Tyler Perry

Tyler Perry has come a long way from the homeless man who once lived in his car. The comedian/actor/film writer is extremely talented and in his films, it definitely shows. Tyler Perry has made 18 films not including the plays that all usually have some type of deep symptomatic meaning. His movies are usually categorized as drama/comedy. "Daddy's Little Girl's" is a great example of how Perry combines drama and comedy together.
"Daddy's Little Girl's is a very cultured movie that a lot of African American men can relate to in particular and definitely have a significant meaning at the end. The film is about an African American man named Monty (Idris Elba) that wants full custody of his daughters. The mother, Jennifer (Tasha Smith) is unfit and dates the biggest drug dealer in the neighborhood that constantly puts his daughters at risk of danger. Monty definitely does not agree with these circumstances and wants to put an end to it all. To make ends meet Monty begins to work for a limousine company that assigns him to a lonely single lawyer, Julia (Gabrielle Union).  Julia portrays herself as a stuck up black woman who has a huge problem finding her soul mate.
One day while escorting Julia home Monty receives a phone call stating that his daughters almost burned down his apartment and received injury themselves as well. With information stating that the children were left at home unattended while their father was at work forced the hospital to get child protective services involved which makes it even harder for Monty to get any kind of custody. Monty is a poor African American man that is barely making it throughout life does not have money to hire a good lawyer so Julia decides to take his case and help him get his kids back. Jennifer inspired Julia to help Monty obtain full custody of his daughters because she had witnessed how horrible Julia treated the children and Monty. With the help of Julia Monty eventually did receive full custody of his children and his daughters would grow up in a safe environment with their father. (IMBd)

The symptomatic meaning behind this film can be looked at from many different ways. The social ideology of this movie measured up to statistics. When most people look at the ghetto of a typical black neighborhood, the problems presented throughout this movie were accurate. A loving father wanting custody of his children usually would be something that is looked down upon because most believe that the mother is and should be the primary care taker of children. In a situation that happens, less than often the mother is unfit and justice was served.
The significance of this film is the love that a man has for his children are unconditional. If Monty did not want to obtain his children for the right reasons this would definitely be evident. The mother Jennifer did not truly have her children’s well being at heart; it was evident that she did not care how a mother should care for her children. The meaning behind this film tells the audience that fighting for what you believe in and standing by your world can work in your favor if you just put your mind to it. Monty did just that and got all three of his daughters back from their mother.

Sources:

IMDb. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Dec. 2011. http://www.imdb.com/.

Elba, Idris, and Gabrielle Union, perf. Daddy's Little Girls. 2007. DVD.