The new Netflix movie Daughters it has a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes score from critics, but hardly anyone seems to be watching.
Daughters seems to have completely flown under the radar, failing to make it into the top 10 Netflix movies worldwide – even though these five thriller flops did last week. Since its release on August 14th, it has received 50 critic reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, giving it a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes score.
The award-winning documentary is definitely a hidden gem buried among everything new on Netflix in August 2024. When I went to find Daughters in Netflix’s New section, I had to click through four rows of suggestions before I found it, so it’s incredibly easy for new titles to get lost in the content mines of the best streaming service and not be watched by many people from the mainstream competition.
Another reason Daughters it might not get the attention it deserves probably because of the heartbreaking subject matter. The documentary focuses on four girls who prepare to reunite with their fathers through a special daddy’s daughter dance in a Washington DC prison. The documentary reveals the emotional anguish that a father’s imprisonment has on young girls, and subscribers may choose to watch an action-packed weekend blockbuster to save themselves from tears. However, Daughters it is a powerful and moving portrayal of love that deserves more attention.
Get the tissues ready
Easily one of the best documentaries on Netflix, Daughters follows Aubrey, Santana, Raziah and Ja’Ana as they prepare for a daddy’s daughter dance with their incarcerated fathers as part of a unique fatherhood program where in-person visits have been halted since 2014. Inside, the fathers spend from a 12-Week Fatherhood Training Program that prepares them for the emotional consequences of the day and dedicating themselves to their daughters.
Daughters is an eight-year documentary journey by filmmaker Natalie Rae and social change advocate Angela Patton, where the girls also talk about their aspirations, dreams and the emotional impact their father’s absence had on them.
While Netflix’s marketing hasn’t Daughters fairness, there have been a number of positive reviews with Mashable writing: “Daughters it’s easily one of the best documentaries you’ll see all year. It’s enlightening, it’s moving, and it’s amazing to watch. Patton and Ray focus on the experience of four little girls to show a loss so specific that it is often overlooked in discussions of the criminal justice system.”
The Guardian added: “I found myself drowning for just a minute in this heartfelt documentary about a father-daughter dance plan for the daughters of incarcerated fathers in Washington, D.C., such is the emotional twist of this amazing Sundance Award-winning film.” Meantime, Rolling Stone he said: “’Overwhelming’ doesn’t begin to describe it. Boxes of tissues can’t stem the tide of tears – on screen or in your living room. Even the most hardened spectator will become a puddle.”
So looks like I’ll need tissues when I get to watch Daughters.
