This week’s episode of our podcast WE ARE MOVIE GEEKS The Show is up! Hear WAMG’s Michelle McCue, Jim Batts and Tom Stockman discuss the weekend box office. We’ll review DADDY’S HOME and then we’ll discuss at length our choices for the best movies of 2015. WE ARE MOVIE GEEKS The Show is a weekly podcast and can be heard streaming at ONStl.com Online Radio.
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Every holiday, millions of people make their way to the local movie theater for some fun, cinematic action, comedy, romance, or adventure. Unfortunately for DADDY’S HOME, it offers none of the above.
Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg team up again for the all new broken family comedy. Brad Taggart is a mild-mannered executive at a jazz radio station who seems to have everything that he’s ever wanted… a great job, a loving wife, and two wonderful step-children. He’s living the daddy dream until the children’s biological father Dusty comes back into the picture. Now, Brad is in a battle for his family with a bad boy who seems to excel where he doesn’t. The result is chaos.
I get what they were trying to do here by bringing Ferrell and Wahlberg back together. They were trying to recreate the same comedic chemistry that THE OTHER GUYS had. True, Ferrell and Wahlberg are great together, but that isn’t enough to save this film. It all starts with the script. We’ve seen oddball pairings in film before. It gets boring unless there is some sort of direction or substance behind it. Unfortunately, none of that was offered in this script.
The whole film felt lost, and the comedy had no real direction. It felt like they couldn’t decide if they were making a family comedy, or going more gallows. That doesn’t really work for a movie like this. They needed to pick one or the other. Instead, it danced back and forth in a sad attempt to find middle ground. Forty-five minutes into this ninety-six minute snooze-fest I was completely bored and ready to leave. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. Director and screenwriter Sean Anders doesn’t have a great track record with his films. His top two being WE’RE THE MILLERS and HOT TUB TIME MACHINE. I mean, DUMB AND DUMBER TO was embarrassingly bad.
My problem is not with the actors… especially the children. Owen Vaccaro and Scarlett Esteves were terrific. My problem is with the flow of the film and the script. Did none of the actors realize that the script had no direction? Were the actors not able to improvise? Something tells me that there are a ton of jokes that were left on the cutting room floor that could have greatly improved this film. I guess we’ll have to wait for the bonus features.
It’s a shame to have such a stink bomb in theaters for the holidays. This should have been a mid-January release.
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DADDY’S HOME is in theaters December 25th and WAMG is giving away passes to catch the film in St. Louis.
It’s Step-Dad vs. Dad – and Will Ferrell vs. Mark Wahlberg – in this rollicking holiday season family comedy about a mild-mannered radio executive who must take on the ultimate “dad-versary” when his wife’s motorcycle-riding, freewheeling, secret operative ex breezes back into town. It’s just one proud papa meeting another – what could possibly go wrong? But what is supposed to be a first get-to-know-you meeting turns into all-out warfare as the two polar opposites attempt to out-dad each other, with hilarious and disastrous results.
The stakes keep rising – from puppies to ponies to Kobe – but can they both survive the rivalry? Step-dad Brad just wants to be there for his new family, but he has no idea just how much it’s going to take to win their hearts when DADDY’S HOME.
The film is directed by Sean Anders from a story by Brian Burns and a screenplay by Brian Burns and Sean Anders & John Morris. The film co-stars Linda Cardellini, Hannibal Buress, Thomas Haden Church, Bobby Cannavale, Paul Scheer, Bill Burr.
Watch these hilarious clips from the film.
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We’ve got your tickets to the comedy event of 2015 – DADDY’S HOME.
From director Sean Anders, the film stars Will Farrell, Mark Wahlberg, Linda Cardellini and Thomas Haden Church.
DADDY’S HOME follows a mild-mannered radio executive (Ferrell) who strives to become the best stepdad to his wife’s two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling and freeloading real father (Wahlberg) arrives, forcing him to compete for the affection of the kids.
The movie opens in theatres December 25, 2015.
WAMG invites you to enter for a chance to win a pass (Good for 2) to the advance screening of DADDY’S HOME.
Sunday, December 13th at 3PM in the St. Louis area.
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Mark Wahlberg starred as “Troy Barlow” in what 1999 film?
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The film is rated PG-13.
Paramount Pictures has released a brand new clip from director Sean Anders’ upcoming comedy DADDY’S HOME.
DADDY’S HOME follows a mild-mannered radio executive (Ferrell) who strives to become the best stepdad to his wife’s two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling and freeloading real father (Wahlberg) arrives, forcing him to compete for the affection of the kids.
Anders directed the comedy HORRIBLE BOSSES 2.
Featuring Linda Cardellini and Thomas Haden Church, DADDY’S HOME opens in theaters on December 25, 2015.
For those filmgoers who venture out on Christmas Day to their local cinemas, Paramount Pictures and Red Granite Pictures has the perfect film for you – DADDY’S HOME.
On Friday, the studios released a new poster for their upcoming movie starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg. The two previously teamed up in the 2010 hit comedy THE OTHER GUYS.
In DADDY’S HOME, a mild-mannered radio executive (Ferrell) strives to become the best stepdad to his wife’s two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling and freeloading real father (Wahlberg) arrives, forcing him to compete for the affection of the kids.
The comedy is from Sean Anders – the director of 2014’s HORRIBLE BOSSES 2 and writer of DUMB AND DUMBER TO.
Featuring Linda Cardellini and Thomas Haden Church, DADDY’S HOME opens in theaters on December 25, 2015.
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Just in time for Father’s Day, it’s Dad VS Stepdad in the ultimate throwdown as Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell star in this first trailer for DADDY’S HOME.
Directed by Sean Anders, DADDY’S HOME follows a mild-mannered radio executive (Ferrell) who strives to become the best stepdad to his wife’s two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling and freeloading real father (Wahlberg) arrives, forcing him to compete for the affection of the kids.
The trailer premiered on Yahoo Movies where Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg remarked:
Red Granite is co-producing and co-financing the film. DADDY’S HOME also features Linda Cardellini, Thomas Haden Church, and Hannibal Buress.
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DADDY’S HOME opens in theaters on Christmas Day.
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Paramount Pictures and Red Granite Pictures in association with Gary Sanchez Productions announced today that Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg are set to star in DADDY’S HOME.
DADDY’S HOME follows a mild-mannered radio executive (Ferrell) who strives to become the best stepdad to his wife’s two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling and freeloading real father (Wahlberg) arrives, forcing him to compete for the affection of the kids.
Sean Anders (“HORRIBLE BOSSES 2,” “THAT’S MY BOY”) will direct.
Wahlberg and Ferrell previously starred together in the comedy THE OTHER GUYS . In August of 2010, St. Louis beat out big cities in THE OTHER GUYS contest on Facebook and hosted the “THE OTHER GUYS OTHER PREMIERE.” Both actors were on hand for the red carpet premiere.
Red Granite Pictures will co-produce and co-finance the film, which Paramount Pictures will distribute worldwide. The film is expected to begin shooting later this year.
The screenplay is written by Brian Burns (“Blue Bloods,” “Entourage”), with revision by Anders and John Morris (“HORRIBLE BOSSES 2,” “DUMB AND DUMBER TO”), Chris Henchy (“THE CAMPAIGN,” “THE OTHER GUYS”), Adam McKay (“ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEDGEND CONTINUES,” “THE CAMPAIGN”) and Etan Cohen (“MEN IN BLACK 3,” “TROPIC THUNDER”).
Morris will produce with Ferrell, Henchy and McKay through their Gary Sanchez Productions banner (“TAMMY,” “GET HARD”). The executive producers are Riza Aziz, Joey McFarland and David Koplan (“DUMB AND DUMBER TO,” “THE WOLF OF WALL STREET”) from Red Granite Pictures along with Kevin Messick (“ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES,” “THE OTHER GUYS”) and Jessica Elbaum (“ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES”) of Gary Sanchez, Sean Anders and Diana Pokorny (“HORRIBLE BOSSES” 1 & 2, “THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE”).
Adam Goodman, President of Paramount Film Group said, “Will and Mark are the absolute perfect on-screen duo to take on this hilarious project. With Anders at the helm, and our partners Red Granite on-board, we are thrilled this movie is getting underway.”
Riza Aziz, Co-Chairman of Red Granite Pictures adds, “We’re particularly excited not only to reunite with the wonderful Paramount team but to collaborate again with the comical genius of Sean Anders and John Morris, who we had the pleasure of working with on Dumb and Dumber To. And we are thrilled to partner with Will, Mark and Gary Sanchez. We look forward to an inspiring, hilarious adventure.”
