliché, but it does have some twists, but not enough. It felt like a bunch of other Christmas movies put into one. I think the ending was interesting too. A lot of the jokes were funny also, but at times some weren’t funny. I recommend this movie overall.… Expand

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TheQuietGamerMar 1, 2018

The chemistry between Wahlberg and Ferrell is still strong. The material is just weaker this time around. Lithgow and Gibson fit in nicely, but why do these guys have wives again? They barely do anything in the movie and the whole setup feelsThe chemistry between Wahlberg and Ferrell is still strong. The material is just weaker this time around. Lithgow and Gibson fit in nicely, but why do these guys have wives again? They barely do anything in the movie and the whole setup feels like a thinly veiled homosexual relationship anyway. Why not just go for it? Get all progressive in the lowest common denominator comedy scene. Oh right, it would miss out on all those homophobia jokes. It's pretty funny for the same reasons the first movie was. The humorous back and forth has been upped from a twosome to a foursome. The more sensitive characters are still the butt of the joke the majority of the time, but Daddy's Home 2 doesn't miss out on taking some jabs at the more toxic side of masculinity. The comedy is often hindered though by some scenes of bad taste and moments more disturbing than risqué. An emotionally heavy bit at an improv comedy bar and the entire finale at the mall are really uncomfortable to watch. Daddy's Home 2 can still provide a modicum of entertainment thanks to it's simple, but usually effective brand of please all comers humor. There's no escaping that the third outing of the Ferrell and Wahlberg duo is more of a mixed bag than The Other Guys and the first Daddy's Home, but it's still going to be a suitable holiday rental for most families out there. Plus seeing Wahlberg and Gibson kiss is nothing less than one of the greatest moments in cinema history. "Pancakes, ****… Expand

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bfoore90Feb 25, 2018

Funnier and overall better than the original, the cast make this movie especially the kids, John Lithgow and Mel Gibson. I also really enjoyed Bill Burr's cameo in the beginning. Its not the best movie but I found it to be a vast improvementFunnier and overall better than the original, the cast make this movie especially the kids, John Lithgow and Mel Gibson. I also really enjoyed Bill Burr's cameo in the beginning. Its not the best movie but I found it to be a vast improvement over the original.… Expand

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BrianMcCriticFeb 23, 2018

Nothing new or inspiring in the comedy genre, but it may be a fine watch on HBO. Most of the running jokes in the film fall flat only when you get a somewhat spontaneous scene can there be some laughs. C

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drone41Feb 11, 2018

Not god like first part, but it is still funny and interesting in some way.

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DavidWasHereDec 11, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. **SPOILER ALERT**

One could argue that it's a very dadarific movie. That person is a fool! Without seeing the first installment of this exciting Daddy's Home universe, Daddy's Home is what one comes to expect from a Will Ferrell movie now-a-days. Loud screaming, impractical prat falls and slapstick that would have killed a man, cheap looking sets and production, and Will Ferrell acting like a man baby. All of which is topped with multiples plots crammed in there without any care of cohesion, and a Christmas movie that is the most cynical and un-Christmasy Christmas movie that ever Christmassed! There is something to merit about this movie though. Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg do have some pretty good chemistry, as does him and John Lithgow, who fully commits to his goofy and naive roll. Mel Gibson is basically playing the devil (fitting casting) who comes in and **** **** up and laughs at the carnage in front of him, which has some reward, although it does wear out once you realize that the only thing that really works about his character is that Mel Gibson is in this roll. Give it to someone else and the daddy of Mark Wahlberg isn't all that special. But if there is a saving grace to this movie, it is the third act. Which...ooooh boy it's a duesy!

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So Mark Wahlberg is married to a new wife, who had a daughter in a previous marriage to John Cena, a mean and cold-hearted man, something that is hard to buy because while John Cena is a bad ass, I doubt he has a mean bone in his body. Anyways, a major conflict in this movie is that the character, Dylan, has a crush on a cute girl, but he doesn't know what to do. Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, and Mel Gibson has three radically different advice that they share with Dylan. Both of those are important. At the third act, Will Ferrell calls up John Cena to mess with Mark Wahlberg, which causes conflict and thus starts the third act rift where everyone is super bummed. They all try to go back to their individual homes, until a snow storm hits them and they all take a detour at a movie theater. The power goes out and all the families and a crowd of people are stranded in a movie theater and all the conflict that each of the daddies have start to rise, until Dylan decides to make his move and go kiss the girl he has a crush on after Mel Gibson tells him to make his move. However, instead of the girl we think he has a crush on, Dylan ends up kissing his step-sister, smacks her ass, and says "You're welcome" to her! Yeah...that happened! John Cena is like "What the **** and tries to take his daughter out the theater, until Mark Wahlberg steps in and says that he loves his step-daughter, Will Ferrell, his ex-wife, his children, John Lithgow, not Mel Gibson that'll take a while, and John Cena because he created Mark's step-daughter so that mean he has to love John Cena. John Cena's masculinity starts to get in a bunch so he tries to get out of the theater, until Will Ferrell begins to sing the infamous Do They Know It's Christmastime to John Cena! All the family starts to sing, including Mark Wahlberg singing Bono's part that guilt the audience for being privileged. And this warms John Cena's heart! The crowd cheers! Such a happy ending despite the fact that Dylan sexually assaulted his step-sister!

Boy oh boy did that ending not make the movie for me! It's wrong but so bizarre and out of left field is totally works! This movie is garbage but that ending is a 10/10! Happy holidays!… Expand

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PoppaShaneNov 29, 2017

First of all, I'll be honest. Going to the theater to see a movie with Will Ferrellis not something I'd normally do. Since I let my son pick the movie choice, there in the cinema I sat. "Daddy's Home 2" is likely to wind up in heavy tvFirst of all, I'll be honest. Going to the theater to see a movie with Will Ferrellis not something I'd normally do. Since I let my son pick the movie choice, there in the cinema I sat. "Daddy's Home 2" is likely to wind up in heavy tv rotation during the holidays in future years. It very clearly draws on "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation". That's not neccesarily a bad thing. John Lithgow is a comic genius. Both Lithgow and Ferrell use physical comedy to great effect. Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg use comic banter that is in the league of Abbott & Costello or Martin & Lewis. The scenes of banter, in and of themselves, are hilarious but are compensating for a somewhat weak storyline. The biggest laughs, I must say, come near the end of the movie. You'll remember the movie more for the individual scenes and less of the movie as a whole.… Expand

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TiptilludropNov 15, 2017

Honestly this is just mediocre. It manages some few laughs but the majority is just cringing. I dont like the daddies at all and acting is so forced its unbelievable.

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