Daddy's Girl
- 2006
- 7m
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Not great narrative-wise but makes its point well
Craig wakes up late to collect his daughter Lucy from his ex, Bridgette. With no plan for what to do with her he blurts out a seaside trip, even though he knows he has to get her back to her mother before 5 as she has a birthday party. He messes it up of course and drops her back late, pushing Bridget to the point where she wishes she could just raise Lucy totally without him. Meanwhile he decides to try and raise the cash to take them away on a holiday and prove he is a good father.
I wasn't sure what to expect from this film so just settled to watch it. It delivers a simple scenario and a common one the father being outside the unit and perhaps not the best role model for his child. The film doesn't manage to draw much sympathy for him (although I'm not sure it was trying to) as it shows him doing half a job of entertaining Lucy, with his character failings never far below the surface. The second half of the film sees him abandoned and it brings up his sense of frustration, anger and loss well. He has not changed or improved as a character (trying to get cash for a holiday does not make him a good father) but we now sympathise with him because we know that, in the UK, he will get very little help in trying to see his daughter again.
I'm pretty sure that this is the wider point because it makes it well it is not about whether he is the best parent for the child to be with or not, it is about his ability to at least see his daughter. This will strike a chord with those that know a father (or are a father) who struggles to get access to his kids in a system that always seems to favour the mother over the father. Samson is convincing in his role here although I would have liked more character from Ladyman. The direction from Marshall and Hallows is good and makes for an interesting short that is not great narrative wise but makes its point well and would make for a good talking point.
I wasn't sure what to expect from this film so just settled to watch it. It delivers a simple scenario and a common one the father being outside the unit and perhaps not the best role model for his child. The film doesn't manage to draw much sympathy for him (although I'm not sure it was trying to) as it shows him doing half a job of entertaining Lucy, with his character failings never far below the surface. The second half of the film sees him abandoned and it brings up his sense of frustration, anger and loss well. He has not changed or improved as a character (trying to get cash for a holiday does not make him a good father) but we now sympathise with him because we know that, in the UK, he will get very little help in trying to see his daughter again.
I'm pretty sure that this is the wider point because it makes it well it is not about whether he is the best parent for the child to be with or not, it is about his ability to at least see his daughter. This will strike a chord with those that know a father (or are a father) who struggles to get access to his kids in a system that always seems to favour the mother over the father. Samson is convincing in his role here although I would have liked more character from Ladyman. The direction from Marshall and Hallows is good and makes for an interesting short that is not great narrative wise but makes its point well and would make for a good talking point.
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- bob the moo
- Jan 7, 2007
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