Review of Daddy's Home 2 (2017) by Matthew H — 25 Dec 2018

A wacky holiday family comedy, Daddy's Home 2 delivers some good laughs. When they discover that their daughter is unhappy about having two separate Christmases, Brad and Dusty decide to have one big Christmas with the whole family (parents and step-parents); but things get complicated when their own fathers decide to visit for the holidays.

Mel Gibson and John Lithgow make for great additions to the cast and prove to have good comedic chemistry with Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg. And the humor mixes satire and physical comedy fairly well; though Ferrell's broad slapstick goes a little too far at times.

Also, the plot is pretty formulaic and uses a lot of rather cliched tropes. Yet despite a few weaknesses, Daddy's Home 2 is an entertaining Christmas film.