![]() But although Daddy's Home 2, like the first movie, seems to be positioning itself as the kind of family comedy you might go see together over Christmas, it's doubtful that parents will want their kids to see the movie's kids getting drunk, enthusiastically shooting wild turkeys, talking back to their elders, ignoring everyone in the room to scroll through the iPhone hiding their face, etc., etc. The stars have chemistry and comedy chops we've seen proof of in other, better movies - so it's hard to blame this crass comedy's sour, unpleasant undercurrent on them. When the whole clan winds up in a rental house for a week, they'll need to set aside their differences and learn to work together - or risk ruining Christmas for everyone. But things get complicated when the family realizes that Dusty's tough-guy father, Kurt ( Mel Gibson), and Brad's cuddly dad ( John Lithgow) are both paying holiday visits this year. ![]() And it looks like this year, they're even going to get the calm family Christmas the kids have been wishing for. Now Dusty and Brad are proud co-dads, operating like a precision machine to get the kids fed, educated, entertained, and nurtured. Show moreĭADDY'S HOME 2, the sequel to 2015's co-parenting comedy Daddy's Home, reunites the comic team of Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, whose characters have laid to rest the rivalry they experienced in the first movie, when Dusty (Wahlberg) appeared to wreak havoc in the life of Brad (Ferrell) Brad's wife/Dusty's ex, Sarah ( Linda Cardellini) and Dusty and Sarah's two kids, whom Brad is tenderly step-parenting. Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, and John Lithgow co-star alongside Gibson. Language includes "ass," "bitch," "damn," and more, plus insults that imply that the (male) recipients are weak or unmasculine ("candy ass," "ladies," etc.). A scene in which two young girls get drunk on stolen eggnog is also presented comically there are no consequences for their actions. Violence is played for laughs but is surprisingly strong: A chainsaw almost decapitates a man, snow tubers cartwheel down a mountain, and a young girl accidentally shoots her grandpa in the shoulder before killing two wild turkeys (offscreen). In general, female characters are given short shrift compared to male ones. ![]() ![]() A young boy is teased frequently for his crush on a girl a kiss he plants on a different girl later is presented as a win for him, but no attention is paid to her feelings about the kiss. Viewers also hear about him bedding two women at once ("that went into extra innings," he leers to his grandson). It has lots of sexual content and iffy messages about sex and gender roles: Mel Gibson's character is presented as a "stud" who effortlessly attracts women half or even a third of his age they seem happy to have no-strings-attached sex with him. Parents need to know that Daddy's Home 2 may look like a family-friendly holiday-themed film from the ads, but many parents will find it inappropriate for younger kids. ![]()
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