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Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls
- Review Date: June 10, 2007
- PG-13
- Genre: Comedy
- 2007
Common Sense Media says
No Madea in mature Tyler Perry melodrama.
Parents say
QUALITY
Kids say
QUALITY
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that the movie includes scenes that show and imply child abuse. One character reportedly hits her youngest daughter (bruises are visible on the girl's back), a drug dealer sends a 12-year-old to school with a joint to sell, and an irresponsible mother yells at her three daughters, offers her 12-year-old a drink, and insists they all watch a brutal beating in order to make them "tough." The mother smokes cigarettes and wears revealing clothing. The kind grandmother dies of lung cancer. There's yelling and some pushing and hitting between a father and a bad boyfriend; the showdown begins with violent car crash and ends with ferocious beatings in the street. Reference to a rape. A drunken sexual initiation leads to off-screen vomiting instead of sex. Brief kissing leads to off-screen sex. Language is mild, but the derisive terms "Steppin' Fetchit" and "slave" are used.
What's the story?
Monty (Idris Elba) is a good-hearted mechanic who works to support his three daughters: 5-year-old China (China Anne McClain), 7-year-old Lauryn (Lauryn Alisa McClain), and 12-year-old Sierra (Sierra Aylina McClain). They're living with his ex-mother-in-law (Juanita Jennings), until, at the film's start, she dies of lung cancer. Monty briefly brings the girls home to his one-bedroom apartment, but then their long-absent, excessively trashy mother Jenny (Tasha Smith) arrives, demanding custody -- not because she actually wants them, but because she wants to make Monty miserable. She and her live-in boyfriend -- drug dealer/local menace Joe (Gary Sturgis) -- gain custody of the girls and proceed to use them for various evil ends. Jenny provides Monty with an estimable obstacle while he tries to nurture his relationship with his new girlfriend, high-powered lawyer Julia (Gabrielle Union).
Is it any good?
None of Tyler Perry's movies is subtle. But in DADDY'S LITTLE GIRLS, he goes without his broadest invention, the wildly popular drag character Madea. Instead, this film digs into Perry's most melodramatic and stereotypical inclinations to date, exploring class conflicts, single parenting, and the horrible ways that drugs, violence, and gang-bangers affect regular folks in an Atlanta neighborhood.
A disappointingly outsized villain, Jenny fills up the space left by Madea -- only she's not as strong, entertaining, or even convincing as Perry's alter ego.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about the dynamic between the girls and their respective parents. How do you feel about the child abuse shown in the movie?
Which characters are sympathetic or unsympathetic, and why?
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A Must See!!!!
This movie gives viewers a brief glimpse into a life many of us could not imagine, or don't want to remember, but it's very realistic. Great acting, great plot, kept me and my family entertained throughout!!
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It was okay. Not as good as Tyler Perry's other movies. 12+
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A really great movie for older kids to watch.
I loved this movie. Yes, it may have some abuse involved, and drugs and alcohol. But it has one more thing in it, people seem to forget about. It has love in it. The daddy in the movie has the up most love for his kids, and later in the movie he falls in love with his lawyer. This movie overall was one of the best movies I have ever seen.
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it great..
i say that when the movie started, i thought it would an other boring stuff talk about violence and gang. but it more then that,and in the end,i really enjoyed and it was funny.and it send an message to parent now day that who happen to raise their kid in so call"the hood"..and let them get into stuff that bad and don't show them that hitting your kid or wife is okay..
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I cried int the beginning but a smile appears on your face when it's over
The movie was all of that. It started with a very loving and caring grandmother who took her 3 grandaughters in after their father was put in jail, for falsely rapping a minor under 16 yrs. of age, and a drug dealing mother. The kids loves their father and wants to be with him evven if the judge puts them in custody of their mother. Their mother is in a realationship with a horrible man who deals drugs and wants the oldest to deal drugs at her school. The angry boyfriend gets upset and hits the youngest child (China) because of the tears she kept crying because she wanted to be with her father. At the end everything works well he gets his garage, her girl, and his children!!!!!!!!
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May 20, 2011
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the perfect family move
i love that movie
and is a great movie to
watch with the family
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| Studio: | Lionsgate |
| Director: | Tyler Perry |
| Cast: | Gabrielle Union, Idris Elba, Louis Gossett Jr. |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Run time: | 95 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | February 14, 2007 |
| DVD release date: | June 12, 2007 |
| MPAA rating: | PG-13 |
| MPAA explanation: | thematic material, drug and sexual content, some violence and language |
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