“Daddy’s Home” may have been a favorite for many of its viewers, but I found it to be just another average comedy.

I went to the movies opening night hoping to have a good laugh, but left the theater slightly disappointed.

Although the movie had some humorous parts, I only laughed a few times.

I thought “Daddy’s Home” was going to be really great, but unfortunately my expectations for it were too high.

Director Sean Anders set up the plot of the movie well, but did not give the audience any complex humor to laugh at, just some basic jokes.

There was a lot of enjoyable surface humor within the movie that was entertaining for the audience, but the best jokes were the ones shown in the movie’s trailer.

Although it is not a movie I would watch again, for an average comedy it was not that bad.

Not to mention toward the end of the movie, dads could easily relate to Brad Whitaker and what he puts up with as a father.

The movie opens with stepdad and radio host Brad Whitaker (Will Farrell) talking about how much he wants to be a loving father to his stepchildren, Megan (Scarlett Estevez) and Dylan (Owen Vaccaro). He wants them to accept him. 

After some time, the children finally accept Whitaker as the father figure in their lives and all seems well.

But then, to Whitaker’s horror, the children get a phone call from their biological father, Dusty Mayron (Mark Wahlberg), who disappeared from their lives a few years ago.

Mayron tells the children that he is coming home for a week to visit.

However, this is problematic for Whitaker because he is afraid that he will lose the children’s acceptance toward him as a father once they start bonding with Mayron during his visit.

Once he arrives, Mayron tries to win back his children’s love and trust while pushing Brad out of the picture.

With Mayron’s effort to push Whitaker out, some humorous antics start happening.

Both fathers try to win over the children, competing with each other at just about everything possible.

With Mayron baking for Dylan and Megan in the morning then building a tree house in the afternoon, Whitaker struggles to keep up, even buying the family expensive seats to an NBA game in hopes of impressing his stepchildren.

Things get out of hand, but in the end they are still a happy family.

“Daddy’s Home” opened in theaters Friday, Dec. 25, and grossed $38.8 million opening weekend.

This movie is rated PG-13, so parents should be cautious when deciding if their children should watch it or not.

There is not that much vulgar and inappropriate language, but some is still present.

To me, “Daddy’s Home” is worth three out of five stars.