
In this movie, two fathers, Charlie Hinton (Eddie Murphy) and Phil Ryerson (Jeff Garlin), lose their jobs in product development at a large food company and are forced to take their sons out of the exclusive Chapman Academy and become stay-at-home fathers. With no job possibilities on the horizon, the two dads open their own day care facility, "Daddy Day Care", and employ some fairly unconventional and sidesplitting methods of caring for children. As "Daddy Day Care" starts t... (Full plot summary below)
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In this movie, two fathers, Charlie Hinton (Eddie Murphy) and Phil Ryerson (Jeff Garlin), lose their jobs in product development at a large food company and are forced to take their sons out of the exclusive Chapman Academy and become stay-at-home fathers. With no job possibilities on the horizon, the two dads open their own day care facility, "Daddy Day Care", and employ some fairly unconventional and sidesplitting methods of caring for children. As "Daddy Day Care" starts to catch on, it launches them into a highly comedic rivalry with Chapman Academy's tough-as-nails director, Mrs. Gwyneth Harridan (Anjelica Huston), who has driven all previous competitors out of business.
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| Journal News (Westchester, NY)Marshall FineDaddy Day Care has its heart and priorities in the right place, even if the jokes dwindle as it goes on. |
| Movie MomNell MinowAs bland and predicable as a package of Kraft macaroni and cheese, but likely to please the same target audience. |
| Aisle SeatMike McGranaghanTo expect magnificence would have been futile; I was perfectly willing to settle for entertaining. |
| Local Planet Weekly (Spokane, WA)Rachel Deahl...doesn't offer much beyond cute faces and forgettable poop jokes. |
| Nitrate OnlineElias SavadaDaddy Day Care is not Toddlers of the Damned. It's Toddlers of the Damned Funny. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatDelivers many well-deserved satirical swipes at elitist day care operations that engineer small children for success in the competitive marketplace. |
| Reeling ReviewsRobin Clifford["Daddy Day Care"] is a straightforward, don't-expect-any-surprises kind of pre-summer entertainment that has a good supporting cast, precocious kids and a premise that lends itself to slapstick comedy. |
| Jam! MoviesJim SlotekA formulaic -but-funny family film that is most effective with its target audience. |
| The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)Mark PalermoDaddy Day Care is ground zero in the new breed of awful family movies -- entertainment designed for parents who'll take their kids to anything that shuts them up for 90 minutes. |
| Washington PostStephen HunterIf you attend the movie with your expectations lowered by Murphy's recent films, you'll be reasonably amused. |