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A thoughtful but outrageous comedy from Bobcat Goldthwait, World’s Greatest Dad is a story about a man who learns that the things you want most may not be the things that make you happy. Robin Williams stars as Lance Clayton, a man who has learnt 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. Then, in the wake of a freak accident, Lance suffers the worst tragedy and the greatest opportunity of his life. He is suddenly faced with the possibility of all the fame, fortune and popularity he ever dreamed of, if only he can live with the knowledge of how he got there.
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Special Features:
- The Deadly Syndrome "I Hope I Become A Ghost" Music Video
- Deleted Scenes
- Outtakes
- Behind The Scenes Featurette
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I really liked and enjoyed this cult little movie, starring the normally unlike-able Robin Williams. I found it smart, hip, current, dark in humour and mildly boasting confident swagger.
This American comedy (from Donnie Darko producer) is deadpan, twisted and odd fun, expressing itself well and delivering a satirical blast.
Lance Clayton is a single parent dad teacher, and a failing writer. His son is an obnoxious pervert who accidentally kills himself. Lance writes a suicide note to cover up the death. The note is hailed as genius writing and so Lance goes with the idea, living his writer's dream through his dead son's memory.
Sick, daft but amusing, clever and genial. Brilliant.
This American comedy (from Donnie Darko producer) is deadpan, twisted and odd fun, expressing itself well and delivering a satirical blast.
Lance Clayton is a single parent dad teacher, and a failing writer. His son is an obnoxious pervert who accidentally kills himself. Lance writes a suicide note to cover up the death. The note is hailed as genius writing and so Lance goes with the idea, living his writer's dream through his dead son's memory.
Sick, daft but amusing, clever and genial. Brilliant.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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The World's Greatest Dad is the story of Lance Clayton (Robin Williams), a high-school teacher who struggles to maintain his relationship with his difficult teenage-son, Kyle. When his son dies as a result of auto-erotic asphyxiationa (Look it up if you really want to know...), Lance takes it upon himself to rescue his son's dignity, making it look like suicide and writes a note to explain. However the note's poignancy and imagery make people ask questions about who Kyle was and how he was such a good writer. As life gets better and better for Lance, he is faced with difficult decisions whether to keep riding his son's coat-tails or to admit to the world that he writes all of Kyle's post-humous releases...
An extremely morbid and disturbing subject about the loss of a family member, Williams somehow manages to make this palatable in his disarmingly candid acting-style. As charity, attention and sympathy means that he is suddenly catapulted into the centre of his insular world, Lance Clayton actually enjoys his life more after the passing of his son, who was "kind of a douche" anyhow. This is a fairly abhorrent notion that a parent would prefer their offspring being dead than alive but hence the intrigue of the film. Evan Martin plays Kyle's only friend, Andrew, who is highly suspicious of the 'new' Kyle the world is becoming fad-obsessed with.
There is a love-interest for Williams's character which provides some light-relief to an otherwise rather weighty film (the initial discovery of his son will have you close to tears if not bawling) and the interaction between some of the people will ring true to experiences you may have already had.
Extra content: There is an audio commentary and making of featurette, plus the usual suite of deleted scenes and outtakes. Also features a music video from The Deadly Syndrome playing "I Hope I become a Ghost", which is minimalistic but entertaining.
A believable - if a little morbid - concept that will leave you thinking about how people romanticise the departed, worth it alone for Williams's best performance in over a decade.
An extremely morbid and disturbing subject about the loss of a family member, Williams somehow manages to make this palatable in his disarmingly candid acting-style. As charity, attention and sympathy means that he is suddenly catapulted into the centre of his insular world, Lance Clayton actually enjoys his life more after the passing of his son, who was "kind of a douche" anyhow. This is a fairly abhorrent notion that a parent would prefer their offspring being dead than alive but hence the intrigue of the film. Evan Martin plays Kyle's only friend, Andrew, who is highly suspicious of the 'new' Kyle the world is becoming fad-obsessed with.
There is a love-interest for Williams's character which provides some light-relief to an otherwise rather weighty film (the initial discovery of his son will have you close to tears if not bawling) and the interaction between some of the people will ring true to experiences you may have already had.
Extra content: There is an audio commentary and making of featurette, plus the usual suite of deleted scenes and outtakes. Also features a music video from The Deadly Syndrome playing "I Hope I become a Ghost", which is minimalistic but entertaining.
A believable - if a little morbid - concept that will leave you thinking about how people romanticise the departed, worth it alone for Williams's best performance in over a decade.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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World's Greatest Dad is the touching story about a frustrated writer, Robin Williams, teaching at a High School where his outcast teenage son also attends.
On frequent occaisions he catches his son "pleasuring himself" sometimes involving auto-erotic asphyxiation. One of these attempts leads his son to die accidentally.
When the father finds his son dead he decides to disguise the death as a suicide, forging a suicide note by his own hand and, unwittingly becoming a successful writer in his son's name.
World's Greatest Dad is an awkward film, beautiful, touching, tear-jerking and thought-provoking. As a comedy it is very, very black which is possibly why it polorises its audience.
Robin Williams coasts through the scenes with his rubber features which you're never really quite sure are poised in a mocking smile or holding back the tears.
I took off one star simply because some of the supporting roles (especially RW's girlfriend) are a bit one-dimensional and slightly too farsical.
While this film may leave you uncomfortable it is never hard to watch.
Highly recommended.
On frequent occaisions he catches his son "pleasuring himself" sometimes involving auto-erotic asphyxiation. One of these attempts leads his son to die accidentally.
When the father finds his son dead he decides to disguise the death as a suicide, forging a suicide note by his own hand and, unwittingly becoming a successful writer in his son's name.
World's Greatest Dad is an awkward film, beautiful, touching, tear-jerking and thought-provoking. As a comedy it is very, very black which is possibly why it polorises its audience.
Robin Williams coasts through the scenes with his rubber features which you're never really quite sure are poised in a mocking smile or holding back the tears.
I took off one star simply because some of the supporting roles (especially RW's girlfriend) are a bit one-dimensional and slightly too farsical.
While this film may leave you uncomfortable it is never hard to watch.
Highly recommended.
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Published 12 months ago by D. Newstead
Great idea wasted by unadventurous film making
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No cutlery required on this occasion
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Wow, just wow.
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