Moderately funny and strangely dated ... The blend of tired jokes and body horror here seems entombed in amber, as every lacerated scalp, loudly broken limb, and use of the C-word makes it feel that much less original.
Come to Daddy
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Canada, New Zealand, Ireland · 2019
Rated R · 1h 36m
Director Ant Timpson
Starring Elijah Wood, Stephen McHattie, Michael Smiley, Madeleine Sami
Genre Comedy, Horror, Thriller
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Norval Greenwood, a privileged man-child, arrives at his estranged father's remote coastal cabin. He quickly discovers that his father has a shady past that is rushing to catch up with them. Now, hundreds of miles from his comfort zone, Norval must battle real and perceived demons to reconnect with a father he barely knows.
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Unlike many [M. Night] Shyamalan films, which seem constructed out of Mad Libs, Come to Daddy retains an emotional consistency.
No matter its oddball turns, Kiwi director Ant Timpson’s wild, unpredictable debut manages to deliver a gory hilarious father-son reunion saga with a surprising degree of confidence in the silly-strange nature of the material.
“Come To Daddy” is definitely not going to be everyone’s cup of tea. ... Provocative and ballsy ... [the film] doesn’t give a shit if you like it and perhaps even dares some audiences to sit through it unfettered. Ultimately, it knows that those who stay are on its weirdo wavelength and are in for something insanely entertaining.
My favorite horror offering of the year so far. It’s smart, uncompromising, inventive and just downright hilarious.
Screen International by Stephen Whitty
Come to Daddy starts out like a nasty drama, ends up as a gruesomely gory, coldly comic revenge thriller – and desperately loses its way somewhere in-between.
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