Come to Daddy

...a really entertaining time at the movies, a true crowd-pleaser for adventurous audiences that packs a surprising amount of nuance under the hood. The film might be set in America but here’s hoping it’s recognised as the local success story it is.

– Flicks reviewer Tony Stamp in a four star review, 19 February 2020

It's far more accessible than some of the other films I've been involved in. It's more of a slow burn that starts picking up speed then goes a bit bonkers.

– Director Ant Timpson on Come to Daddy, Stuff, 15 July 2019

They say you should make films for yourself first and foremost but with this one, I was making it for my father. That was the driving philosophy, and that it would turn out to be a movie that we would’ve watched together back in the day.”

– Director Ant Timpson, in an interview with website Bloody Disgusting, 25 April 2019

I’m in two minds—one day, I’ll find it fashionable. The other day, I’m like, 'Oh my God, that’s such a douchebag haircut'.

– Madeleine Sami on Elijah Wood's monk-style haircut in Come to Daddy, Flicks website, 19 February 2020

... Kiwi director Ant Timpson’s wild, unpredictable debut manages to deliver a gory hilarious father-son reunion saga ... a sentimental story about death and rediscovery that explodes into violent mayhem ... an absurd gross-out romp that turns into a tearjerker.

– IndieWire reviewer Eric Kohn, 26 April 2019