Tuesday, April 23, 2013

World’s Greatest Dad



*ing : Robin Williams, Daryl Sabara, Morgan Murphy
Director : Bobcat Goldthwait

Tagline : Lance Clayton is about to get everything he deserves.

I avoided seeing World's Greatest Dad for quite some time due to the title. I mistook it for some Disney kid's movie. When I finally sat down and gave it a chance I found a very dark, disturbing adult drama that had me laughing and crying at the same time. There are some humorous moments but this is by no means a comedy. If you are expecting a bunch of belly laughs you will be disappointed. This is a very sad story about a natural born loser who finds the attention he craves in the sympathy he gets after the death of his sexually perverted son. What makes this even more emotionally charged is that our anti-hero is fabricating the circumstances surrounding his son's death in order to gain sympathy and also to ghost write his illiterate son's brilliant journal to get it published in compensation for his own failed writing career. Which troubles him all the time. It’s a good film worth a view.
Rating :
***

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