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Chief Daddy

2018 · 98 min

A breezy, boisterous family free-for-all where bickering heirs chase a fortune and the laughs come thick and fast.

Directed by
Niyi Akinmolayan
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Dakore Egbuson, Funke Akindele, Zainab Balogun
Tagline
Who's your daddy?
Overview
The story of billionaire industrialist Chief Beecroft, a flamboyant benefactor to a large extended family of relatives, household staff and assorted mistresses. Chief lives large, like there’s no tomorrow, until the day he dies suddenly and the ‘bullion van’ stops. What’s in his will and who gets all that money? What happens next will surprise you, as Chief Daddy has the last laugh from beyond the grave.

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Stream in the UK
  • Netflix
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Niyi Akinmolayan
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Dakore Egbuson, Funke Akindele, Zainab Balogun
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • greed
  • class
  • betrayal
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

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Starring
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Cinematography
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Runtime
98 min
Country
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