Daddy's Home 2 (2017)

Having finally gotten used to each other's existence, Brad and Dusty must now deal with their intrusive fathers during the holidays.

Director:

Sean Anders

Writers:

Sean Anders, John Morris

Stars:

Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson

1 win & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Will Ferrell	...	Brad
Mark Wahlberg	...	Dusty
Mel Gibson	...	Kurt
John Lithgow	...	Don
Linda Cardellini	...	Sara
Alessandra Ambrosio	...	Karen
Owen Vaccaro	...	Dylan (as Owen Wilder Vaccaro)
Scarlett Estevez	...	Megan
Didi Costine	...	Adrianna
Connor Wise	...	Griffy
Daphne Wise	...	Griffy
Dylan Wise	...	Griffy
John Cena	...	Roger
Andrea Anders	...	Principal Hayes
Kyle Tristan	...	Christmas Pageant Kid (as Kyle Tristan Wakefield)

Storyline

After finally becoming friends at the end of the first film, Brad Whittaker (Will Ferrell) and Dusty Mayron (Mark Wahlberg) have a co-dad system where their two children, Megan (Scarlett Estevez) and Dylan (Owen Vaccaro), take turns at each father's house. Dusty has also remarried, this time to Karen (Alessandra Ambrosio), a writer, and is stepdad to Adrianna (Didi Costine), Karen's daughter. Brad and his wife, Sara (Linda Cardellini), along with Dusty and Karen, attend a school play for Megan, where she announces to the whole audience that she doesn't like the fact that she has to go back and forth to different houses all the time. Back at the house, after the play, Brad and Dusty decide to do away with having two separate Christmases and instead do one "together Christmas". Dusty, however, finds out his tough fighter pilot/astronaut father Kurt (Mel Gibson) is coming for Christmas..

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Plot Keywords:

second part | stepfamily | father son relationship | father son talk | father son conflict | 

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Taglines:

They thought they had Christmas all wrapped up...

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for suggestive material and some language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Instagram

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

10 November 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Daddy's Home 2

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$69,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$29,651,193, 12 November 2017

Gross USA:

$104,029,443

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$180,613,180

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Gary Sanchez Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Mel Gibson played Mark Wahlberg's father. Gibson is only fifteen years older than Wahlberg. Though Wahlberg is playing a character, at least, a year younger than him. Dusty was a 12-year-old when missing his line on "Do They Know It's Christmas?", a song released when Wahlberg was 13.

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Goofs

One of the kids tells Santa that they want "a shotgun with lots of bullets." Shotguns use shells, not bullets ; but a small child would not be expected to know the correct term for shotgun ammunition.

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Quotes

Megan: [Pulling her t-shirt up to make into a midriff] I want my shirt like Adrianna's.
Sara: Uh, no, no, no, no, honey, we're not doing that, okay?
[she pulls her shirt down]
Sara: put that back in, look like a nice kid.

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Crazy Credits

The onscreen title reads: Daddy's Home Two

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Connections

Featured in Box Office: Episode dated 23 November 2017 (2017)

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Soundtracks

Christmas Wrapping
Written by Chris Butler (as Christopher Butler)
Performed by The Waitresses
Courtesy of Republic Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Cheap Gags, but Enjoyable None the Less

Daddy's Home 2 is very similar to its predecessor. If you liked the first one, you'll probably like the second. There are a ton of cheap gags and Will Ferrell gets in situations that should have left him hospitalized constantly. The introduction of Mel Gibson and John Lithgow as the grandfathers just takes the opposite dads concept to the extreme as they are even farther out versions of the Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell characters. Most of the jokes weren't worth more than a chuckle, with the exception of an extremely relatable thermostat bit. The ending was stretching the limits of believably, even for a ridiculous comedy, but all in all it was solid ideal entertainment.

Mel Gibson brought the best comedic moments, largely because he character was really playing into the Mel Gibson tough guy persona and it felt more natural than the other characters. Linda Cardellini was able to do more with her character as she was given a couple scenes alongside Alessandra Ambrosio, whose cameo was expanded into a full fledged role. Ambrosio was successfully hidden in her scenes to avoid exposing the fact that she is a model, not an actress. John Cena was also credited as returning in his cameo role as well, but I never saw him, though the other characters acted as though he was there.