Daddio
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Daddio (2024)

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6.8
5 platform(s) · 7 ratings 21,667 votes
7.2/10 4,622 votes Synced 2026-08-03
6.7/10 16,663 votes Synced 2026-08-20
Audience 6.0/10 36 votes Synced 2026-07-25
Critics 6.2/10 Synced 2026-07-25
Audience 8.9/10 Synced 2026-07-25
Critics 7.6/10 Synced 2026-07-25
6.3/10 346 votes Synced 2026-09-04

External reviews

Sheila O'Malley · RogerEbert.com 75.00/100.00

Hall's dialogue compels you to listen, to lean in, but Johnson and Penn draw us into their separate worlds and histories, each face telling a million stories.

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Richard Whittaker · Austin Chronicle 78.00/100.00

The seated dance between Johnson and Penn is witty, earnest, honest, and overflowing with kindness, making Daddio a remarkable story of two strangers opening up to each other.

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Mick LaSalle · San Francisco Chronicle 100.00/100.00

The human connection the two characters make in this film would be understandable to anyone in any century, past or future. For that reason, there’s a very good chance here that Hall, Penn and Johnson have made more than a good movie with “Daddio.” They may have made a classic.

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Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal 90.00/100.00

Daddio is a bracingly naturalistic conversation with a sneakily brilliant screenplay and two wonderfully textured lead performances.

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Richard Roeper · Chicago Sun-Times 75.00/100.00

This is a simple film, but a special one.

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Odie Henderson · Boston Globe 75.00/100.00

A talky movie like this one succeeds only if its leads have chemistry and understand their characters. Both actors fit the bill, giving committed performances that elevate the material.

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Kim Hughes · Original-Cin 100.00/100.00

It’s fascinating stuff, and it rests both on its leads and on the universal truth that unburdening to strangers is often easier than unburdening to intimates, as any real-life cab driver or bartender can attest. And yet, as Daddio shows, that very spontaneous act fosters an intimacy all its own.

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Stephen Farber · The Hollywood Reporter 80.00/100.00

The two superb performances and the tactful hand of a gifted new director ensures that the audience will still be thinking about these people long after the journey ends.

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Jason Bailey · The Playlist 75.00/100.00

Johnson and Penn’s connection is genuine, and there’s an awful lot to like here. Shame about that title.

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Peter Debruge · Variety 80.00/100.00

Every aspect of Daddio is designed to spark conversation. But it’s sweeter and more satisfying than you might expect, especially as Hall pays off ideas introduced early in her script.

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