It’s a deeply troubling tale, stirringly told by a pair of film-makers who one hopes will continue as they have started, showing the keenest of eyes and ears for contemporary British life.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 26, 2023

Robbie Ryan's wonderful, wonky cinematography dominates an unusual, wrenching take on “honour” killings, from first-time British director Daniel Wolfe.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 26, 2023

Wolfe’s achievement here is something to behold; bleak and beautifully shot by ace cinematographer Robbie Ryan, Catch Me Daddy throws a bridge between classic British social realism and revenge tragedy with both sincerity and style.

| Dec 26, 2023

A mature and serious-minded work that will appeal to fans of artfully gritty British social realism in the tradition of Ken Loach, Andrea Arnold and Lynne Ramsay.

| Dec 26, 2023

An electrifying debut.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 26, 2023

There is a ton of great stuff to enjoy here, and it’s impressive this small film is capable of holding the weight it does.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 26, 2023

Catch Me Daddy is uncompromising, miserable and powerful enough to linger long in the mind.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 27, 2021

Despite its questionable conclusion, Catch Me Daddy is a striking debut for two very talented British filmmakers.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 14, 2019

Despite falling into the occasional genre trap, every step of Catch Me Daddy points to a pair of filmmakers unafraid to make brave and interesting choices.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 4, 2019

Catch Me Daddy is by no means flawless... But there's poetry in the filmmaking, which marks Wolfe out as the real deal.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 4, 2019

An exhilaratingly tense and stylish thriller that is a sure-fire sign of promising things to come.

| Aug 1, 2017

Despite the numerous faults, Catch Me Daddy is effortlessly gripping throughout, with its significant flaws only coming to light after an anti-climactic ending.

| May 11, 2017

That you won't easily forget the experience may be Wolfe's big victory in a film that's easier to admire than enjoy.

| Nov 14, 2016

It is all wrapped up in a grittily striking package, thanks in large measure to cinematographer Robbie Ryan, whose work will become the stuff of future retrospectives.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 22, 2016

Daniel Wolfe is quick to delineate the gendered nature of honour killings and a cultural framework that deifies a son and demonises a daughter.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 12, 2016

An authentic slice of life we've simply been dropped into right as it's reaching its climax.

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 21, 2016

Catch Me Daddy does not do anything new -- it just does it well.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 30, 2015

It's advisable to approach the movie without much prior knowledge: the tantalising reveal of connections between the characters is masterfully done.

| Oct 8, 2015

While the result is brutal and bleak and its ending is overly ambiguous, it remains compelling throughout.

| Aug 21, 2015

The second act stumbles through chaotic night-time sequences that seem to mistake confusion and audience disorientation with action.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jul 15, 2015