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Sugar Daddy

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Darren is a wickedly talented and unconventional young musician who dreams of making music like nobody has ever heard before. But she's broke, juggling multiple part-time jobs, and has no time to create. Desperate for cash, she signs up to a sugar daddy paid-dating website and throws herself down a dark rabbit hole that forces her to grow up fast, shaping her music, and how she sees the world.
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Nell Minow AWFJ.org 11/09/2021
McCormack's performance is achingly vulnerable and the filmmaking has an intimate, almost documentary mood. Go to Full Review
Amil Niazi Globe and Mail 04/08/2021
Sugar Daddy will be gripping viewing for anyone who wonders what it takes to make it - and whether it's all worth it in the end. Go to Full Review
Cate Marquis AWFJ.org 11/09/2021
With women as director, writer, cinematographer and editor, this thought-provoking film presents an exploration, through a feminist lens, of the intersections of love and money in relationships between women and men... Go to Full Review
Sandie Angulo Chen AWFJ.org 11/09/2021
It's a breakout role for McCormack (who has been acting, singing, and performing since she was 7) deserving of notice. Go to Full Review
Leslie Combemale AWFJ.org 11/09/2021
A strong, complicated character is created and brought to life by writer/lead actor Kelly McCormack in director Wendy Morgan's first narrative feature Sugar Daddy. Go to Full Review
Betsy Bozdech AWFJ.org 11/09/2021
The scenes in which Darren composes her pieces and performs them are moody, thought-provoking, and carefully styled. Go to Full Review
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Andrew Joe D 10/28/2023 This movie was bad. The main actress is not very good and at times it can be really annoying. She's supposed to be some kind of musician who's trying to hone her craft while taking a side job as a fancy escort. There's some interesting things in the movie that keep you engaged for a while, but then it all comes back to how annoying the main characters egotistical selfish little girl attitude is. Something that really cracked me up in this movie was after she was fooled into having sex with this dude she went out with, he gave her a check for $100,000 and she asks him " did you like my singing"? Like a little 5-year-old girl. First of all who would pay her that much money? Then she gets her daddy's records and puts them in a circle and gets all drunk and dances around and like a third of the movie is her doing that at the end trying to be all artistic. This movie smells like cheese. See more streng g 09/10/2022 A Movie for European Film-Festivals See more 04/23/2022 A very Painfull ""ART"" Movie Time i could spend better wih watching Clouds fly by. See more 12/22/2021 I loved it !!! Beautifully made , great acting . Relevant to young authentic woman struggling between self expression and basic live principles. I think this is very underrated movie. See more dave d 10/13/2021 Well, it's not a female empowerment story that's for sure. It's one long ad for an old man hook up website and it's too PG 13 and not enough R which leaves it in the middle of the road. When you call your film, 'Sugar Daddy' the material should push the envelope at least a little. Despite a heartfelt performance from Kelly McCormack, who also wrote and produced, we're not given much of a reason to like any of the characters. This film needed another pass. Final Score: 2/10 See more Joseph S @Rogue8 08/01/2021 An Interesting take but it completely misses. I watched the entire thing and never gave a crap about "D". There is no growth or meaningful arc for anyone in this movie. Skip this one. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Darren is a wickedly talented and unconventional young musician who dreams of making music like nobody has ever heard before. But she's broke, juggling multiple part-time jobs, and has no time to create. Desperate for cash, she signs up to a sugar daddy paid-dating website and throws herself down a dark rabbit hole that forces her to grow up fast, shaping her music, and how she sees the world.
Director
Wendy Morgan
Producer
Lauren Grant, Lori Lozinski, Kelly McCormack
Screenwriter
Kelly McCormack
Distributor
Blue Fox Entertainment
Production Co
Clique Pictures, Floyder Films, Violator Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 6, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 6, 2021
Runtime
1h 38m
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