MY DAD’S KID is an Odd Couple comedy drama about estranged half-siblings. Aspiring corporate lawyer Pam (Nanci Kelham) turns up at the shabby LA apartment of Greg (Eric Toms, also the playwright). They have little in common except their late father. Greg is unimpressed by Pam’s New York resume and Pam is similarly underwhelmed by Greg’s achievements as a once-published author.
Greg has residual resentment of the father who abandoned him and can’t help directing it at Pam. For her part, Pam can’t understand how Greg can settle for life in the slow lane.
The tenants at Greg’s building are in dispute with the landlord, maybe Pam can help with that. They also bond over simultaneous medical emergencies. We learn that Pam’s exit from New York is rather more complicated than first presented, and her life is not as perfect as she would have Greg believe. The two come to appreciate each other despite/because of their differences.
MY DAD’S KID carefully walks the tightrope between sitcom and sentimentality, laughs are earned and often underplayed, .
The direction by Rebecca Larsen is tight and clear with lots of visual comedy moments that remain grounded and credible. Both performers are excellent and got a well-deserved standing O from the preview audience I was part of.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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Written by Eric Toms. Directed by Rebecca Larsen. Starring Eric Toms and Nancy Kelham.
About the Project
Greg was once a best selling author, who turned down a lucrative Hollywood deal so as to keep his artistic ethic. A few years later, Greg is now broke, divorced and struggling to make ends meet driving for Uber. Right when economic ruin look emanate, he receives an email from his half-sister, Pam, asking to stay with him for a few days while she interviews at a very prestigious law film in LA. Greg is reluctant to say yes because Pam has an amazing relationship with their father, a man who abandoned Greg and his mother a lifetime ago. But since Pam is willing to pay for her stay, Greg has little choice but to say yes.
The two get along like oil and water. She’s hyper motivated by capitalism and he’s excited by classic books she hasn’t heard of. Though it doesn’t take long to discover that both of them are stuck in their lives and have made some poor decisions. The worst being they’ve build dense emotional walls to shut people out. Now, as the two wallow in their lives, those walls begin to crack and eventually crumble.
MY DAD’S KID is the story of second chances, untraditional family, and choosing to heal rather than harm. It’s the story of family – the kind you can’t stand, but would never want to live without.
Reviewed by Guy Picot.
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