Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
Florence and Vincent Leroy are a model couple. They have great jobs, a perfect marriage and delightful children. And now they want their divorce to be an equal success. But when they are both simultaneously promoted to their dream jobs, their relationship becomes a nightmare. From that moment on, the gloves are off, the two exes declare war and will do everything in their power to NOT have custody of their children.
Daddy or Mommy is a French comedy with a fun premise twist — parents competing to avoid custody rather than fighting for it — which gives it a modestly fresh spin on the divorce-comedy formula. The plot delivers on its comedic concept with reasonable consistency, and the lead performances are charming and energetic enough to carry the material. However, the cinematography is fairly flat and TV-movie in quality, with little visual distinction. The ending resolves predictably in a crowd-pleasing but unearned reconciliation, which undercuts some of the film's earlier irreverence. Novelty gets a slight bump for the inverted custody premise, but the execution is otherwise conventional French mainstream comedy fare.