SXSW 2022: 20 Movies You Need To Know About
19. I Love My Dad
Winner of the festival's Grand Jury Prize this year was James Morosini's exceptional comedy I Love My Dad, which also happens to boast perhaps the looniest premise of any film that played the fest.
Without giving too much away, Patton Oswalt stars as Chuck, a man who catfishes his own depressed adult son Franklin (Morosini) into believing he's a beautiful waitress (Claudia Sulewski).
It might sound like the setup for a broad, wacky comedy, but writer-director-star Morosini has a firm handle on the tone of his story, which believe it or not was inexplicably inspired by true events.
Morosini manages to mine the ridiculous premise for dark laughs but never gets away from the real story at the core: a father's desperation to reconnect with his son.
I Love My Dad is currently seeking distribution.