‘Daruma’: An Offbeat Family Drama-Road Flick Is the Best Movie of 2024

Shattering all genre expectations, this uplifting and inspirational film is a 5-star winner.

Camilla (Victoria Scott) and her father Patrick (Tobias Forrest) get to know each other, in "Daruma." Daruma Media

R | 1h 44m | Drama | 2024

Over the course of the last 30 years, I’ve seen well over 5,000 movies. Most of them (meaning 50 percent plus one) weren’t worth my and, by extension, your time. The bulk of the remainder range from just OK to very good. Around 250 of them I would deem to be excellent.