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Cast
- Patton OswaltChuck
- James MorosiniFranklin
- Claudia SulewskiBecca
- Rachel DratchErica
- Lil Rel HoweryJimmy
- Amy LandeckerDiane
- Ricky VelezDerek
Recommendations
- 95
Film Threat
While it is not for everyone, those who can stomach the admittedly cringey, well everything about the plot, will find much to love. - 90
Slashfilm
There's a big beating heart at the center of the movie that keeps you close to the ground and makes it an absolute triumph of twisted humor and love. - 75
The Film Stage
I Love My Dad is as funny as it is mortifying, with Oswalt as a kind of sociopathic Cyrano de Bergerac justifying his behavior in the name of becoming closer to his son. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Gently funny and much more forgiving than viewers might expect, the picture plays to Oswalt’s strengths and may resonate uncomfortably for parents worried about protecting their digital-native children without suffocating them or, worse, creating entirely new problems. - 68
Paste Magazine
The film pushes itself to extremes like a broad and black comedy would, but isn’t quite enough of one to come across as anything but cruel. - 67
IndieWire
It may not resonate as anything deeper than a modern satire of the idea that father knows best, but it leans into its high-wire act with the fearlessness of a movie that knows just how fraught it can be to connect with anyone these days. - 60
Variety
[Morosini] holds back the personal stuff you can tell a stranger but not your dad — the kind of material good comedians build their shows around — making the result feel like a sitcom more than a brutally honest movie. - 60
Screen Daily
Unshowy and functional in his directorial approach, Morosini wisely keeps it light.
