World's Greatest Dad
2009 Directed by Bobcat Goldthwait
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Lance Clayton is about to get everything he deserves.
Robin Williams stars as Lance Clayton, a man who has learned to settle. He dreamed of being a rich and famous writer, but has only managed to make it as a high school poetry teacher. His only son Kyle (Daryl Sabara) is an insufferable jackass who won’t give his father the time of day. He is dating Claire (Alexie Gilmore), the school’s adorable art teacher, but she doesn’t want to get serious --
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Surprisingly heartfelt and surprisingly funny, I enjoyed World's Greatest Dad.
I really liked the dark humor, and Robin Williams' quiet loser character worked here and wasn't too annoying. Overall, there's something a little off - a little too long? Wrapped up too nicely? A bit heavy-handed? - but there's an honesty that I really appreciated.
I'm not super familiar with Bobcat Goldthwait's work, his characters or his acting. In fact, the first I heard of him was on WTF, which was a great ep. (He's also been doing a little of the publicity circuit for God Bless America, so I've been hearing him more recently on other podcasts as well.) Anyway, I think he's really funny.
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If you haven't seen this already, I suggest you do so immediately. A dark comedy about the shallow cult of celebrity versus loneliness. Don't let the title fool you, this is daring and twisted stuff. Robin Williams is outstanding.
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A scathing critique on modern culture's tendency to put people up on a pedestal without truly understanding who they are. I like how it shows that people don't really care about who a celebrity really is, and we form opinions of them personally just by the fragmented snippets we're fed through the media.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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Film #43 of The December Project
Oh god. I saw Robin Williams' junk. I'll never be the same.
I guess I should say something about the movie, too… At first I thought I was watching an original dark comedy, but it's really more of a "guy fools everyone and then feels guilty about it" kind of movie. Even though I can't name a lot of films like that off the top of my head, I know they exist because the storyline felt all too familiar and I saw the ending a mile away.
Daryl Sebara's performance was damn near unwatchable. I don't know if that's attributable to how horrible the character is, or if he's just a really untalented actor,…
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''Goooooood Mornin' bunch of nasty bastards!!!"
The best thing Robbie Williams has done since leaving Take That.
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Afaande op de bijhoorlijk absurde subversieve pitch van voormalig comedy-talent Bobcat Goldwaith's vorige prent Sleeping Dogs Lie ('een vrouw geeft toe aan haar vriendje dat ze ooit een hond oraal bevredigd heeft') kun je er prat op gaan dat de man zich niet meteen voor de kar laat spannen van zoedgevooisde, platgepolijste rom-com's. Goldwaith's nieuwste, het met een flinke knipoog betitelde World's Greatest Dad beschikt wederom over genoeg weerhaken om uw wenkbrouwen in een meewarrige frons te trekken, maar opnieuw komt de filmmaker er meer dan uitstekend mee weg.
The Word's Greatest Dad in kwestie is de gescheiden huisvader Lance Clayton die de ambitie koestert om bestsellers te schrijven, maar voorlopig vrede neemt met een baan als poëzieleraar aan een…
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A touching black comedy worthy of renting.
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THIS MOVIE.
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it has moments
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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A father discovers his teenage son dead from auto-erotic asphyxiation then exploits the tragedy for the benefit of his own. This pretty much sums up 'World's Greatest Dad', a delightfully dark teen comedy by Bobcat Goldthwait (who has practically steered clear from the radar since his roles as Zed in Police Academy 2 & 3). A film that is somewhat bizarre for multiple bizarre reasons.
Lance Clayton (played by comic Robin Williams) daydreams of being a rich and famous author, but has only accomplished five failed novels and a petty job as a poetry teacher at the local high school. His only son Kyle (Daryl Sabara) is practically the worst child that a parent could hope for: he’s rude, conniving, crude…
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This is a very interesting movie. I like this movie a lot. Because it's very difficult to be very honest and without hide anything to others. I think when you can show real yourself to others. That will be the happiest thing.
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Glad I didn't read the summary. I didn't see that coming...
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I was wary ab out this film because I detest God Bless America, but this was quite an enjoyable film. It was hilariously dark and it was quite an emotional film with a very good job from Robin Williams. Goldthwait's comment on the phoniness of people hopping on the sorrow bandwagon was very well done. Very interesting plot and very well executed.