I’d rather have watched a movie about Dakota Johnson's Girlie giving up on transit and just walking all the way home.

| Original Score: C- | Dec 29, 2024

Hall’s Daddio is an impressive debut feature. It is funny and touching and crass and moving and above all else a bold way to dive into a career as a director.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 9, 2024

Writer-director Christy Hall’s single-location drama, originally conceived as a stage play, is a charming and, occasionally compelling, tale of two disparate people making a connection.

| Nov 25, 2024

Daddio is no game-changer, but a lot less has been done with a hell of a lot more than one setting, two talented actors and a rock-solid script.

| Nov 4, 2024

Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn star in absorbing two-hander.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 28, 2024

The film trudges along without ever offering anything fresh or meaningful, leaving the audience to wonder: why should we care?

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Oct 15, 2024

Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn ably carry this drama two-hander, set almost entirely inside a taxi on the drive from JFK airport to central Manhattan.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 30, 2024

Filmmaker and writer Christy Hall has effectively woven elements of contemporary angst into this narrative...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 30, 2024

Penn and Johnson are in top form in this focused, intense, moving drama from Christy Hall.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 17, 2024

A talky, artsy character study that shows off the impressive range of its two leads.

| Aug 13, 2024

As a feature-length conversation, “Daddio” lurches from one beat to the next; as a drama, it barely moves at all.

| Aug 8, 2024

Clark, as inhabited by Mr. Penn, is reminiscent of Humphrey Bogart at his gruffiest: macho with an initially unsavory but eventually addictive charm. There is a lamb hidden within this foul-mouthed lone wolf.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Aug 5, 2024

It looks like an unassuming little film on the outside, but “Daddio” is a stunning exercise in empathy, regret, and catharsis—all in the course of a cab drive that lasts as long as the film itself.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jul 30, 2024

Credit goes to the film’s seasoned cinematographer, Phedon Papamichael, for adding tremendously to the story through his creative camera work.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 30, 2024

They’re well-paired and certainly make this experience more engaging than it might have been in the hands of less committed actors.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jul 27, 2024

It's very fortunate that this is a two-hander with two very photogenic actors.

| Jul 13, 2024

A pretty good little chamber piece.

| Jul 13, 2024

Daddio is a bumpy ride, thanks to all the interesting thematic and visual possibilities left on the side of the road.

| Jul 10, 2024

Master class from Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn while providing a lesson on self worth and respect.

| Jul 10, 2024

Dead on arrival at JFK, the one-scene, one-location Daddio unfolds in the most boring, unpleasant airport cab ride you can imagine

| Jul 7, 2024