They've never been closer.
A hopelessly estranged father catfishes his son in an attempt to reconnect.
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Contemporary, spare, comic and intimate.
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- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- effortlessdemanding
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- r96skon TMDB · Jun 20237/10
<em>'I Love My Dad'</em> works way better than it should! All in all, it's an amusing little flick from 2022. Patton Oswalt is perfectly cast in his role, he is an actor who's work I want to see more and this is a good start in that regard. Elsewhere, Claudia Sulewski impresses highly. It's a fairly tricky role to take on I'd imagine, but she nailed it. Like Oswalt, hope to see more of her! James Morosini plays Oswalt's character's son and Morosini is also the writer/director if this true (!) story - which I only just found out about as of typing this review, given I didn't know what he looked like and didn't clock the opening credits (assuming they made it clear he was also acting in it). That's cool! Lil Rel Howery is the best of the rest of the cast. It's a well made film, its music is its standout feature away from those portraying events onscreen. The score for that scene where Rachel Dratch's character makes a discovery is magnificent, I was supremely impressed - it somehow fits so, so well. Scene of the movie, no doubt. Closely followed by the initial 'kissing' scene, admittedly, None of the more heartfelt moments did anything for me personally, and there are some (intention
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Cast
- Patton OswaltChuck
- James MorosiniFranklin
- Claudia SulewskiBecca
- Rachel DratchErica
- Lil Rel HoweryJimmy
- Amy LandeckerDiane
- Ricky VelezDerek
Crew
- James MorosiniDirector
- James MorosiniWriter
- Steven Capitano CalitriDirector of Photography
- Jeremy BullockOriginal Music Composer
- Josh CrockettEditor
- Patton OswaltProducer
- Bill StertzProducer
- Sean King O'GradyProducer
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