Review of World's Greatest Dad (2009) by Moviedays0 — 27 Aug 2010

I thought this movie was interesting but that the moral message was wrong. Even though he was being deceitful his book was helping people. He had created a way to stop many kids from committing suicide and to inspire confidence in people and so I think it was selfish of him to take that away from them by revealing the truth.

His feelings of loneliness and guilt were a sacrifice he should have made to keep the lie going and to keep helping kids with depression problems. It's like he had a cure to many suicides and then took it away.

I discussed this with some people after watching the film and they all thought he did the right thing, that the truth is what matters. But I thought to myself 'is the truth really important if the lie is helping people and saving lives?' The truth was important to Lance, it freed him of his guilt, but at the same time it ended the feelings of confidence and companionship people felt after reading the book.

While thinking about this I remembered a quote someone said, I can't remember who it might have been off Batman: "those who have the power to do good, have the responsibility to" and so I think Lance's decision and the moral message were wrong.