World's Greatest Dad is a very dark comedy starring Robin Williams. Chances are, reading the title and the movie starring Robin Williams, you'd think it was a Disney family movie but this was far from it. This movie was a hard R-rated film involving serious issues. Now, it seems every time Williams is doing drama, the film requires him to do something comedic, but that's not the reason I prefer him in comedy. I found this movie very depressing and not funny in the least bit. Well in the first half of the film, it was intended to be funny, but I didn't find it. So, 'World's Greatest Dad is basically two movies in one. The second half of the film when Lance Clayton's son is no longer present (I won't give anything away) is definitely the better half. If you must see this picture, I implore you to watch the better half. The film as a whole just isn't worthy of this material, at least not with Robin Williams. One aspect of the movie I didn't care for was Kyle. Yes, he's supposed to be unlikeable, but I did not find him particularly unlikeable. The character instead comes off as weird. If he's supposed to unpleasant, then there should have been a lot more unpleasantness to him. I also didn't enjoy the relationship between Lance and Clair. It wasn't very memorable or interesting. There should have been something more going on between them. The movie is really not that of a comedy but of a dark comedy.
Review of World's Greatest Dad
