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JamesG · 08-28-2009, 06:34 PM

Movie Reviews: World’s Greatest Dad

If you were expecting the collaboration of Robin Williams and Bobcat Goldthwait to produce a screwball comedy, you'd be wrong, critics are suggesting.

Screwy, yes. Comedy, maybe.

Joe Neumaier in the New York Daily News marvels at the result. "Who'd have thought that Williams could be kept in check by ... Bobcat Goldthwait," who directs World's Greatest Dad, Neumaier remarks.

The film deals with what Stephen Holden in the New York Times describes as "the grotesque sentimentality that often attaches to the death of a teenager." It makes an ideal film for cynics, he suggests.

But Glenn Whipp in the Los Angeles Times concludes that "for all of its cutting cynicism, Dad proves unexpectedly moving."

Claudia Puig in USA Today notes that after starting off "as the most uncomfortable and unsettling movie to sit through of any this year," the film takes a critical turn "and shifts from distasteful and off-putting to darkly funny."

-IMDB News

Retro4Life · 08-28-2009, 09:35 PM

So it's NOT a remake/reboot of Bob Crane's "Superdad"?

browneyes106 · 08-28-2009, 10:33 PM

I want to see this movie. It's seems like a good black comedy.

08-28-2009, 06:34 PM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,136	Movie Reviews: "World's Greatest Dad" Movie Reviews: World’s Greatest Dad If you were expecting the collaboration of Robin Williams and Bobcat Goldthwait to produce a screwball comedy, you'd be wrong, critics are suggesting. Screwy, yes. Comedy, maybe. Joe Neumaier in the New York Daily News marvels at the result. "Who'd have thought that Williams could be kept in check by ... Bobcat Goldthwait," who directs World's Greatest Dad, Neumaier remarks. The film deals with what Stephen Holden in the New York Times describes as "the grotesque sentimentality that often attaches to the death of a teenager." It makes an ideal film for cynics, he suggests. But Glenn Whipp in the Los Angeles Times concludes that "for all of its cutting cynicism, Dad proves unexpectedly moving." Claudia Puig in USA Today notes that after starting off "as the most uncomfortable and unsettling movie to sit through of any this year," the film takes a critical turn "and shifts from distasteful and off-putting to darkly funny." -IMDB News

08-28-2009, 09:35 PM	#2
Retro4Life Accept No Substitutes Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 04, 2009 Location: IL Posts: 6,708	So it's NOT a remake/reboot of Bob Crane's "Superdad"?
	__________________ Alex Reiger :[Trying to convince Louie not to antagonize Bobby] "It's not hard to make people feel bad about their lives. What's hard is making people feel good about their lives."

08-28-2009, 10:33 PM	#3
browneyes106 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 01, 2008 Posts: 6,094	I want to see this movie. It's seems like a good black comedy.