Daddy and Them Reviews

Most of us seem to have forgotten it but Billy Bob Thornton actually had his breakthrough as a writer-director and not as an actor. Indeed, since Thornton was struggling as an actor, he decided to write and direct his own movie resulting in the impressive ‘Sling Blade’ (he even won an Academy Award for the Best Screenplay for this moie). As a result, many expected him to have an interesting career as a director but his follow-up , the really ambitious ‘All the Pretty Horses’, was butchered in post-production and turned out to be a critical failure. Well, this movie was Thornton’s  3^rd directing effort and, to be honest, I wasn't expecting much before watching the damned thing. Eventually, even though this movie was obviously much less ambitious than Thornton’s previous directing projects,  I thought it was actually not bad after all. I mean, sure, the story didn't really work but some of the dialogues were just hilarious. On top of that, even though the characters were all rather obnoxious, after a while, I couldn’t help thinking that they were endearing which was quite an achievement. To conclude, in spite of its flaws, I thought it was actually a decent comedy and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre