My Dead Dad

This is the primary theme in Correa's touching play My Dead Dad, which explores how the concept of a connection might be reframed via reflection. Lucas moves to Los Angeles with the intention of quickly selling his father's property, but as the building and its tenants begin to take an emotional interest in him, his aims begin to diminish.

Aside from the catchy title, "My Dead Dad" brings to mind a particular style of independent film from the 1990s that combined a high concept with low budget and ultimately focused on moments, whether they were created by a single actor, between actors, or by a group of relatively unknown actors finding their voice. That's how "Dad" is; cleverly directed, gorgeously edited, and with a cast of actors who all get their moment to shine.

If you're thinking of watching this for the skateboarding action, don't.

If you're hoping for some male nudity like one of the other reviewers, you'll be as disappointed as they were.

If you're wanting see some feel good moments from the residents of the apartments as Lucas learns about their lives, yeah, that doesn't happen either.

And if you're hoping for some real heart-warming moments as he learns about his dead dad, there's none of those either.

What does happen is a crappy, chemistry void love triangle, alongside some weed smoking, surface friendships.

I watched this as the trailer looked sweet and it had 7 on IMDB. I'm hoping my more accurate rating of 2 will save others 90 minutes of their life.

My Dead Dad is one of the best films I have watched this year. Very grounded with an epic cast led by multi-faceted Pedro Correa. This simple yet moving film will keep you glued to your seat and feeling all the emotions. Do yourself a favor and watch this film ASAP.

I don't know how something this small gets so overrated but wow. The plot never really went anywhere, there are artsy films that can pull that off and keep things entertaining, but this isn't one of them.

The movie seems like it's going to have a pretty interesting story about a guy who wants to be a pro skater, but that's mostly forgotten. It keeps jumping from generic character to generic character who all say generic indie movie things, but it never builds into anything more. It was competently acted, any scene felt like it could have been a small part of a good movie, but that good movie never appeared.

It seems clear that whoever made this movie never had a strained relationship with their parents and has never had a parent die. The emotional story felt very fake and bad.

Like other reviewers I thought the trailer and rating made it look good, but I was really disappointed.

Well with a rating of over 7 i assumed i had at least a watchable film for tonighty, but Nope!

I always give any movie 20 minutes in which to draw me in, hold my attention, but i should have know with a 10/10 rating from the reviews, that's always a sign it's crap, which it is, utterly uninteresting, boring , zero good points at all.

I don't know what goes on past 23 minutes i gave it, which is way more than i would have, had it not had a rating of over 7, which of course is a shallow lie, and quite stupid one at that. Not sure any movie has a genuine 10 rating, very few i'd imagine as that figure denotes Perfection, which even directors etc would not claim. So stop entering these idiotic false ratings u ridiculous infantile brats, as your lie shall quickly be exposed and the trues rating of unwatchable be quickly revealed. Time waters!