2010 · drama · comedy
Daddy Longlegs
Directed by Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie1h 40m2010
After months of living a solitary existence, Lenny, 34, picks up his kids from school. Every year he spends a couple of weeks with his sons Sage, 9, and Frey, 7. Lenny hosts his kids within a midtown studio apartment in New York. During these two weeks, he must figure out if he wants to act as their father or be their friend. Ultimately, their trip upstate results in complete lawlessness taking over their lives.
Our read: Daddy Longlegs (2010) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded drama · comedy entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, steady, measured drama / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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