"World's Greatest Dad" is not a cliché film, but a bold and sharp black comedy
. Although the subject matter of this film is very ordinary, the director has created good works with ordinary materials. According to the conventional thinking, the pair of fallen father and son in the film has not much to dig, but the director reflects the profound social problems through their ordinary lives. "World's Greatest Dad" not only interprets the theme of the era of "finding myself and returning to my true color", but also involves issues such as young people's sexual ignorance, racial discrimination, and school violence. Through the interpretation of these issues, the connotation of the film is deeper and more thought-provoking
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The title of the film is "World's Greatest Dad", but looking at the film, it is difficult to see the great feats of the protagonist Lance. The reason why the director gave the protagonist the modifier "the greatest in the world" is to reflect the absurdity of reality. In this highly critical film, director Bobcat Goldthwait interprets a series of extreme absurd events through the changes in Lance’s principal, colleagues, students and lover Claire’s attitude towards Lance before and after Kyle’s death. Exposing the secularity, emptiness and hypocrisy of the real society. In terms of characterization, "World's Greatest Dad" portrays the character of Lance very well. Another more successful character in the film is Lance's lover Claire. In terms of the details of the film, the director also arranged very cleverly. The appearance of "the night of living dead" in the film is very ironic
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