Synopsis
When a successful television writer's daughter becomes the interest of an aging filmmaker with an appalling past, he becomes worried about how to handle the situation.
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Cast
- Louis C.K.Glen Topher
- Chloë Grace MoretzChina Topher
- John MalkovichLeslie Goodwin
- Rose ByrneGrace Cullen
- Charlie DayRalph Kinder
- Helen HuntAura Topher
- Edie FalcoPaula
- Pamela AdlonMaggie
- Ebonée NoelZasha
- Albert BrooksDick Welker (voice)
Recommendations
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The Playlist
What makes I Love You, Daddy at times frustrating but ultimately enthralling is that the whole picture feels like an exploration — and one where not even C.K. knew where he was going when he started shooting. - 80
CineVue
I Love You, Daddy is a hilarious, awkward and boundary-pushing comedy about fatherhood, anxiety and the ethics of relationships. - 80
The Guardian
It contrives to be a very funny and recklessly provocative homage to Woody Allen, channelling his masterpiece Manhattan and brilliantly finding a fictional way to tackle his personal reputation head-on. - 80
Screen Daily
Indulgent and meandering, but also very funny and thought-provoking, this film is ultimately about how little we understand about others — as well as ourselves. - 75
IndieWire
As a whole, I Love You, Daddy belongs to C.K.’s own peculiar aesthetic, in that it’s brilliantly calibrated to captivate viewers and make them recoil at the same time. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Both in the writing and performance, China is a finely wrought creation, a young lady of manners and a degree of taste but who has been given no guidance, rules, motivation or a stern hand. - 67
The A.V. Club
Its refusal to over-simplify gives it the structure of a rough cut. Being a grown-up, as far as I Love You, Daddy is concerned, means picking your failures and frustrations; it picks to be too long and poky. - 60
Variety
There’s a better, tighter, more emotionally focused movie hidden somewhere in the sprawl of “I Love You, Daddy.” It’s a movie that’s just as rude, funny, and observant as this one but that doesn’t tie itself in knots trying to “say” something.
