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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83The PlaylistNoel MurrayThe PlaylistNoel MurrayWhat makes I Love You, Daddy at times frustrating but ultimately enthralling is that the whole picture feels like an exploration — and one where not even C.K. knew where he was going when he started shooting.
- 80CineVueChristopher MachellCineVueChristopher MachellI Love You, Daddy is a hilarious, awkward and boundary-pushing comedy about fatherhood, anxiety and the ethics of relationships.
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawIt contrives to be a very funny and recklessly provocative homage to Woody Allen, channelling his masterpiece Manhattan and brilliantly finding a fictional way to tackle his personal reputation head-on.
- 80Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonIndulgent and meandering, but also very funny and thought-provoking, this film is ultimately about how little we understand about others — as well as ourselves.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyBoth in the writing and performance, China is a finely wrought creation, a young lady of manners and a degree of taste but who has been given no guidance, rules, motivation or a stern hand.
- 67The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyIts refusal to over-simplify gives it the structure of a rough cut. Being a grown-up, as far as I Love You, Daddy is concerned, means picking your failures and frustrations; it picks to be too long and poky.
- 60VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanThere’s a better, tighter, more emotionally focused movie hidden somewhere in the sprawl of “I Love You, Daddy.” It’s a movie that’s just as rude, funny, and observant as this one but that doesn’t tie itself in knots trying to “say” something.
- 50ConsequenceSarah KurchakConsequenceSarah KurchakIt’s a film in which provocations are punchlines and treading into potentially offensive territory is an end in and of itself. It consistently pushes every boundary it comes across, and then just sort of stands there and shrugs about it.
- 42The Film StageDaniel SchindelThe Film StageDaniel SchindelAs a thinkpiece generator, it is absolutely spectacular – by every other metric, it’s a failure.