The lead actors make Perry's didacticism easier to take.
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02/16/07
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... [More]
Starring: Gabrielle Union, Idris Elba, Louis Gossett, Tracee Ellis Ross
Director: Tyler Perry
Reviews for Daddy's Little Girls
A game try, still, it's not all quite there,
02/16/07
Gabrielle Union has never before exhibited as much of an emotional range as seen in this role as an ice princess whose cold heart melts when offered an opportunity with a real man who comes with a ready-made family.
02/16/07
The hamfistedness of Daddy's Little Girls ultimately shatters its charms.
02/16/07
Top CriticGiven his built-in appeal, Perry has the opportunity to broaden the subject matter of so-called black movies. He takes a stab at it in Girls, but he could do so much better.
02/15/07
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.
02/15/07
This particular Tyler Perry movie offers some glimpses of the graceful comic talent its one-man entertainment empire can be if he turns down the volume more often.
02/15/07
In terms of direction, this is the sharpest film Perry has made. It moves at a deft pace, and the comedic sequences continually score. He also knows how to create a mood.
02/15/07
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.
02/15/07
Implausible? Yes. Predictable? Yes. Entertaining? You bet.
02/15/07
Perry will never get an Oscar nomination, but he has something better: an audience.
02/15/07
[Union and Elba] are such expressive, extremely thoughtful performers. They have chemistry and they have class. What they don't have is a filmmaker who knows yet how to use either to make real movie magic. I'm rooting for him to figure it out.
02/15/07
There are fewer laughs and more lectures... but there's plenty of sass and soul in between.
02/15/07
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.
02/15/07
Daddy's Little Girls is maudlin and manipulative, but compared to movies with awful stereotypes like Norbit, is that such a bad thing?
02/15/07
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.
02/15/07
Daddy's Little Girls is a serviceable dramedy that's slightly outlandish but nevertheless strives to touch the heart with its well-intentioned vibes.
02/15/07
It is exciting to think that someone in Perry's position is indeed challenging himself, as he could presumably coast along on tried-and-true formulas for quite some time.
02/14/07
Top CriticDaddy'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.
02/14/07
Lumbering morality tale packaged as a romance.
02/14/07
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