I Love My Dad

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I Love My Dad

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2022

1h 36m

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Romance

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Inspired by James Morosini's true life experience, I Love My Dad follows Chuck (Patton Oswalt), an estranged father who desperately wants to reconnect with his troubled son, Franklin (Morosini). Blocked on social media and concerned for his son's life, Chuck impersonates a waitress online and starts checking in with Franklin. But things begin to spiral when Franklin falls for this imaginary girl (Claudia Sulewski) and wants nothing more than to meet her in person, as Chuck has inadvertently catfished his own son.

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Critics Consensus

I Love My Dad may take its cringe comedy too far for some viewers, but Patton Oswalt's fearless performance keeps the story anchored in honest emotion.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Jan 18, 2023

4/5

It’s a film that genuinely does take the comedy of embarrassment to a new level. Morosini says that it’s based on a real incident in his own life; I can believe it. You couldn’t make it up.

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Callie Petch

Little White Lies

Oct 11, 2022

It’s a strong showcase for Oswalt’s talents, going full pathetic odiousness in a way which is consistently entertaining to watch.

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

Aug 12, 2022

It’s exciting to see Morosini take so many chances with the way his narrative unfolds, even if they don’t all pay off.

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Samantha Schuster

Cinéfilo Serial

Jul 25, 2025

4/5

It's a highly effective comedy that, through a hilarious, funny, and somewhat predictable script, as well as a great leading duo, manages to construct a fun and emotional story that also addresses serious and important issues. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Anna Hoang

Boston Hassle

Jul 20, 2025

3/5

We come to believe that Chuck is trying his best. In turn, the ride to that ending is enjoyable in the way that your favorite song is playing on the radio but you’re riding shotgun in a clown car, which speaks to Morosini’s storytelling strength.

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Ezequiel Boetti

Otroscines.com

Aug 24, 2023

3/5

An incestuous comedy. [Full review in Spanish]

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James E

Aug 10, 2022

Patton Oswalt is great! Funny and awkward film.

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Brent

Aug 5, 2022

Soooo funny, soooo cringey!

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H S

@Heidi1 1 day ago

Stupid gross ridiculous show. I mean what the actual???

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The H

@RT75285738 Feb 19, 2025

It was a really funny & sad movie. Dad catfishes his son out of love & things get weird. Very entertaining.

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Sarah B

@RT72414562 Oct 28, 2024

Painfully unfunny and cringey. I made it over half way through before I was just to the point where it was so uncomfortable that I wasn't enjoying the movie. I did not finish the movie and I truly feel it would have been a waste of my time.

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Ken R

@RT36478503 Sep 5, 2023

I Love My Dad – Really... How to describe a movie like this? Social media pundits may think it savvy and maybe even relevant, but many might see a thin veneer over this story - which claims to be true but comes across as somewhat suss. Comedy? Well, if a young man undergoing a serious recovery session following an attempted suicide - being goaded by an absentee father who has stolen a young woman's social media details. And is now trying to connect with his son by pretending to be this young woman wanting to ‘friend' him...strikes you as funny, it might work for you. Performances are fine, as is the cinematography, use of music is in keeping, but the script is overloaded with cheap vulgar dialogue like you'd expect from a low-grade R rated teen show. There are several life-threatening situations that leave you expecting a tragic outcome, all creating a bad taste in the mouth. The father's cringe-worthy actions are only made partly bearable by a good performance from Patton Oswalt, failing that, quite unforgivable. If this is the best to be expected from social media based stories, then let's hope we don't get bludgeoned over the head with many more. Twitter I can accept, but have heard it said; ‘With friends like Facebook, you don't need enemies,' and this show tends to illustrate that quite well. The better elements within this one are let down by too many shoddy, unsavory moments. And World Movies ran this as a Father's Day movie – How old are their programmers?

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Synopsis

Inspired by James Morosini's true life experience, I Love My Dad follows Chuck (Patton Oswalt), an estranged father who desperately wants to reconnect with his troubled son, Franklin (Morosini). Blocked on social media and concerned for his son's life, Chuck impersonates a waitress online and starts checking in with Franklin. But things begin to spiral when Franklin falls for this imaginary girl (Claudia Sulewski) and wants nothing more than to meet her in person, as Chuck has inadvertently catfished his own son.

Director: James Morosini
Producer: Bill Stertz, Patton Oswalt, Sean King O'Grady, Dane Eckerle, Phil Keefe, Daniel Brandt, Sam Slater
Screenwriter: James Morosini
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Production Co: Hantz Motion Pictures, Atlas Industries, American High, Burn Later Productions
Rating: R (Sexual Content and Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 5, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 12, 2022
Box Office (Gross USA): $100.1K
Runtime: 1h 36m

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