“Daddys Home 2” (** out of four) was a tired sequel to the very funny 2015 original about the holiday misadventures of the father (Will Ferrell) and stepfather (Mark Wahlberg) who have to deal with their own intrusive dads (John Lithgow and Mel Gibson) who visit for Christmas. Great cast works well together and squeezes all the humor they can out of a paper-thin script without much of a story which becomes detrimental especially in the second half. Finale in which the cast all rejoice in singing “Do They Know It’s Christmas” really needs to be seen to be believed. More-or-less what you would expect but has enough smiles to make it watchable.

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