Themes: Eccentric Families, Southern Gothic, Fish Out of Water
Main Cast: Josh Charles, Alexandra Wentworth, Lloyd Bridges, Beau Bridges, Kristy Swanson
Release Year: 1998
Country: US
Run Time: 92 minutes
Plot
In this dark comedy, Peter (Josh Charles) is a well-educated Jewish writer from Los Angeles who has fallen in love with Melanie (Alexandra Wentworth), who was born and raised in the Deep South -- where much of her family still lives. Melanie travels to Georgia for a few days to visit her father, Col. Branson (Lloyd Bridges), but Peter soon gets a call from Melanie, begging him to come down and "rescue" her from her family. It isn't until Peter arrives that he fully understands what Melanie is talking about. Most of her relatives can be politely described as "eccentric," while the Colonel is only a few steps away from psychotic, so Josh busily brainstorms a way for he and Melanie to go back to L.A. sooner rather than later. Meeting Daddy also features Beau Bridges, son of star Lloyd Bridges; appropriately enough, Beau plays Lloyd's son. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Erin Cochran - Art Director, Linda Phillips-Palo - Casting, Susan Matheson - Costume Designer, William Paul Clark - First Assistant Director, Peter Gould - Director, Sam Craven - Editor, John Davis - Executive Producer, Michael Sayles - Executive Producer, Bob Willis - Executive Producer, Aaron Osborne - Production Designer, Mike Mayels - Cinematographer, Todd Hoffman - Producer, Matt Salinger - Producer, John Halaby - Sound/Sound Designer, Peter Gould - Screenwriter, Matt Salinger - Presented by, Michael Sayles - Presented by
