World's Greatest Dad (2009)
"I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is ending up with people who make you feel all alone." World's Greatest Dad Stars Robin Williams as Lance Clayton a struggling writer and a struggling dad. Lance teaches a poetry class that is on the virge of being canceled and he couldn't feel less important about his life, oh wait yes he could, he has a girlfriend played by Morgan Murphy who is also a teacher and she works very hard at keeping their relationship hidden. She also has "male friends" who she shows a great deal of compassion towards as if Lance needs that. This also stars the very funny Daryl Sabara as Kyle. Kyle is a complete dick to everybody and everything he comes in contact with, even his friend. He dies in an accident while masturbating so his dad tries to spare Kyle the humiliation and stages the whole thing to look like a suicide. Lance sits down a writes a very deep suicide note and it gets him the recognition that he's always wanted as a writer.
Bobcat Goldthwiet writes and directs this film and he did a very great job, I didn't even know he was a director. I especially liked his little cameo in the film. Robin Williams is always great as the 'teacher type' Daryl Sabara's pissed off comedy had me laughing my ass off and when he was gone and everybody was pretending that he was this deep individual I was laughing even harder. Watching this felt like I was in on some big secret and everybody else was delusional and blinded by lies. I really loved the scene when Lance went on that talk show, I couldn't stop laughing.
There were a few parts that seemed to be overdoing it a little too much in order to get their point across such as the scene when the other teachers were all talking together about Mike getting published in The New yorker, seemed a bit much. I thought this had great direction, great comedy and an extremely great story. Well done Bobcat.
7/10
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