6.2 | / 10 |
Users | 2.4 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.4 |
A mild-mannered radio executive strives to become the best stepdad to his wife's two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling and freeloading real father arrives, forcing him to compete for the affection of the kids.
Starring: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Linda Cardellini, Thomas Haden Church, Scarlett EstevezComedy | 100% |
Family | 45% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS:X
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1
English: DTS Headphone:X
French (Canada): Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
Portuguese: Dolby Digital 5.1
English, English SDH, French, Portuguese, Spanish
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 DVD)
UV digital copy
DVD copy
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A, B (C untested)
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 2.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
"Mom, dad, two kids" defines the classic nuclear family. "Mom, dad, two kids, another dad or mom, and his or her or their kids" comes closer to reality. Daddy's Home is the latest Comedy from Sean Anders (Horrible Bosses 2). It's about a typical suburban family unit that's upset when the biological father re-enters the picture and all that the stepfather has built with his makeshift family becomes unglued. Manhood is challenged, accidents happen, money is splurged, and even a few lessons are learned as the dueling daddies duke it out for the love and affection they so crave from children who are old enough to call shenanigans when they see them but too young to really grasp the minutia of the war that's raging before their very eyes. The movie is a lot of fun, thanks in large part to its leads, and it handles otherwise delicate material with both kid gloves on and with kid gloves off, fists clenched, and plenty of mayhem on tap for a very entertaining playdate with two of Hollywood's most energetic stars going at it for winner-take-all love and affection.
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Daddy's Home features a proficient and enjoyable 1080p transfer. The digitally sourced image reveals spurts of source noise and nighttime blacks occasionally border on crush, but the image is otherwise good to go. Colors are healthy and vibrant, enjoying organic vitality and richness that allows all variety of hues, particularly in the kids' colorful bedroom, to present with pop yet lifelike balance. Details are consistently strong. Basic skin and clothing textures are appropriately dominant and intimately revealing. Clarity is strong enough to showcase even moderately distanced details with ease, such as faces in the crowd at the basketball game. Little odds and ends accents around the house, as well as larger appliances and objects, are likewise sharp. The digital source never leaves the movie appearing inorganically flat, favoring instead a pleasant, tactile appearance. Skin tones appear balanced. This is a very strong presentation from Paramount.
Daddy's Home arrives on Blu-ray with a DTS:X soundtrack that adds additional "height" speakers to the classic 7.1 surround-sound setup. This review is based on a setup with four height channel speakers, equalling an 11.1 configuration. The track only boasts a few key and immediately evident moments of overhead "wow!" details. Some work a little better than others. Dusty zooms along a zip line at one point and the added overhead effect makes it sound like he's cruising right through the home theater. The sound is a little over-amped and muddled, but it's readily apparent. Public address announcements heard during an NBA playoff game sound right on top of the listener. The daddy-daughter dance near film's end offers some hefty overhead musical details. More general music presentations are fine, whether sharp 80s Metal guitar riffs or more bass-heavy Hip-Hop beats. Clarity is strong, lyrics enjoy firm front-center placement, and instrumentals spread all through the listening area. Background ambient effects are thoroughly immersive, whether nighttime crickets, dribbles and crowd din during the pre game shoot around at that aforementioned playoff game, or little bits of bustle at an airport. A few crashes hit adequately hard and mayhem is always presented vigorously and with strong detailing. Dialogue is center focused but runs into some serious problems at a few points. Brad's drunken microphone antics at one point are hard to hear under surrounding din, and some of the dialogue at the daddy-daughter dance is practically unintelligible underneath the music and supportive ruckus.
Daddy's Home contains a handful of featurettes and a collection of deleted and extended scenes. A DVD copy of the film and a voucher for
a UV/iTunes digital copy code are included with purchase.
Daddy's Home doesn't reinvent the wheel, but it spins merrily and with a lot of confidence thanks to two great performances from its leads. It's more mayhem than it is heart, but the film wraps it all up nice and tidy-like by the end, which includes a fantastic epilogue that's the perfect exclamation point to a very enjoyable movie. Paramount's Blu-ray release of Daddy's Home features rock-solid video, enjoyable but occasionally troublesome DTS:X audio, and a handful of entertaining bonus features. Recommended.
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