Greetings And Salutations, and welcome to my review of Kiss Daddy Goodbye. Before we get into it, here are my ratings:
Story - 0.75 Direction - 0.75 Pace - 1.00 Acting - 1.25 Enjoyment - 1.00
TOTAL - 4.75
There is one massive hole in this story that I couldn't accept or forgive, and that was dear dead and decaying daddy. The concept of the story is okay: Two kids see their dad murdered and decide to use their psychic powers to avenge him. The nice twist (not a spoiler as it happens so early in the film) is that they use their papa to execute the dirty deeds. And this is the crux of my grumble - I can believe in telekinesis to move objects, even the sheer willpower to move and control a corpse, however, I disbelieve in the total reanimation and zombification of one.
When Daddy gets on his dead feet the first time, it's not too bad because you reckon, and are later told, that Michael is puppeteering Dad. Every mission afterwards, though, Dad appears to be under his own command and spends a lot of his time driving. This is wrong. Dad is dead. He isn't a zombie or a reanimate. Once his heart stopped, he became an inanimate object. I just wish the writers had kept this in mind. The story would have been much better if the kids had to follow dear dead and decaying Dad everywhere, not just let him go off driving by himself. It would also have added more believability to their psychic abilities.
As for the direction, well, there are a couple of segments that suffer from the Plan9 curse. In one shot, it's nighttime; in the next, it's daytime, then back to night, and return to day. It ejected an unintentional laugh from my throat, and that is never a good thing. That said, the direction is passable if a tad slow on the pacing of the scenes.
As for the performances, the cast does a splendid job with the direction and script. Even the two kids weren't terrible, though this could be because they are brother and sister. Since their kinship is genuine, it adds a realistic touch to the tale.
Is it worth watching? Yeah, maybe once when you've exhausted every other flick in your library and on your streaming service; and it should only be viewed on a Sunday afternoon after a big dinner - that way, when you nap, you won't feel too bad missing the film.
Feel free to come and visit my Absolute Horror and Killer Thriller Chiller lists to see where Kiss Daddy Goodbye ranks in my charts.
Take Care & Stay Well.
Story - 0.75 Direction - 0.75 Pace - 1.00 Acting - 1.25 Enjoyment - 1.00
TOTAL - 4.75
There is one massive hole in this story that I couldn't accept or forgive, and that was dear dead and decaying daddy. The concept of the story is okay: Two kids see their dad murdered and decide to use their psychic powers to avenge him. The nice twist (not a spoiler as it happens so early in the film) is that they use their papa to execute the dirty deeds. And this is the crux of my grumble - I can believe in telekinesis to move objects, even the sheer willpower to move and control a corpse, however, I disbelieve in the total reanimation and zombification of one.
When Daddy gets on his dead feet the first time, it's not too bad because you reckon, and are later told, that Michael is puppeteering Dad. Every mission afterwards, though, Dad appears to be under his own command and spends a lot of his time driving. This is wrong. Dad is dead. He isn't a zombie or a reanimate. Once his heart stopped, he became an inanimate object. I just wish the writers had kept this in mind. The story would have been much better if the kids had to follow dear dead and decaying Dad everywhere, not just let him go off driving by himself. It would also have added more believability to their psychic abilities.
As for the direction, well, there are a couple of segments that suffer from the Plan9 curse. In one shot, it's nighttime; in the next, it's daytime, then back to night, and return to day. It ejected an unintentional laugh from my throat, and that is never a good thing. That said, the direction is passable if a tad slow on the pacing of the scenes.
As for the performances, the cast does a splendid job with the direction and script. Even the two kids weren't terrible, though this could be because they are brother and sister. Since their kinship is genuine, it adds a realistic touch to the tale.
Is it worth watching? Yeah, maybe once when you've exhausted every other flick in your library and on your streaming service; and it should only be viewed on a Sunday afternoon after a big dinner - that way, when you nap, you won't feel too bad missing the film.
Feel free to come and visit my Absolute Horror and Killer Thriller Chiller lists to see where Kiss Daddy Goodbye ranks in my charts.
Take Care & Stay Well.