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World's Greatest Dad

Lance Clayton is about to get everything he deserves.

This dark comedy from maverick filmmaker Bobcatt Goldthwait revolves around a struggling high school teacher. When his wild and unpopular son commits suicide, dad creates a fake diary allegedly written by his son, which manages to change people's perceptions not only of his son, but of him too. Now that both are treated with great reverence, dad's life looks on the up and up, but his dead son's buddy smells a rat ...

100 minutes, No persons under 16 (Language, Sex, Drug abuse)
Comedy, Drama, On the art circuit

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Credits
Cast	Robin Williams, Daryl Sabara, Morgan Murphy, Naomi Glick, Dan Spencer, Geoff Pierson, Henry Simmons
Director	Bobcatt Goldthwait
Screenplay	Bobcat Goldthwait
Music	Gerald Brunskill
Cinematography	Horacio Marquinez
Editing	Jason Stewart
Sound formats	Dolby Digital
Soundtrack	Not available
Made in	2009
Produced by	Magnolia Pictures, Darko Entertainment, Process Productions, Jerkschool Productions
SA Distributor	Ster-Kinekor

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FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Biography, comedy
Language	Strong, frequent. Contains frequent sexual language that is crude and explicit. Very mature.
Nudity	None
Sex	Strong sex references and infrequent strongly implied sexual behaviour. Sexual behaviour linked to violence.
Violence	Occasional, moderate, brief scenes of self-mutilation.
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	Moderate profanity
Drug abuse	Frequent gratuitous use of dope smoking and cookies, strong.
Comments	This movie has very mature and adult themes which are absolutely inappropriate for viewers under the age of 16.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarWesley Morris	10
Cape TimesDuane Byrge	5
International Media
Box Office (USA)Wade Major	8
Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert	15
Metacritic.com23 critics	14
RottenTomatoes.com90 critics	14
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer	17
Internet (IMDB)8583 Netizens	14

Average .. 61%	12

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