DADDY’S HOME (12)
DADDY’S Home is a misfiring comedy of bad parenting and clashing egos that fails to match the perfect storm of Ferrell and Wahlberg’s first on-screen pairing, The Other Guys. Sean Anders’ film is a morass of half-baked ideas and sketches, which fail to gel as a satisfying battle of the hirsute sexes. Only when the rivalry between the central characters descends into a literal showdown of respective manhoods does the feuding turn promise into genuine giggles. Ferrell goofs ad nauseum while his deadpan co-star repeatedly removes his shirt to poke fun at his musclebound screen image.