World's Greatest Dad Reviews
The Ooh Tray
... This voyage through the moral maze is more entertaining and whisper it quietly, more profound, than most.
This is London
Goldthwait has given it a title that will make some shy away. But don't. It's a comedy about the particularly American capacity to create legends out of the dead, and it's sharper than most.
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| Original Score: 4/5
News of the World
Beware that poster, with its jolly red writing and Mork from Ork's face thereon. This is not the Robin Williams of Old Dogs and License To Wed.
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| Original Score: 5/5
Daily Express
A comedy of quite astonishing blackness.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Scotsman
Writer/director Bobcat Goldthwait can't quite manage to bring things to a satisfying conclusion, but he's good enough at weaving the freakishly perverse into the everyday without the results seeming too forced.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Independent
Goldthwait's pacing is uncertain, and his humour is frequently "off", but the sense of risky provocation is compelling.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Little White Lies
We can't wait to see what Goldthwait does next.
| Original Score: 4/5
Daily Mirror [UK]
It's good to see Williams trying something darker than usual, but it's a pity the whimsy is laid on so thick.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Sun Online
Sadly, the ending seems unsatisfying but the journey there is a funny one.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Daily Telegraph
Williams keeps his head above water, and a giddy climax recuperates some of the original energy -- enough, at least, to make this director's next project one worth rooting for anew.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Guardian [UK]
This film is bold and provocative, but it's weak at the core. It is the weakness of an old dog trying desperately to learn new tricks.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Daily Mail [UK]
It's the most daring black comedy of the year, and I admire its willingness to be not only vicious, but downright un-American.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Total Film
What threatens to be the World's Greatest Dud proves anything but.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Radio Times
The cinematography and some of the performances are not stellar, but Goldthwait's script is extraordinary, examining the choices we make between surviving and really living.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Empire Magazine
Odd, confident, challenging, and featuring a brilliant turn by Williams. If only there was just a little more to it.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Film4
A startlingly excellent dark comedy about the power of positive posthumous PR. One of 2010's must-see movies.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
Top Critic
Digital Spy
If creating cutting-edge comedy is about pushing boundaries then World's Greatest Dad comfortably fits the bill.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Financial Times
I loved the film's what-the-hell attitude to production values. The cinematography is no better than it should be, the sets are any place that will plug in a production cable. I loved the sourly but smartly inventive script.
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| Original Score: 5/5
Sky Movies
While it won't be everyone's cuppa, it's a welcome return to form for Williams. If only someone could get him to sign that no-nudity clause...
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| Original Score: 3/5
