I Love My Dad
2022 American film by James Morosini
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I Love My Dad is a 2022 American comedy film written and directed by James Morosini, inspired by actual events in his life.[3] It stars Patton Oswalt, Morosini, and Claudia Sulewski. The film premiered at South by Southwest on March 12, 2022, and in theaters in the United States on August 5, 2022.
- William Stertz
- Sean King O'Grady
- Sam Slater
- Phil Keefe
- Dane Eckerle
- Daniel Brandt
- Patton Oswalt
- Patton Oswalt
- James Morosini
- Claudia Sulewski
- Rachel Dratch
- Ricky Velez
- Lil Rel Howery
- Amy Landecker
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| Directed by | James Morosini |
| Written by | James Morosini |
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| Cinematography | Steven Capitano Calitri |
| Edited by | Josh Crockett |
| Music by | Jeremy Bullock |
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| Distributed by | Magnolia Pictures |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $103,343[1][2] |
Premise
Cast
- Patton Oswalt as Chuck
- James Morosini as Franklin
- Claudia Sulewski as Becca[4][5]
- Rachel Dratch as Erica
- Ricky Velez as Derek
- Lil Rel Howery as Jimmy
- Amy Landecker as Diane
Production
Principal photography took place in Syracuse, New York. Filming wrapped in June 2021.[6][7]
Release
The film premiered at the 2022 South by Southwest Film Festival on March 12.[8][9][10] In April 2022, Magnolia Pictures acquired North American rights to the film. It was released in theaters on August 5, 2022, and on demand on August 12, 2022.[11]
Reception
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 72% of 89 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.5/10. The website's consensus reads: "I Love My Dad may take its cringe comedy too far for some viewers, but Patton Oswalt's fearless performance keeps the story anchored in honest emotion."[12] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 58 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[13]
Todd McCarthy at Deadline Hollywood praised Oswalt's performance, Morosini's screenplay, and the use of social media to refine the show, don't tell technique.[14] The Hollywood Reporter's John DeFore gave positive notes to Morosini's direction and called it "a surprisingly gentle take on a potentially explosive premise."[15] Nick Allen at RogerEbert.com gave it a 3.5/4 and praised Sulewski as the movie's "comic MVP", adding that she "plays into both 'Becca' exaggerations so thoughtfully, that by the third act her actual Becca has a special poignancy and agency."[16] David Ehrlich at IndieWire gave it a B−, praising Morosini for "keeping the perversity of it all intact" and Sulewski's performance to be "elastic", while adding that it would have "been a more satisfying experience had it swerved away from decency and good taste even harder than it already does[...]"[17]
Accolades
At the South by Southwest film festival, the film won the Jury and Audience Awards in the Narrative Feature Competition.[18][19]
