Review:
This is a powerful drama packed with real concerns, true life
ventures, warm sentiments, disturbing deeds and emotional triumphs. Tyler Perry
even packed in a few good laughs. Men and women can relate to the dialogue and
afterwards will come out with renewed hope for life. Very much worth seeing and
very enjoyable...more
Extras:
Commentary by Perry,
extended church scene,
Atlanta Aquarium "Working
Underwater" featurette,
more.
Daddy's Little Girls Release
Date:
February 14, 2007 Studio: Lionsgate Director: Tyler Perry
Screenwriter: Tyler Perry Starring: Gabrielle Union, Idris Elba, Tasha Smith, Gary Sturgis,
Tracee Ellis Ross, Lou Gossett, Jr., Malinda Williams, Terri J. Vaughn, Cassie
Davis, Juanita Jennings, LaVan Davis Genre: Comedy, Drama MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for thematic material, drug and sexual content, some
violence and language) Official Website:
DaddysLittleGirlsmovie.com
Plot Summary: A romantic drama about family,
community and love against the odds, "Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls" stars
Gabrielle Union ("Running with Scissors," "Bad Boys II," "Deliver Us From Eva")
and Idris Elba (HBO's "The Wire," "The Gospel," "Sometimes in April") in
writer/director Tyler Perry's follow-up to his number one box office hits "Diary
of a Mad Black Woman" and "Madea's Family Reunion."
A single father, Monty (Elba) is a garage mechanic who lives in a poor
neighborhood and struggles to make ends meet as he raises his three young
daughters on his own. But when the courts award custody of his daughters to his
corrupt, drug-dealing ex-wife, Monty desperately tries to win them back,
enlisting the help of Julia (Union), a beautiful - and hard-nosed – attorney he
meets during his short stint as a chauffeur. While Monty and the
Ivy-League-educated Julia couldn't be less alike, an unexpected romance
blossoms…and it soon begins to feel like true love. But in order for their
relationship to survive, the couple must reconcile their two very different
worlds – and overcome the forces that threaten to tear Monty's family apart.
EN 5 Second Review:
Ugh, another formulaic Tyler Perry movie.
Skip it.
You
come to a film like this knowing what you're going to get. And you can't
say Perry doesn't deliver Randy Cordova: Arizona Republic
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: There's a lovely sequence in
which Monty and Julia dance while she slowly slips off her shoes. It's
sensual in a completely tasteful way...more
Lumbering
morality tale packaged as a romance Luke Sader: Hollywood Reporter
Perry's script -- his first not to be based on one of
his plays -- tries to dispel the stereotype of the absent black father,
but Monty's nobility and frustration are encased in a story that is once
again notably lacking in subtleties. Considering that Lionsgate might
continue releasing an overbaked Tyler Perry opus each February for some
time to come, we can be thankful that his films are now at least
aspiring to resemble a version of real life...more
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Release
Date:
February 14, 2007
EN 5 Second Review:
Ugh, another formulaic Tyler Perry movie.
Skip it.
You
come to a film like this knowing what you're going to get. And you can't
say Perry doesn't deliver