Daddy's Little Girls (2007)
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 53
Fresh: 14 | Rotten: 39
Daddy's Little Girls boasts fine performances and a poignant message, but is ultimately let down by amateurish filmmaking.
Average Rating: 5.3/10
Critic Reviews: 21
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 13
Daddy's Little Girls boasts fine performances and a poignant message, but is ultimately let down by amateurish filmmaking.
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Diary of a Mad Black Woman mastermind Tyler Perry turns the familiar Cinderella tale on its head with this story concerning a successful female attorney who falls in love with a financially strapped mechanic. Monty (Idris Elba) is struggling mechanic and single father of three from a poor neighborhood. Upon learning that custody of his beloved daughters has been awarded to his morally bankrupt, drug-dealing ex-wife Jennifer (Tasha Smith), desperate Monty enlists the aid of beautiful Ivy
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Cast
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Gabrielle Union
Julia -
Idris Elba
Monty -
Louis Gossett Jr
Willie -
Tasha Smith
Jennifer -
Tracee Ellis Ross
Cynthia -
Malinda Williams
Maya -
Terri J. Vaughn
Brenda -
Gary Sturgis
Joseph -
Sierra McClain
Sierra -
Cassi Davis
Rita -
China Anne McClain
China -
Lauryn McClain
Lauryn -
Juanita Jennings
Katheryn -
Maria Howell
Wife -
Rochelle Dewberry
Miss Rochelle -
L. Warren Young
Councilman -
Leland L. Jones
District Attorney -
Craig Robinson
Byron -
Daniel Dae Kim
Waiter -
Minnie Tee
Nurse -
Donna Biscoe
Social Worker -
Eddie L. Long
Pastor -
Bennet Guillory
Principal -
Mark Oliver
Jennifer's Lawyer -
Hajji Golightly
Member -
LaVan Davis
Lester -
Chantell D. Christopher
Club Lady 2 -
Sasha the Diva
Club Lady 3 -
Katie Kneeland
Waitress -
Arron Momon
Young Monty -
Joey Nappo
Player 1 -
Arvell Poe
Player 2 -
Greyson Chadwick
Amanda -
Jasmine Burke
Girl -
Ric Reitz
Dad -
Giulia Pagano
Criminal Judge -
Bob Banks
Mr. Jones -
Sharon Cain
Civil Court Bailiff -
Dan Albright
Judge 3 -
Sharan Mansfield
Mrs. Mansfield -
Demetria "Dee Dee" McKinn...
Club Lady 1 -
Javon Johnson
Brenda's Husband -
Richmond Duain Martyn
Gang Member -
Marshall Middletown
Young Man -
E. Roger Mitchell
Joe's Criminal Lawyer -
Judy Peterson
Choir Soloist -
Gordon Daniels
Probation Officer -
John Beasley
125 Family Court Judge -
George Bryant II
Judge #3 -
Monica Kaufman
Announcer -
Gabriel McClain
Boy -
Joan Pringle
Civil Court Judge -
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All Critics (53) | Top Critics (21) | Fresh (15) | Rotten (40) | DVD (7)
Dismissed by critics but embraced by African-American audiences, Tyler Perry now opens his pictures without press previews, but on the basis of this expert melodrama he might want to reconsider.
Top CriticLove can transcend class lines; in Tyler Perry's universe, it also defies all rules of the legal system -- and logic.
It makes you happy to receive the Word of Perry.
Come back, Madea, and bring your chainsaw.
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.
The lead actors make Perry's didacticism easier to take.
Infinitely more captivating for its outrageous ungainliness than a great many more proficient filmmakers have ever been able to manage.
No Madea in Tyler Perry's latest melodrama.
The cast is likable, and Perry makes good use of the Atlanta locations.
Spoiled-rotten witch-meets-working class hero premise underpins this modern morality play from Tyler Perry.
Perry's habit of reducing drama to verbal sermons is the main thing keeping his movies within the realm of daytime TV.
Yes, it's true that Tyler Perry's movies are mostly formualaic. Yes, it's true that Tyler Perry isn't the finest director in the world. But it's also true that Tyler Perry is getting better.
...cardboard characters and awkward dialogue.
I entered this moviegoing experience ready for a lot of wincing and eye-rolling. But dammit if this movie didn't make me laugh and cry.
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.
Even when Perry doesn't dress up like a woman, he's pretty much a drag.
The action bogs down in a torrent of clichés.
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.
A sorry excuse for filmmaking.
The movie reaches the heights of melodrama with narrative cliches that border on the surreal.
Tyler Perry, the man behind Madea's Family Reunion, is not a subtle filmmaker. But Perry's stories can be emotionally effective.
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