Comments on: DADDY LONGLEGS https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/daddy-longlegs-film-review/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 16:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: HOME VIDEO PICKS – Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/daddy-longlegs-film-review/#comment-14603 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:24:23 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=3952#comment-14603 […] that, it has the furious energy of a life-or-death act of personal expression (read the full review here). ***Of course, being that this is the Safdie Brothers, the DVD release contains a bunch of extra […]

]]> By: THINK OF ME – Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/daddy-longlegs-film-review/#comment-14482 Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:33:37 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=3952#comment-14482 […] notes that “poverty is a women’s problem,” but I was also reminded of the Safdie Brothers’ Daddy Longlegs. Both of these films explore the stark, thorny love that can grow between children and their […]

]]> By: Hammer to Nail » Blog Archive » Josh and Benny Safdie’s EMOTIONAL SLOPPY MANIC CINEMA at BAM https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/daddy-longlegs-film-review/#comment-9142 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:53:15 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=3952#comment-9142 […] co-directed, Go Get Some Rosemary, which was picked up for distribution by IFC Films and renamed Daddy Longlegs. The homegrown, deeply personal films of the Safdie Brothers are scrappy affairs that blend […]

]]> By: giganticjolly https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/daddy-longlegs-film-review/#comment-2690 Sat, 29 May 2010 01:19:21 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=3952#comment-2690 But the kids were just props in this film! How can you make movie about kids when they are not real people?!

It had moments, but the Safdies are faraway from the future stars some tatsemakers like to make them out to be.

I’ll take Ry Russo Young, Lena Dunham, Noah Buschel ahead of them for sure.

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