Weekend Movie Forecast: Inglourious Basterds or Passing Strange

World's Greatest Dad, written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, stars Robin Williams as a high-school teacher whose literary ambitions have earned him nothing but frustration. When his ingrate teenage son dies during an ill-fated act of autoeroticism, Williams finds inspiration ghost-writing a fake diary from the teen's perspective. Nathan Rabin at the Onion says it's "wickedly observant about the way the dead become blank canvasses upon which the grieving can project their fantasies, insecurities, and aspirations.

"Williams lends enormous pathos to a man whose literary dreams come true in the worst way imaginable; he now has the curious distinction of having starred in Dead Poets Society and the anti-Dead Poets Society. The film’s tonal shifts between vulgar comedy and heartfelt drama aren’t always smooth, but that doesn’t keep it from being simultaneously funny and deeply sad."