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Elijah Wood’s Come to Daddy is a Wild, Twisty Thriller
By Ryan Rojas for cinemacy.com
Now playing in select theaters, the Elijah
Wood-starring Come to Daddy is absolutely
one of the wildest thrillers of this year. Making
it’s premiere at last year’s Tribeca Film
Festival as part of the festival’s midnight
category, the film blew me away for its
blend of humor and crazy, surprising twists
and turns.
After receiving a letter from his long estranged
father (Stephen McHattie) asking to
reunite, young electronic artist Norval (Elijah
Wood) agrees to reconnect despite having
been abandoned by him as a child. But when
Norval arrives at a secluded beachside cabin
with the intention of impressing his father
with stories of his LA successes, he finds
his father – grizzled and gruff – curiously
unwilling to reunite. After a few questionably
unsafe moments arise, it feels to Norval that
his dad is actively trying to inflict danger to
him. And that’s when things go from weird,
to outright insane.
At this point, explaining anything further
would ruin nearly all of the fun of the
film, so all I’ll say is that if you’re a fan
of Parasite-level surprises and horror, then
Come To Daddy should definitely be sought
out. Elijah Wood brings a level of wry, dry
humor and darkness to the project, and a
good amount of comedic violence makes
this an unconventionally fun time. We can
expect that Wood is always going to involve
himself in these types of darkly comedic
movies, which we here at Cinemacy fully
stand behind.
If you’re ready to laugh by way of shockingly
gratuitous yet still comically-minded
violence, you will find yourself entertained by
this playfully twisted yet uniquely-envisioned
film that is more than a major accomplishment
from first-time feature filmmaker
Ant Timpson.
93 minutes. Rated R. In Select Theaters
Nationwide + Available on Digital & VOD
on Come to Daddy. February 7, 2020. •
Ryan Rojas
Entertainment
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