Sean Anders
Owing mostly to the funny duo of Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne, Instant Family somewhat succeeds, though its switch to full-out drama by the end is jarring, to say the least.
The heart of Daddy’s Home 2 is lost by formulaic tendencies and its overbearing insistence on being funny. It’s no future Christmas classic.
In this sequel, Daddy’s Home 2, we join Brad and Dusty as they deal with their fathers around the holidays.
Oh look, another Will Ferrell comedy! This time around he is playing a step dad trying to win the affections of his step kids. His competition is the biological father played by Mark Walhberg.
It seems to happen far too often: A new, original comedy premieres, to mostly good reviews, and so the studio decides to seize on the original’s success and create a sequel. And the sequel is not nearly as good as the first.