Tyler Perry likes preaching to the choir.
Daddy's Little Girls (2007)
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Reviews Counted:51
Fresh:13
Rotten:38
Average Rating:4.8/10
Consensus: Daddy's Little Girls boasts fine performances and a poignant message, but is ultimately let down by amateurish filmmaking.
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Written and directed by Tyler Perry, DADDY'S LITTLE GIRLS follows single father and mechanic Monty (Idris Elba) as he struggles to support his three daughters and fight for full custody from their... Written and directed by Tyler Perry, DADDY'S LITTLE GIRLS follows single father and mechanic Monty (Idris Elba) as he struggles to support his three daughters and fight for full custody from their unfit mother. In need of extra funds, Monty takes on a fateful second job as a limo driver for hot-shot lawyer Julia (Gabrielle Union), granting him the legal leverage he needs as she volunteers to help him in court. His ex-wife (Tasha Smith) has shacked up with her dangerous boyfriend (Gary Anthony Sturgis), the neighborhood drug lord, and not only does he supply plenty of crime to the streets but he also instills fear into Monty's daughters' lives While Monty does everything he can to protect his kids, and to save enough money to eventually run his own garage, Julia is desperate to try to find a good man who can measure up to her well-bred, upper-class standards. Despite their financial differences, and drastically contrasting backgrounds, Monty and Julia can't hide their attraction for one another. But will their past heartbreaks keep them strictly as client and counsel? With fantastic performances and real-life issues, DADDY'S LITTLE GIRLS is a heartfelt, emotional story of the single-parent experience, and of discovering and preserving unconditional love. Idris Elba (THE WIRE) conveys an abundance of warmth and strength as the heroic father and community leader who is just trying to catch a break as well as some much-needed redemption for doing right by his kids. Gabrielle Union (BAD BOYS II, THE HONEYMOONERS) provides ample doses of comic relief as the uptight career-obsessed lawyer plagued with a string of bad dates. The three real-life McClain sisters that star as Monty's daughters: China, Lauren and, Sierra (they have the same names in the movie) are bona fide scene stealers, thanks to their charming precociousness, which manifests itself in their emotional pleas to be rescued. [More]
Starring: Gabrielle Union, Idris Elba, Louis Gossett, Tracee Ellis Ross
Starring: Gabrielle Union, Idris Elba, Louis Gossett, Tracee Ellis Ross, Terri J. Vaughn, Gary Anthony Sturgis, China Anne Mclain, Lauren Alisa Mclain, Sierra Aylina Mclain
Director: Tyler Perry
Director: Tyler Perry
Producer: Reuben Cannon
Studio: Lions Gate Films
Reviews for Daddy's Little Girls
Daddy's Little Girls is a frightening step backwards for the Perry empire, revealing a filmmaker who I once thought was just kidding around, but now it turns out he's legitimately incompetent and irresponsible.
The script isn't much better than Perry's Madea's Family Reunion... but it helps that Perry doesn't show up in the crass, cross-dressing role of Madea and that he has hired some excellent actors.
Perry has great casting instincts, and in Elba and Union he’s matched two gifted, equally gorgeous actors, both of whom seem ready to make sparks fly. If only their director would let them.
Cottage-industry independent filmmaker Tyler Perry fumbles with this family drama about Monty (Idris Elba), a salt-of-the-earth car mechanic and father of three girls trying to win a custody battle with his lowlife ex-wife.
Jenny and Joe don't help to make a case for the "good men" and "strong women" they seem to oppose. They only drag everyone down.
Daddy's Little Girls is maudlin and manipulative, but compared to movies with awful stereotypes like Norbit, is that such a bad thing?
There'll always be a place for Perry in a world where there are moviegoers who find Spike Lee's films too challenging.
Subtlety has never been Perry's strength, but his previous films balanced the sermonizing with good humor and sincerity. Perhaps next time, he'll ease up on the lectures, and bring back the love.
Suffice to say that everybody in this totally TV-tempered, finger-waggingly reactionary movie learns a valuable lesson in getting back to basics.
Regardless of how silly the storyline becomes, Perry's admiration for single dads who take care of their kids and people who take their faith and their families seriously comes through...
In Daddy's Little Girls, Tyler Perry merits an A for the messages he wants to deliver but only a C-plus for the way he delivers them.
Kindness, graciousness, nurturing, and support is the message for couples and community, so even if it's not saying anything new under the sun, all that syrup makes the cardboard taste better.
Don't let the brightly colored poster with the cute little girls on it fool you -- this isn't a comedy, either, but is meant to be a drama with a message. Daddy's Little Girls has its funny moments, but overall it's fairly somber from the start.
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