Mediadads movie review - Daddy's Girls (2007)

addy's Little Girls

PG-13 (2007)

Lionsgate

Writer/Director:

Tyler Perry

Cast:

Gabrielle Union, Idris Elba,

Louis Gossett Jr., Tasha Smith

Monty (Idris Elba) is a mechanic taking care of his three girls with his mother-in-
law. Mom (Tasha Smith) is out living with a drug dealer and has no interest in the
girls. The mother-in-law tells Monty she is dying of cancer and wants him to take
the girls. Unsure he can do it alone, he realizes he has to try. He takes a better-
paying job as chauffeur for Julia (Gabrielle Union), a beautiful and lonely attorney.
When he is out working, the girls accidentally set a fire at home and the court
awards custody to their mother, where they are abused. Seeing Monty's problem,
Julia offers legal assistance and is drawn deeper in than she expected. The two
are subjected to intra-racial class pressures on top of everything else and when
she learns about a secret in Monty's past, Monty must do whatever it takes to save
his girls by himself.

Idris Elba is terrific as a strong community member and a Dad in pain. And let's
give it up for the three Daddy's girls, who played their parts so perfectly: China
Anne McClain Lauryn Alisa McClain, and Sierra Aylina McClain. Tyler Perry said
“What I wanted to do with this movie is just speak to every father who has ever
done the right thing for your kids. I wanted to celebrate you.” We think he did a
great job all around.

Fatherhood
Monty is a good and loving father. The children love him and don't want to be with
their abusive mother, who is a moll to a drug dealer that beats them. A hard
worker and skilled mechanic, Dad is given the business where he works when its
aging owner can't continue with it. When Monty finally confronts the dealer and his
gang, the community comes out in support of him. In short he is a respected
member of his community.

Monty faces an issue that every man in the country faces when it comes to his
children. The automatic custody to the mother cuts the same across race,
economic, and geographical boundaries, from the Alec Baldwins to the Montys of
the country, all men are slaves to the courts' prejudice and discrimination and are
made to be beasts of burden for women.

Final Review
'Way Dad-positive. It shows the system up for what it is, and the community for
what it can be. Thanks to Perry for giving us an important work in support of
fathers.

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