Daddy's Home

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Daddy's Home

PG-13

2015

1h 36m

Comedy

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Brad Whitaker (Will Ferrell) is a kindhearted radio executive who wants to be the best possible stepfather to his wife's (Linda Cardellini) two children. When her freewheeling ex-husband, Dusty (Mark Wahlberg), breezes back into town, Brad's feeling of insecurity quickly develops into an inferiority complex. As Dusty demonstrates his flair for athletics, home repair and bad-boy charisma, Whitaker finds himself in a no-holds-barred battle to one-up his rival and win the approval of his family.

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Critics Consensus

Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg have proven comedic chemistry, but Daddy's Home suffers from a dearth of genuinely funny ideas - and lacks enough guts or imagination to explore the satirical possibilities of its premise.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Aug 16, 2016

2.5/4

It's Ferrell and Wahlberg who keep this engine revving like it does, a statement that shouldn't come as a shock for all of those who watched the pair's 2010 hit The Other Guys.

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Udita Jhunjhunwala

Scroll.in

Apr 15, 2016

Begins with an interesting premise but does not pack in enough satire into its contrived and predictable screenplay.

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

Jan 7, 2016

2/4

That's one problematic comedy.

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David Griffiths

Subculture Entertainment

Mar 10, 2025

2.5/5

The film seems to work best when it forgets about trying to be funny and instead goes for more touching scenes, like a step-Dad trying his best with his kids, but also falls on its face when it tries to ‘show-up’ other films.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Apr 23, 2022

1/4

Here's one of those comedies like Meet the Parents where an awkward family situation escalates, and everyone onscreen behaves so farcically that their inane behavior can only be explained by the requirements of the script.

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Ian Brill

Battleship Pretension

Apr 13, 2021

Daddy's Home promises a battle between two forms of masculinity and fatherhood, and the implications of that could be fascinating. But what we get is as intense as a sparring match.

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@RT70743621 Aug 30, 2026

Come on everyone this was genuinely a funny movie. Did it have to mean anything, not necessarily, but it did mean something because they learned to get along with each each other as coparent "". It was funny. They were good together in this movie Ferrell and Wahlberg I mean so come on just have some fun. It’s a movie.

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Gianluca B

@beefboss225_ Aug 6, 2026

While it has its funny moments and is good for a movie night laugh, your intelligent side of your mind may not be as satisfied.

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Breathe J

@SilverScreenSweetheart May 15, 2026

Daddy’s Home follows the lives of two men (Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg) competing to win the hearts of their children. The film explores love, family, relationships, and what it means to be a father. It is funny, memorable, and inspiring. The on-screen chemistry between Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell is flawless, as they complement each other beautifully. The only criticisms I have of the film are the script and the humor. The script is somewhat bland and predictable, and the humor is a bit too raunchy for my taste. Overall, Daddy’s Home is a funny feel-good movie that will make you laugh and appreciate the gift of fatherhood.

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Melissa M

@Lisey Apr 19, 2026

This movie is definitely not a family-friendly movie. It's more of a frat boy movie. The film is fine for preteens. Or anyone over the age of 12. There are moments of hilarity. Like the part with the dog. When Brad tries to ride the motorcycle. When Brad meets Dusty for the first time. Those parts were lol. Like most modern day comedies the humor is crude & raunchy. There are some heartfelt moments like when Dusty is watching slides with his kids. When Brad finds out he can father kids. When Brad brings his a game playing Santa Claus planning an early Christmas in April. The movie has its moments. There are some movies that you can watch more than once. This is definitely not one of them. The movie definitely has an awesome soundtrack though.

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Blue T

@NK2011 Apr 6, 2026

Every year I had to rewatch this at least one. It's watchable alright.

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DragonModded Y

@DragonModded Jan 28, 2026

This was an awesome, really funny and family friendly movie, one of my favorite scenes was dustys motorcycle and will farrell, the movie was definitely worth the watch and led right into the second movie which was also fantastic

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Synopsis

Brad Whitaker (Will Ferrell) is a kindhearted radio executive who wants to be the best possible stepfather to his wife's (Linda Cardellini) two children. When her freewheeling ex-husband, Dusty (Mark Wahlberg), breezes back into town, Brad's feeling of insecurity quickly develops into an inferiority complex. As Dusty demonstrates his flair for athletics, home repair and bad-boy charisma, Whitaker finds himself in a no-holds-barred battle to one-up his rival and win the approval of his family.

Director: Sean Anders
Producer: Will Ferrell, Chris Henchy, Adam McKay, John Morris
Screenwriter: Brian Burns, Sean Anders, John Morris
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, Red Granite Pictures, Gary Sanchez Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Crude and Suggestive Content|Thematic Elements)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 25, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 13, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $150.3M
Runtime: 1h 36m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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