Daddy (as the title refers to him as) is played by Stephen McHattie, presenting himself as standoffish and embarrassed of his son’s fashion, amusingly labeling him a ratfucker (it’s not just limited to that goofy hairdo), so much so that it’s easy to become speculating more about this reunion and what the letter might have said. Opening with a pair of juxtaposed quotes from William Shakespeare and Beyoncé is certainly attention-grabbingly strange, but to say that it comes anywhere near expressing how weird Ant Timpson’s Come to Daddy is would still somehow be an understatement of the highest order. Editor: Dan Kircher Newspapers Limited, One Yonge Street, 4th floor, Toronto, ON, M5E 1E6. His father lives in a beautiful house on a rocky beach that looks like “a UFO from the 1960’s” (it really does). Norval, who says he's a big shot in the music industry, makes a big deal of his friendships with various stars, including Elton John, whose real name, he informs Gordon, is Reginald Dwight.

The opening chapter is a familiar sort of two-hander, then, so at first you might think this is a humble, intimate movie about strained family ties; at second, you might think it’s an homage to, or reheating of “The Shining” — a creative sort with alcohol issues degrading in isolation. His attempts to impress his father go south every time. He drinks almost all day. Unfortunately for Norval, what ensues turns out not to be the father-son reunion he was hoping for. Gordon seems confused by the arrival of his son, who seems desperate for an emotional connection.

Is this a plot hole? That honor is bestowed to Stephen McHattie as the titular “Daddy.” It’s almost as if Donnie, Walter and The Dude from. Un día recibe una carta de su padre solicitando una visita y no se lo piensa dos veces: acude rápidamente a su casa, convencido de que reunirse con él llenará el vacío emocional que lleva sintiendo desde su adolescencia. -- be prepared. It was not what I was expecting, by far, but it stuck with me, and it was really fun and strange. This go-round, in Ant Timpson’s Come To Daddy, Wood is not necessarily the scary one, at least for most of the film. It’s also worth pointing out that everyone in the somewhat isolated surroundings has a fascination with psychologically profiling people based on the details of their eyes. Un día recibe una carta de su padre solicitando una visita y no se lo piensa dos veces: acude rápidamente a su casa, convencido de que reunirse con él llenará el vacío emocional que lleva sintiendo desde su adolescencia. It’s one hell of a crowd pleaser and an exhilarating way to kick off the long-running London genre festival’s 20th blood-curdling year. Elijah Wood has been forging an interestingly quirky career path since his starring role in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. For better or worse, you will be left speechless. I needed a movie that would bring some fun back to watching movies after being let down by my previous two views. Blacktooth It’s smart, uncompromising, inventive, and just downright hilarious.