Comedy

Father of the Year

Comedy

Before he leaves for New York City, college valedictorian Ben visits his trailer-park loser dad, then argues with Larry about whose dad can kick the other dad's ass. Loser dad hears of this and tries to beat up doormat dad. Chaos follows.

Year

2018

Duration

1h 34m

IMDb

5.2

Trailer

Cast

Tyler Spindel

Director

David Spade

Wayne

Nat Faxon

Mardy

Joey Bragg

Ben

Matt Shively

Larry

Bridgit Mendler

Meredith

Jackie Sandler

Krystal

MG

Mary Gillis

Ruth

Jared Sandler

Nathan

Bill Kottkamp

PJ

Kevin Nealon

Peter Francis

Peyton Russ

Aiden

Melanie Hutsell

Trey's Mom

Allen Covert

Trey's Dad

Moses Storm

Trey

Chris Titone

Flasher

Ashley Rae Spillers

Olivia

Edward James Gage

Ron

Amanda Soucy

Angela

BC

Brandon Cournoyer

Writer

Tyler Spindel

Writer

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Comments

10 comments

Sameep Gulati ❤️⚽️Jun 14, 2025

Father of the Year, not to be confused with Worlds Greatest Dad (2009) is a standard Hollywood comedy movie made by Happy Madison studio. It tells the story of two friends who debate who would win between their fathers in a fight. One being a trailer park loveable loser played by David Spade and the other a wimpy scientist played by Nat Faxon (Who I keep mixing up with Ed Helms for some reason). They play it safe, if you enjoy Happy Madison movies you'll likely get a kick out of this however on the flipside if you don't then skip over it. Spade provides his usual brand of goofy physical humor and as usual it works, I chuckled out loud several times throughout the film. A couple of scenes in particular had me in near stitches which comedies rarely do these days. Sure the whole movie isn't of that consistently great quality but at no point does it really get bad. Also starring the adorable Bridgit Mendler who has an overwhelming likeability factor and a few of Sandlers friends this is a very passable comedy effort and a good way of killing 90 minutes. The Good: Spade and Mendler Some genuine laughs Interesting ideas mixed in there The Bad: Goes stale a couple of times Things I Learnt From This Movie: Spade only ever plays one character, and that's fine with me Faxon IS Helms, I don't care what anyone says! That dude is getting 2 paychecks.

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jobisjammehNov 22, 2022

It's a goofy movie and gave me exactly what I expected. I had a few LOL moments and enjoyed the silliness of it. Not exactly sure what the negative reviewers thought they were getting into, but it is a good way to spend 90 minutes of time if this is the kind of flick you are looking for.

Geraldy NtariNov 22, 2022

All these poor reviews can lick my taint. Anybody who watches this is clearly a fan of the Sandler movies we grew up on and this is pitch perfect to that sense of humor. I've not been a fan of more recent direct to Netflix Happy Madison productions. This movie is different. Not only did I laugh the whole way through, I forced other to watch it to watch them equally enjoy it which is the high water mark of filmmaking. Haters suck a fat one.

Samira SaidNov 22, 2022

Do not look at the 1 star reviews here on imdb, for a Netflix comedy it was actually pretty decent and had far more original funny scenes than i had anticipated, of course some of the scenes were cringy, but that is besides the point, it is supposed to be an over the top teen comedy. David Spade and Nat Faxon were great in this movie, usually not the biggest fan of these actors, can not understand why people give this movie horrible reviews/ratings. This film is just simple, dumb fun and nothing more, do not take it seriously, sit back, relax and enjoy the dumb Adam Sandler type of fun.

sandra nguessan 👑Nov 22, 2022

This movie had a lot of promise after watching the trailer; however, it was poorly executed. Poor sense of humor, semi tolerable plot, and decent acting is how I would describe this movie. After the first 20 minutes, you realize you're better off watching something else.