Yet another movie not screened for critics?

It turns out Ghost Rider might be screened for critics after all — at least in Los Angeles — though I still haven’t got my invitation.

In the meantime, it looks like Daddy’s Little Girls, which opens six days from now, will also pretty much be giving critics the cold shoulder. Ryan Stewart at Cinematical reports that they “recently received an invitation to screen the upcoming film from the ludicrous Tyler Perry — the day the film opens, and not a minute before.” Meanwhile, the Canadian publicist just informed me that there will be no press screenings here at all, though “a few people” might attend a word-of-mouth screening in Toronto tonight.

Just for background: Tyler Perry’s first film, Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005), opened at #1 in the United States before it was even press-screened in Canada, much less released here. His next film, Madea’s Family Reunion, opened in both countries, and it was shown to critics in Canada but not in the States.