Meeting Daddy

this popped up the other morning...5 am on showtime...and i read the blurb about GA...Savannah GA it turned out...an area this native knows very well..so i watched it...very funny...offbeat...sure they made the southerners look comical..but what about Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil...hey!! you gotta laugh at yourself...Kristy Swanson is a friend's cousin...and you gotta love Lloyd and Beau together...i kept saying that looks familiar ...so does that....and what do you know?...final credits list it as filmed here...like another lost gem....Camilla with Jessica Tandy and Bridget Fonda.....i have no memory of either of these films being shot here...not as touted as the highly publicized ones i suppose....

One of the best little films I've seen in a long time. Don't let the box art on the video fool you, this is NO family film! It's a highly original combination of romantic comedy, gross-out humor with a little bit of heart. Josh Charles (from Sports Night) is an "angry young man" writer who goes to meet his girlfriend's family in Savannah, Ga. The girlfriend is played by Alexandra Wentworth who I've never seen before but she' s funny and sexy and believable, I'd sure go to Savannah for her! Lloyd Bridges is funny/threatening as Wentworth's father, apparently this was his last film (I thought he died after "Mafia" can someone clear this up).

His performance is truly outstanding in this movie. But, in addition to the performances, this director shows flashes of a really whacked-out imagination -- there's a scene with a talking severed toe, a vomiting scene that I can hardly describe and some dialogue that'll really take you by surprise.

This is the final film that Lloyd Bridges starred in. He plays the ailing father whose grown children are concerned over. His daughter invites her fiance to be with them & then the fun begins. For the most part this is a pleasant lil romp, that does get quite farcial in the middle. I could of done with out so many visuals of bodily functions., Lloyd Bridges still has that sparkle on his eye that made him the big star he was. His son Beau appears as one of his sons in the film. Josh Charles is the slightly wooden fiance. Not really too much to recommend except to see Lloyd Bridges in his last role. rating is **1/2

as always Jay Harris

"Meeting Daddy" tells of a young California couple who visit the female half's somewhat backward clan in Georgia where they encounter a menagerie of quirky off-beat characters including her daddy (L. Bridges). If you are into fun little romantic comedy romps and have a sense of appreciation for the irreverent and inane, you'll probably enjoy "Meeting Daddy". If not, you may be terminally bored if not somewhat repulsed. This genre defying little sleeper is a concatenation of old gags laced with a wisp of charm whipped up in a very peculiar sort of mix which will please some and displease others. Lloyd Bridges turns in a fine final performance as the laconic, manipulative, and eerily senile patriarch. A must see for wacky comedy lovers.

I checked this movie out based on a review on this site. Please, save yourself the time and trouble of hoping this turkey goes somewhere. A decent cast, ample budget and a very unfunny story. Just terrible!