Overrated and overhyped

Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

From the point of a cinema - something like a good film. But from the point of a viewer(me) - It was difficult to see to the end. Because of the disgusting son. Because of the awkward behavior of some of the characters. Because of the fact that Robin Williams acting in such movie.

Mr. Clayton is an unpopular teacher who lives his even more unpopular jerk of a son, Kyle. When Kyle accidentally kills himself while masturbating (no I'm not making this up), Clayton makes it look like suicide to spare his son's dignity (at least somewhat). Eventually, when Kyle's "suicide note" (actually written by Clayton) is published in the school paper, people begin to see Kyle as a hero, and Clayton, by association, becomes much more popular. The film shows how death can erase all flaws from from individuals. At every funeral there's always people saying wonderful things about the deceased. "He was such a kind man." or "She was a bright spot in our life." But were they really? This movie takes it even further as the whole school becomes convinced that Kyle was a misunderstood genius. Bobcat Goldthwait is some sort of genius himself when it comes to satire, and though this is not as vicious and controversial as his later film "God Bless America", there are still many great comedic moments. One of my favourite parts is: The Principle: "Hardy anyone came to the funeral. I felt bad, I should have gone." Counsellor: "Don't blame yourself. It was a weekday." But the film also has it's fair share of drama as well- the scene where Clayton finds his son dead is heartbreaking. Robin Williams was a great comedian, but people sometimes forget that he was also an amazing dramatic actor as well. The way he underplays certain scenes allows for a great build up of his character, making the cathartic release that much more satisfying. World's Greatest Dad is a very good movie that you should definitely check out.

A great story that left a little lacking in the execution. This movie could have been brilliant. It could have been an instant classic and a voice for our era.To begin I thought the film had some serious problems in structure. It took too long to get to the crucial moment in the story (the death). The ending made me think that they just had no idea of how to bring the story to conclusion.I thought they made way too much effort to make the son out to be a low-level sociopath when he could have just been a very average kid who watches too much porn and has no other interests outside of virtual reality. I know lots of kids who don't seem to have a bit of passion for anything other than their cell phones and video games. This describes a lot of kids these days and a lot of parents would recognize their own offspring in this group. For that matter many adults fit this modus operandi. So in review, back off on making the kid a new version of Charles Manson and get to his death a lot sooner.The next problem was the writing. If you want the kid to be a posthumous hero then you have to write a great suicide note. The one in the film was mediocre, at best. This was where the story really should have begun, at about 20 minutes (in the film he finds the body at 36 minutes and then there was an entire MTV music video of grief…totally corny and over-done). I also didn't think that t was necessary to foreshadow the auto-erotica asphyxiation and it sort of took away from the actual death.Now should have come the really interesting part in the film. The kid's diary could have been a treatise against all of the ills that plague this generation of kids with too much screen time and not much in the way of reality. They have it too comfortable, their parents indulge them too much, their identities are drowned out by celebrity worship, etc.

Lance Clayton (Robin Williams) is a poetry teacher who dreams of being a writer but is constantly rejected by publishers. His only published works are a few greeting cards. His class is on the verge of being canceled losing out to the more popular teacher Mike (Henry Simmons) and his creative writing class. He's a divorced father to the perverted misanthropy 15 year old Kyle (Daryl Sabara). His constant use of the word Fag and his general anti-social behavior causes problems for him and his weak pathetic father. Kyle's only friend is the weakling Andrew who is always avoiding his alcoholic mother. Surprisingly to Lance, he is dating fellow teacher Claire Reed (Alexie Gilmore) although he's afraid that she'll leave him. Lance befriends his elderly neighbor Bonnie (Mitzi McCall). Lance discovers Kyle's body in his bedroom after he died in autoerotic asphyxiation. Lance fakes a suicide note to avoid the embarrassment. The lie snowballs out of control but then it turns into his greatest writing opportunity.I don't know which character I hated more but I've come to the conclusion that I would have liked to see a Kyle movie. This is a black comedy written and directed Bobcat Goldthwait. I really didn't laugh at all. I really hated the pathetic Lance. At first, I hated the Kyle character but I've come to realize that he would be a great subject to get picked on. He could do some more ugly perverse things. His dad is just a weak guy who bores the heck out of me.