World's Greatest DadOverview and Synopsis

  • World's Greatest Dad
  • Opened August 21, 2009 | Runtime:1 hr. 38 min.
  • R
    language, crude sexual content, some drug use and disturbing images
  • A thoughtful but outrageous comedy from Bobcat Goldthwait, WORLD’S GREATEST DAD is a story about a man that learns the things you want most may not be the things that make you happy, and that being lonely is not necessarily the same as being Read More
  • Cast: Robin Williams, Daryl Sabara, Alexie Gilmore, Tom Kenny, Geoffrey Pierson
  • Director: Bobcat Goldthwait
  • Genres: Satire, Black Comedy, Comedy

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  • Alexie Gilmore as Claire, Robin Williams as Lance and Zach Sanchez as Peter in "World's Greatest Dad."
  • Daryl Sabara as Kyle in "World's Greatest Dad."
  • Lorraine Nicholson as Heather in "World's Greatest Dad."

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  • Robin Williams at the California premiere of "World's Greatest Dad."
  • Susan Schneider and Robin Williams at the California premiere of "World's Greatest Dad."
  • Robin Williams at the California premiere of "World's Greatest Dad."

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  • Worlds Greatest Dad
    by Rich S

    I didn't like this movie even though I thought it was an excellent film. A teenage boy is having a very tough rite of passage and makes himself an outcast and a pain in the butt. Kyle's weak father...Read More

  • WORLD'S GREATEST DAD - Grade: B-minus. (Based on advance VIP press preview)
    by MOVIES REVIEWER

    Thurs 9/2/09 - Just like the reviewer before me, I also DISAGREE with the earlier review/reviewer - this is Robin William's best performance in a drama-dramedy this century. This 1.5hr movie is...Read More

  • I LOVED THIS MOVIE
    by jojackie

    This film could not have come at a more interesting time, what with the renewed glorification of Michael Jackson we've been exposed to upon his death. I disagree with an earlier reviewer- this movie...Read More

  • ?WORLD?S GREATEST DAD? ? The ?Award? (& ending) doesn?t ?FIT?, & the Story?s distressingly ?DYSFUNCTIONAL? = Rating: 6.5 of 10 stars (based on an advance screening).
    by jimchudnow

    Writer-director BOB GOLDTHWAIT has been quoted as saying he likes making movies about ?flawed? people & ones that cause people to feel ?awkward?. He has ?succeeded? on both counts with this film....Read More

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  • "The movie takes an unexpected turn midway through, and it's here that Goldthwait zeroes in on the real subject at hand -- the human need for reinvention and revisionism." Los Angeles Times

    - Glenn Whipp

  • "At its best, World's Greatest Dad is reminiscent of the cutting humor of Heathers or Donnie Darko." USA Today

    - Claudia Puig

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