"You never know what secrets your loved ones may be hiding."
After receiving a cryptic letter from his estranged father, Norval travels to his dad’s oceanfront home for what he hopes will be a positive experience. If only he’d known the dark truth about his old man beforehand.
Elijah Wood
Norval Greenwood
Stephen McHattie
Gordon
Michael Smiley
Jethro
Madeleine Sami
Gladys
Martin Donovan
Brian
Ona Grauer
Precious
Garfield Wilson
Ronald Plum
Simon Chin
Dandy
Ryan Beil
Danny
After receiving a cryptic letter from his estranged father, Norval travels to his dad’s oceanfront home for what he hopes will be a positive experience. If only he’d known the dark truth about his old man beforehand.
To paraphrase director Ant Timpson, ‘Come to Daddy’ is for people who laugh when they see somebody walk into a glass door, then laugh even harder when they notice that the person got a bloody nose. Personally, I found the film to be a delightful and unexpected highlight of the Sydney Film Festival. - Jake Watt Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-come-to-daddy-a-morbidly-amusingly-genre-mash-up Head to https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/sff for more Sydney Film Festival reviews.
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