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  • 2022
  • R
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2022
  • R
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 36 m

Summary Inspired by writer, director, and star James Morosini’s true life experience, I Love My Dad follows Chuck (Patton Oswalt), a hopelessly estranged father who desperately wants to reconnect with his troubled son, Franklin (James Morosini). Blocked on social media and concerned for his son’s life, Chuck impersonates a waitress online and st...

Directed By: James Morosini

Written By: James Morosini

  • 2022
  • R
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2022
  • R
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 36 m

I Love My Dad

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 25 Critic Reviews
59
User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 User Ratings
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Summary Inspired by writer, director, and star James Morosini’s true life experience, I Love My Dad follows Chuck (Patton Oswalt), a hopelessly estranged father who desperately wants to reconnect with his troubled son, Franklin (James Morosini). Blocked on social media and concerned for his son’s life, Chuck impersonates a waitress online and st...

Directed By: James Morosini

Written By: James Morosini

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 25 Critic Reviews
59
56% Positive
14 Reviews
36% Mixed
9 Reviews
8% Negative
2 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 25 Critic Reviews
59
56% Positive
14 Reviews
36% Mixed
9 Reviews
8% Negative
2 Reviews

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95
Mar 17, 2022
While it is not for everyone, those who can stomach the admittedly cringey, well everything about the plot, will find much to love.
By Bobby LePire FULL REVIEW
80
Jan 19, 2023
However grotesquely culpable Chuck has been, you find yourself wanting to hug him. It’s a clever comic trick to bring off.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
70
Aug 12, 2022
Together, Morosini and Oswalt capture the panic that seizes some parents when they see their kids slipping into despair. They sensitively dramatize one father’s fear that everything he does to make things better will permanently ruin everything — though that doesn’t stop him from blundering ahead anyway.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
65
Aug 5, 2022
Whether you laugh with I Love My Dad or never shake the queasy feeling in your stomach, Morosini’s film is remarkably sensitive and eerily confessional.
By William Bibbiani FULL REVIEW
58
Aug 7, 2022
The director fumbles frequently, but at least he is confident enough in his uneven vision to push through all (warranted) doubts and deliver a story that is every bit awful as it is uncompromising.
By Barry Hertz FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 3, 2022
The premise of I Love My Dad is so icky that the film’s writer, director, and co-star, James Morosini, lets viewers know at the very outset that its plot is based on a true story, thus automatically rendering it more palatable.
By Marjorie Baumgarten FULL REVIEW
33
Mar 15, 2022
I Love My Dad cannot overcome its off-putting premise. Nothing is out of bounds, of course (especially in comedy), but if there’s an approach to make the material palatable, either played straight or broad, it is left undiscovered here.
By Jason Bailey FULL REVIEW

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43% Mixed
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57% Negative
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Production Company Atlas Industries, Hantz Motion Pictures, American High, Burn Later Productions
Release Date Aug 5, 2022
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline They've never been closer.
Website http://www.magpictures.com/ilovemydad/
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Awards

SXSW Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Hill Country Film Festival, US
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Chicago Critics Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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