The Parenting (2025): A Wasted Cast in a Toothless Horror-Comedy
The Parenting (2025): A Wasted Cast in a Toothless Horror-Comedy "A stacked cast meets a script that’s neither scary nor funny enough to matter." — 2/5 Stars The Parenting (2025) review: With a cast that reads like a who’s who of prestige television—Lisa Kudrow ( Friends ), Brian Cox ( Succession ), Edie Falco ( The Sopranos ), Dean Norris ( Breaking Bad ), Parker Posey ( The White Lotus ), plus rising stars Nik Dodani and Brandon Flynn—you’d expect something sharp, subversive, or at least entertaining. Instead, Craig Johnson’s horror-comedy delivers a toothless, predictable farce that fails to land as either comedy or horror. The premise has potential: a young gay couple, Rohan (Dodani) and Josh (Flynn), invite their parents to a countryside house for a weekend meet-and-greet. But when a 400-year-old evil entity awakens, chaos ensues. In theory, this setup could yield sharp ...