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This is my first review. I felt I had to give this movie some love with all the hate it was getting. People are so harsh these days... I almost didn't watch the movie due to the low rating and bad reviews. My wife and I decided to give it a try anyway. We went into it with zero expectations and ended up laughing quite a bit. We were both surprised at how much we ended up liking the movie. It's full of stupid-funny humor. I wouldn't pay to see it, but it was great for popcorn on the couch at home.

Father of the Year, not to be confused with Worlds Greatest Dad (2009) is a standard Hollywood comedy movie made by Happy Madison studio.

It tells the story of two friends who debate who would win between their fathers in a fight. One being a trailer park loveable loser played by David Spade and the other a wimpy scientist played by Nat Faxon (Who I keep mixing up with Ed Helms for some reason).

They play it safe, if you enjoy Happy Madison movies you'll likely get a kick out of this however on the flipside if you don't then skip over it.

Spade provides his usual brand of goofy physical humor and as usual it works, I chuckled out loud several times throughout the film. A couple of scenes in particular had me in near stitches which comedies rarely do these days.

Sure the whole movie isn't of that consistently great quality but at no point does it really get bad.

Also starring the adorable Bridgit Mendler who has an overwhelming likeability factor and a few of Sandlers friends this is a very passable comedy effort and a good way of killing 90 minutes.

The Good:

Spade and Mendler

Some genuine laughs

Interesting ideas mixed in there

The Bad:

Goes stale a couple of times

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Spade only ever plays one character, and that's fine with me

Faxon IS Helms, I don't care what anyone says! That dude is getting 2 paychecks.

Decent enough to have on in the background while perusing through your phone

Yes, I had few laughs, but in the end this is just another shallow movie with so many wasted potential. I dont know for people of what age are this movies created? I can not see them as movies for adults, because they are too much shalow and empty, so maybe this movies are realy made for kids. They should advertise them as movies for kids than, just to help us adults skip them and save us some time.

Full disclosure...I find Adam Sandler/Happy Madison comedies enjoyable.

Ok with that out of the way, Father of the year is a pretty weak premise. The entire film is set up on that classic "my dad can beat up your dad" yet it seems not even the writers can properly keep up with the meatless premise. The story jumps around a lot and the editing is kinda choppy like you can tell they trimmed the film to keep it short.

David Spade is doing a "Boston" accent which he tries to stay consistent with it but loses it from time to time. Still he does a good job and is actually funny. The token young kids are pretty generic except for Matt Shively, he showed great comedic timely and played his role perfectly. The rest of the cast is rounded out by the usual Happy Madison club members.

Overall...nothing great but has its moments. if you've enjoyed The Happy Madison brand you'll find this funny.