World's Greatest Dad

World’s Greatest Dad

I saw this movie thinking it would be something that it wasn’t, and I wasn’t the biggest fan of this film. I thought that the plot was way messed up, and almost disturbing. What was even more disturbing was the fact that Robin Williams was dating a woman that is 25 years younger than him. It was just awkward to see.

Lance Clayton (Robin Williams) is a poetry teacher at a private school and a failed writer. He has a son, who can be easily summed up in a couple of words, a douche bag and a pervert. Lance tries to be the best dad that he can, but his pornography-addicted son wont let him love him at all. No matter what he tries, he can’t be the best dad, an accomplished writer, or even compete with the younger teachers that fight for his younger girlfriends heart, who is also a

teacher. Then all of sudden, tragedy strikes, and Lance’s son Kyle dies while masturbating (gross I know). Embarrassed by this, as any father would be, Lance makes it look like a suicide with a poetic suicide note. That note made it big, and was published. People were begging for more writings from his dead son Kyle, so Lance fakes a journal by him and gets it published as well. He wins the girl, and the fame. The question is, does he keep going with it, blow his cover or get exposed? Either way, it’s a screwy thing.

All in all, I didn’t like this movie and I can’t say I would recommend anyone to see it. First off, at the end of the movie you see Robin William’s dong, and secondly its repulsive the way the son talks about women and pornography. There were some funny parts in the movie, and the plot was good, but Robin Williams should be playing a grandfather rather than a father of a teenager, and he just didn’t have his usual charm in this movie. Bottom line; don’t see this movie, not really worth your time.