World’s Greatest Dad: a Review of Unintended Brillance

World’s Greatest Dad, a 2009 indy picture has a 86% from RottenTomatoes.com. For those obilivious to this website, it is a movie review site by the people for the people. And getting an 86% for an indy film that was a straight to DVD release that hardly anyone saw is incredible, even if it was Robin Williams simply stealing the show.



According to Wikipedia.com, which is the god of knowledge:
The film was a hit at the Sundance Film Festival, the website hailing it as a "lusciously perverse, and refreshingly original comedy that tackles love, loss, and our curious quest for infamy." It also commented on Robin Williams' performance as outstanding.[4] Sandra L. Frey observed the film's portrayal of teen angst, and said that the film also reminds the audience that adults can offer strong angst of their own.[7] Devin Faraci called the film "brilliant" and "genius." Paul Fischer named it as one of the best films of the year.[8] Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz both gave the film favorable reviews on At The Movies. Mankiewicz saluted Daryl Sabara's performance as exceptionally well done, commented on the film's "remarkably funny script," and overall considered it a "little gem."[9] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave World's Greatest Dad 3 out of 4 stars, but noticed that the material could have been even darker in its satire, and he questioned whether it was the director's intention.
The last bit of this is the important part. Roger Ebert said that he had questions regarding the directors intentions. Director Bob Goldthwait (known best from the Police Academy movies) has made some okay movies in the past. “Shakes the Clown” was pretty terrible, despite the fact that it featured not only a young Robin Williams but also young Adam Sandler. However, it was a simple comedy with far too many clowns, which I cannot fault him for entirely. Everyone goes through their clown phase.



Then, “Sleeping Dogs Lie” was a disturbing concept and the plot quickly became difficult to care about.
That said, the teaming of a group of unknown young actors, a brilliant Hollywood talent (Robin Williams), and an engaging story made this the best film I have seen since “There Will be Blood.”
Please understand that this is a terribly dark satire and a poor match for fans of romantic comedies and movies with titles that feature a absense of nouns. It takes an open mind to get past the confusing first half hour that appears to be going nowhere. Then, the final hour tends to leave viewers with a wide variety of impressions. I have come across few movies (I watch alot of movies, I assure you) that are as dark, unusual and all around outstanding as this film. If you watch alot of Glee or are super excited for the next "Sex in the City" movie then this film is a pass. But if you managed to get through "The Road," the single most depressing film ever made, this will be a walk in the park.