Daddy's Little Girls (2007) on Netflix
Monty James, a mechanic in Atlanta, visits his three daughters at their grandmother Kat's home. To fight his ex-wife Jennifer for custody, Monty turns to attorney Julia Rossmore.
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Plot summary
Monty James works as a mechanic in Edgewood, Atlanta, for Willie, his boss, who hopes one day to run his own shop. The three girls, Sierra, Lauryn, and China, live with Kat, their grandmother; Monty visits them and contributes to their support. Before Kat dies, she asks Monty to take the girls, knowing that her disowned daughter Jennifer, Monty's ex-wife, shows little interest in them and lives with Joe, a drug dealer. After the funeral, Jennifer comes with Joe and his men to take the girls; her aunt Rita intervenes, and Jennifer says she will seek full custody. To bring in more money, Monty takes a job driving for Julia Rossmore, an attorney, after his neighbor Maya suggests it.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Daddy's Little Girls (2007)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Among the highlights of the soundtrack album is "Family First", the first-ever recording by the Houston Family together: Whitney Houston, Dionne Warwick and Cissy Houston.
- The film opened at number five on Valentine's Day 2007, behind Ghost Rider, Bridge to Terabithia, Norbit's second weekend and Music and Lyrics, and grossed $31,609,243 worldwide, making it Tyler Perry's lowest-grossing film.
- This is the first film directed by Perry that he does not appear in, as well as the first of Perry's films not to be based on any of the filmmaker's stage plays.
