CineVegas 2009

Does all tragedy come laced with comedy? For better or worse, Lance Clayton (Robin Williams) is about to find out. For every dream the frustrated writer has, reality kicks him in the ass. Lance wants to be a novelist. In the meantime, he teaches a high school poetry class. He'd like to be a stable family man, but he’s a single father whose teenage son Kyle (Daryl Sabara, in a tour-de-force performance) is a total jerk unable to keep his mouth or hormones in check. Then, out of the blue, a tragedy occurs and all of the sudden Kyle is the most popular kid on earth. Lance’s universe is realigned in spectacular fashion, but he may have to be an insensitive jerk in order to take advantage.

Writer-director Bobcat Goldthwait returns to CineVegas with his most acerbic comedy yet. Bobcat knows jokes, and he knows people even better. He once again makes his most insightful, stubborn observations through a satirical filter. WORLD'S GREATEST DAD targets those who warp events, large and small, to make them all about themselves. Robin Williams turns in one of his best performances, utilizing his gift for making anyone laugh while staying the everyman. Lance is never pathetic or stupid — he's just down on his luck. But, ironically, luck could change that.