World's Greatest Dad (2009)

Directed by

Bobcat Goldthwait

Genre

comedy drama, black comedy film, romantic comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

R

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 658 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A high school poetry teacher and aspiring novelist deals with the aftermath of his teenage son's death. The father writes a fake suicide note for his son that becomes a sensation, forcing him to confront the lies he has told.

darkly comicawkwarduncomfortabletendersatiricalpoignantmorally ambiguous

What happens

World's Greatest Dad is a 2009 American black-comedy drama film written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait and starring Robin Williams, Daryl Sabara and Alexie Gilmore. The film was released on July 24, 2009, on video on demand providers before its limited theatrical release on August 21, 2009 by Magnolia Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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