I Love You, Daddy was a comedy-drama film written and directed by Louis C.K. It starred C.K., Chloe Grace Moretz, Pamela Adlon, John Malkovich, Rose Byrne, Charlie Day and Helen Hunt, and was co-produced by Vernon Chatman and shot in New York City.

Production for the film was fully secret, with C.K. shooting entirely on black and white 35 mm film in June 2017. C.K.'s long-time collaborator Paul Koestner served as the film's cinematographer. The film's score by Zachary Seman and Robert Miller was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London.

The plot centred on C.K. who played television writer and producer Glen Topher, and who became disconcerted after his teenage daughter, played by Moretz was seduced by a much older film director played by Malkovich.

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The film premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9th and was initially scheduled to be released in the United States on November 17th of the same year. However, the film was dropped following sexual misconduct accusations made against C.K. a week prior to the intended debut. On December 8th, it was reported that C.K. was purchasing the film's global distribution rights back from The Orchard. Asked about C.K.'s move to purchase the rights, lead actress Chloe Grace Moretz said in an August 2018 interview with The New York Times that she would prefer the movie "just kind of go away, honestly" adding that "it’s devastating to put time into a project and have it disappear". She elaborated the following month that she doesn't "think that it’s a perspective or a story that needs to be told in this day and age, especially in the wake of everything that’s come to light".

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On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 37% based on 41 reviews, with an average rating of 5.5/10. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 56 out of 100, based on reviews from 18 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". The Guardian film critic Peter Bradshaw gave the film a four-star review, calling it a "very funny and recklessly provocative homage to Woody Allen, channelling his masterpiece Manhattan." Variety critic Owen Gleiberman was less positive, writing that "the film meanders, and its second half is shapeless," although he praised the dialogue and cast.

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Chloe Grace Moretz

Chloe Grace Moretz is an American actress and model. She began acting at age six, with early roles in the supernatural horror film The Amityville Horror (2005), the drama series Desperate Housewives (2006–07), the supernatural horror film The Eye (2008), the drama film The Poker House (2008), the drama series Dirty Sexy Money (2007–08), the romantic comedy film 500 Days of Summer (2009) and the children's comedy film Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010).

Chloe Grace Moretz

Moretz' breakthrough came in 2010 with her critically acclaimed performances as Hit-Girl in the superhero film Kick-Ass and as a child vampire in the horror film Let Me In. She then starred in Martin Scorsese's historical adventure film Hugo (2011), Tim Burton's horror comedy film Dark Shadows (2012), the satirical sitcom 30 Rock (2011–13), reprised her role as Hit-Girl in Kick-Ass 2 (2013) and played Carrie White in the supernatural horror film Carrie (2013). In 2014, Moretz starred in the award-winning drama film Clouds of Sils Maria, the teen romantic drama If I Stay and the vigilante action film The Equalizer.

Chloe Grace Moretz

After starring in the mystery thriller film Dark Places (2015), the science fiction action film The 5th Wave (2016) and the comedy film Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), Moretz announced that she was "re-assessing" her roles and choices and was dropping out of several projects, including a live-action adaptation of Universal Studios's The Little Mermaid. Moretz' subsequent roles have included the drama film The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018) and the horror film Suspiria (2018). She will star in Neil Jordan's drama thriller film Greta and will voice Snow White and Wednesday Addams in upcoming animated films. Moretz' stage work includes her starring role in the original off-Broadway production of The Library (2014) at The Public Theater in New York City.