Daddio is a knockout, the type of breakthrough by a digital unknown that many would possibly dream about however solely not often takes place. Entirely set in a taxi caught for a very long time at night time on a jammed freeway heading from New York City’s JFK airport to Manhattan, debuting writer-director Christy Hall
Sean Penn is at his very best right here in a tremendously partaking efficiency as a salty working-class man with an infinite provide of opinions and methods of drawing out his passengers, whereas Dakota Johnson greater than holds her personal as a recreation passenger more and more keen to share her issues with the beginner shrink behind the wheel. The movie ought to play very properly to a variety of audiences.
After flying slightly beneath the radar over the previous few years, Penn reasserts his longtime place as one of many prime American actors, not by digging deep, and typically too deep, into histrionics and rage, however with humor and a method of life from all types of angels. By any measure, he’s a mensch, although he doesn’t have a lot to point out for it, a man with nice humor and a way of what he desires however no concept easy methods to put his psychological skills to sensible use.
You see little or no by way of the automobile home windows on this darkish night time, and the dialog begins innocuously sufficient till the visitors slows and it turns into clear that the 2 will likely be collectively on a blocked freeway for fairly a while. And so begins an surprising journey into the night time, one which sees them exchanging some confidences however is closely weighted towards Will Clark (Penn) starting, in an off-the-cuff and sometimes amusing method, to ask questions on her and her life.
She might not be fully forthcoming proper off the bat, however the amusing and loquacious methods wherein Will poses questions and makes feedback are sometimes very humorous and by no means appear overbearing. The man is so charming and self-deprecating in telling his personal tales that it’s simple to consider that individuals simply divulge heart’s contents to him.
As the visitors stays stalled, an increasing number of comes out, progressively of a extra critical nature the place Clark is anxious; in solely a few passing moments does the dialogue appear a tad pressured or unnatural.
On a comparatively low finances, the work in each division is excellent.
Title: Daddio
Festival: Telluride
Director-screenwriter: Christy Hall
Cast: Sean Penn, Dakota Johnson
Running time: 1 hr 41 min
Sales agent: Endeavor Content
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