I can agree that it is elementary. But Daddy's Little Girls is not a bad movie.

On a technical level, Perry's still somewhat unfamiliar so I don't trip on that. He really should try to start by getting a better DP.

As far as his writing is concerned, he's always been melodramatic. If he tones down too much then it's no longer melodramatic. I agree that he doesn't write good dialogue but he does come up with better characters than quite a few black writers. I'm not he's the greatest at it. I am saying he's good with that. His characters are simple. Simple can equate to being easier to understand. His heroes are truly heroes and his villains are definitely villains.

My opinion is that you can only be so harsh about a film you haven't seen. Afterwards it's speculation. Perry takes the "keep it simple stupid" approach to all of his plays and films.

Every movie doesn't need to have three to four subplots, a bunch of allusions and complex characters to be decent.


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