A caring, but irresponsible father
“Daddy Longlegs” is a semi-autobiographical film written by Josh and Benny Safdie about an irresponsible father and his misadventures over a two-week period when he has custody of his two young sons.<br /><br />Lenny (Ronald Bronstein) is a 34-year-old Manhattan movie projectionist and the father of two boys, ages 5 and 7. He’s also a monumental screw-up in terms of parenting. He is devoted to his kids, yet behaves in ways that are irresponsible, thoughtless, and often dangerous to them.<br /><br />Lenny is the kind of father who sends his kids (Sage and Frey Ranaldo)  to a supermarket several blocks away by themselves with a shopping list and a large amount of cash, to buy groceries and lug the heavy bags home. He argues with his ex-wife for increased time with the boys, but once he has them, he enlists friends and neighbors to babysit.<br /><br />Perpetually manic, with a childish streak, Lenny is more a big, goofy buddy than a parent. His kids love rough-tussling with him, seeing him do headstands on the street, and standing up to the school principal on their behalf when they’ve acted out. But once the boys are installed in his cramped, claustrophobic New York City apartment, he blows them off at night to see his girlfriend, picks a fight with a homeless man, gets arrested for spraying graffiti with his numbskull friends, and resorts to a life-threatening solution when he has to work an extra night shift and can’t get a babysitter.<br /><br />Though well intentioned, his questionable actions are dire enough to elicit gasps. Lenny puts his own wishes above his kids’ safety.<br /><br />Bronstein, who wrote and directed  the indie film “Frownland,” is on the other side of the camera in “Daddy Longlegs.” His Lenny is a quirky New York character and would be funny if we were not frequently appalled by how he’s treating his kids. He and the boys adore each other but his short cuts to child care, irresponsible decisions, and outright selfishness make him an abuser, though an unintentional one. Since the movie unfolds from Lenny’s point of view, we’re ready to be in his corner when he has telephone and in-person conversations with his former wife (Leah Singer), until we learn that she’s the one with common sense and parental responsibility. As she upbraids him for his shortcomings, we have to agree that he is, indeed, a failure as a father. The fact that Bronstein is able to show the strong bond Lenny has with his kids provides the balance and gives us hope that he will reform.<br /><br />Sage and Frey Ranaldo are sweet-faced boys who elicit sympathy with their often confused expressions, frustration with their father, and physical weariness. Lenny treats them more as encumbrances than his own kids, and puts his “father” hat on only when his selfish priorities aren’t calling. Both boys are good actors and absolutely charming, even when their characters get into normal kid mischief.<br /><br />The Safdies infuse the move with local color with many scenes taking place on the streets of Manhattan. Much of the movie is shot with shaky hand-held cameras to provide a cinema verite vibe, as if the directors are flaunting the movie’s indie pedigree, and the picture quality is intentionally grainy to give the film the look of having been made in the late 80s/early 1990s..<br /><br />The “Daddy Longlegs” Region A Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection  contains 24 chapters for easy access to specific scenes. Bonus materials include the following:<br />Family Affair: Sage, Frey, Leah & Lee<br />The Universe Is Out There; Josh and Benny Safdie<br />Supervised Visit<br />Deleted Scenes<br />  Pizza and TV<br />  Dale and Leni<br />  Mr. Mouth<br />  Suspension Vacation<br />  The Party at Norbert’s<br />  Go Crazy<br />  The Tow Truck<br />  The Saddest Sandwich<br />Second Stop From Jupiter<br />CNN Breaking: Benny Safdie Boards Plane to Portugal<br />Why? (This Movie Exists)<br />There’s Nothing You Can Do<br />Talk Show<br />Trailer<br />Booklet<br /><br />“Daddy Longlegs” is an infuriating, sometimes harrowing tale of parental self-centeredness often resulting in neglect. There are lighter moments, but the ultimate takeaway is astonishment at how unfit Lenny is to be in charge of his two young children, no matter how much he loves them.
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Mining the emotional sense memories of their own fractured childhoods, Josh and Benny Safdie craft a by turns empathetic and disquieting portrait of parental dysfunction poised between fierce love and terrifying irresponsibility. Manic Manhattan movie theater projectionist Lenny (cowriter and longtime Safdie collaborator Ronald Bronstein) is perhaps the last person who should be raising kids, yet here he is, trying (and failing) to keep it together as his life unravels over the two whirlwind weeks that he has custody of his young boys (real-life brothers Sage and Frey Ranaldo), with an impromptu road trip, a sleeping-pill mishap, and a night in jail all part of the chaos. Vérité New York naturalism gives way to flights of surreal lyricism in.