Daddy's Home

"Choose your Daddy"

2015 1h 36m EN

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6.3

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★6.3TMDB · 3,529

Comedy

Synopsis

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The story of a mild-mannered radio executive who strives to become the best stepdad ever to his wife's two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling, freeloading real father arrives, forcing stepdad to compete for the affection of the kids.

“Choose your Daddy”

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Cast

Will Ferrell
Brad Whitaker
Mark Wahlberg
Dusty Mayron
Linda Cardellini
Sara
Thomas Haden Church
Leo Holt
Scarlett Estevez
Megan
Owen Vaccaro
Dylan
Bobby Cannavale
Dr. Francisco
Hannibal Buress
Griff

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sean Anders
Writers: Ryan Falkner, Adam McKay, Brian Burns
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $50M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.9× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Daddy's Home Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Sean Anders, shot by Julio Macat. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Michael Andrews. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Eric Kissack shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg and Linda Cardellini carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Sean Anders directs. Julio Macat behind the camera. Michael Andrews scores. Eric Kissack cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Mid-budget at $50M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Made its money back 4.9× over at the box office.
3Released 11 years ago.
4Part of the "Daddy's Home Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Sean Anders, shot by Julio Macat. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Michael Andrews. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Eric Kissack shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg and Linda Cardellini carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Choose your Daddy".
10IMDB entry: tt1528854 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 10 themes, including "parent child relationship", "father", "stepfather", "family relationships".

The technical file

Cinematography: Julio Macat
Original score: Michael Andrews
Editing: Eric Kissack
Production design: Clayton Hartley
Costume design: Carol Ramsey
Makeup / hair: Howard Berger
VFX supervisor: Paul Linden
Sound: Anna Behlmer
Stunt coordinator: Todd Bryant
Runtime: 96 min · 1h 36m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $50,000,000
Box office: $242,786,137
Return: 486% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Daddy's Home (2015)

Part of

Daddy's Home Collection

A comedy film series about mild-mannered Brad Whitaker who struggles to be a good stepfather to his children, when their biological father Dusty Mayron returns.

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Reno2016-03-24
★ 7/10
Step-dad versus stepped-in dad. In the past for an action movie, Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg came together and now for a comedy, once again the unusual combo returned. Surprisingly the movie was more hilarious than what I thought after listening to those who saw it already. Being a comedian, Will Ferrell was as usual awesome, but Wahlberg contribution had an equally advantageous. The story was a one liner, but individual comedy scenes made an impact for its grand scale success. Generally, the scenes from the comedy films are easy to predict, so in this I felt similarly, but in the many parts it kept turning in another direction. Tried its best to avoid cliches, but we know that's impossible. Either way, it carried out some decent laughs. The movie was all about the dad versus the step-dad. When a man thinks he's finally getting along with his step-kids, then comes their real dad who threatens to take aback his wife and children. So they go head-to-head and followed by a chain of life changing events comes a suitable conclusion. But there's a loop in the end, so possibly we can expect a sequel. Knowing it was not the best comedy of the year, I was not upset either for overall movie. I can even suggest it if you are looking for a simple entertainment. 7/10
Andre Gonzales2023-05-12
★ 10/10
Really funny. I die laughing everytime I watch this movie. It's become a new favorite of mine.