Daddy's Home 2

Pratfalls and destruction are played for laughs, but some are truly horrible-looking accidents that, in real life, would leave people with broken limbs, serious head injuries, or perhaps even dead: Characters fall from great distances, a chainsaw flies through the air and almost lands on a man's neck, kids on swings kick a man very hard in the face, and an elderly character is lost and lies in the snow for hours. A comic set piece involves a young girl who shoots a holiday turkey with a rifle (we don't see it happen) and also accidentally shoots her grandpa in the shoulder. Joke about "dead hookers" (it's cut off before the end).

Kurt is a womanizer who's seemingly irresistible to women who are half or even a third his age; many nameless women have sex with him; one is seen dropping him off in the morning (he ignores her). Viewers also hear a reference to Kurt taking home two women for sex at the same time ("that went into extra innings," he leers to his grandson). Joke references "hookers." A young boy is frequently teased about his crush on a girl: "You want to French her? Is she your girlfriend?" Later, that boy kisses a different girl, which is presented as a win for his character (yet the movie doesn't seem to care how the girl felt about the surprise kiss). A dad gives a boy a sex talk in which he says "Boys have a dingle, girls have a hoo-hoo."

Cursing is infrequent but includes "ass," "bitch," "s--t," and "damn." Other coarse/strong language includes "suck," "frigging," "balls," "turd," "d--khead," "suck a wet fart," "boobage," and "shut your fat hole." Male characters are insulted with names that often imply they're unmasculine or weak: "numbnuts," "candy ass," "ladies," "snowflake," etc.

In one scene, two young girls sneak rum-spiked eggnog (after being told that it's an "adult" drink); they get drunk and yell at their elders, and one falls off a roof, but there don't appear to be any other consequences for their drinking. In other scenes, characters drink beers and cocktails at parties, dinners, and bars.

Parents need to know that Daddy's Home 2 may look like a family-friendly holiday-themed film from the ads, but many parents will find it inappropriate for younger kids. It has lots of sexual content and iffy messages about sex and gender roles: Mel Gibson's character is presented as a "stud" who effortlessly attracts women half or even a third of his age; they seem happy to have no-strings-attached sex with him. Viewers also hear about him bedding two women at once ("that went into extra innings," he leers to his grandson). A young boy is teased frequently for his crush on a girl; a kiss he plants on a different girl later is presented as a win for him, but no attention is paid to her feelings about the kiss. In general, female characters are given short shrift compared to male ones. Violence is played for laughs but is surprisingly strong: A chainsaw almost decapitates a man, snow tubers cartwheel down a mountain, and a young girl accidentally shoots her grandpa in the shoulder before killing two wild turkeys (offscreen). A scene in which two young girls get drunk on stolen eggnog is also presented comically; there are no consequences for their actions. Language includes "ass," "bitch," "damn," and more, plus insults that imply that the (male) recipients are weak or unmasculine ("candy ass," "ladies," etc.). Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, and John Lithgow co-star alongside Gibson.

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