That's My Daughter

In this porn take-off on Paul Schrader 1979 George C. Scott vehicle "Hardcore" (hell the name is even taken from the tag line for that film), Harry, a business man while screwing glances up at the porno playing and see's his daughter starring in it. So he hire's a private detective (Eric Edwards of "Honey Throat", and "Taboo II") to find her for him. So the detective and Angel, his secretary (Sharon Mitchell of "Teenage Pajama Party", "The Taming of Rebecca", and "Joy") go about finding her. I didn't really like the narrator of the film and whenever she spoke, her grating accented voice took me out of the film. Furthermore the ending didn't make a lick of sense. For a porn from the "Golden age" of the genre, this one was a let down

My Grade: D

It has become cliché among adult film review snobs that filming a scene before 1985 made a more superior movie than a direct to video production. I disagree. Movies greatly improved on video with a sharper more natural picture. Actors were no longer slaves to the clapboard, shooting short clips over again until the camera ran out of film. That's My Daughter is an example of why film was not always better than video. It wastes the erotic potential of a great cast with over-tight editing and short clippy sex scenes. The plot was a quite interesting and humorous satire of George C. Scott's film, Hardcore. We can't be too let down when Harry's lover in a snowy mountain cabin is Lisa Deleuw. She's given enough screen time. Karen Sweet needed more development in the title role. Her scenes were hot but clipped short too fast. Edwards is fine as a clown private eye, drunk and after Arcadia Lake most of the time. Sharon Mitchell does well as his partner, exploring a few scenes of bondage which were her expert area. But the question remains, if the dad recognized his daughter when she was in a porno film, why couldn't she recognize her own father after he finds her?