Daddy Day Care (Special Edition)

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There are some good laughs to be found in Daddy Day Care, especially if you're a preschooler with energy to burn. This romper-room comedy shamelessly exploits its high concept idea--dropping Eddie Murphy into a seething den of rugrats--but kids will have plenty of vicarious fun as Murphy and his fellow laid-off colleague (Jeff Garlin) battle unemployment by opening a day-care center in Eddie's home. In partial Witches mode, Anjelica Huston hams it up as a day-care competitor bent on closing Eddie down, while doofus extraordinaire Steve Zahn is recruited as a third partner in "Daddy Day Care," trying his best to entertain a pack of hyperactive kids who've stopped taking their Ritalin. Zahn makes a funny Star Trek fan (even when the script contains bogus Trekkie trivia), and Murphy deserves credit for giving his all in a comedy that mostly squanders his talent. Indeed, is Daddy Day Care a comedy or every parent's nightmare? Daring viewers can decide for themselves. --Jeff Shannon

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Cute kids, Eddie Murphy, and a family comedy.......2007-08-06

Eddie Murphy's career has been hit and miss for many years. After a lull in the 90s, he went from being an action / comedy star to being king of the remake. He also found his nitch among family oriented comedies (with or without special effects make up), and this was one of them.

Eddie Murphy and his hapless friend were laid off from their jobs in marketing. Eager to get back into the work force but wanting to still care for his son as his wife has returned to work, Eddie opens a day care center in his home. He and his partner, also a father looking for the same thing, suddenly find themselves chasing after a bunch of hyper kids who they have no idea how to handle, entertain or discipline. In a main subplot, Angelica Huston is the head mistress of a prep school nearby, their rival trying to shut them down.

The typical gender role reversal is always funny, especially to see men trying to care for children when they are so used to being in control of everything else and how little they really know about themselves, their kids, or anything. It was also funny to see how there were some kids whose parents are absent, like Crispin's mom who just wants to dump her bad child on someone else while she keeps her face free of lines and wrinkles. As well as the parents who just don't understand their kids (the one who wears his Flash costume at all times, the one who speaks Klingon, the one with seperation anxiety, etc.).

It was lite entertainment, a fun way to spend an afternoon even if you don't have children.

Family fun, nothing more, nothing less..........2007-07-09

I think the general feeling here is that `Daddy Day Care' is good clean fun for the family, but nothing extraordinary, and with that I'll have to agree. The first time I saw the film I thoroughly enjoyed myself. I laughed when I was supposed to laugh and when the credits rolled it was a satisfying movie experience. I've always been a fan of Eddie Murphy, despite the fact that he has a problem with picking thankless material, and so watching him is pure slapstick, sarcasm mode, still maintaining the funny while watching his mouth, was a delight. That said, upon my second viewing I started noticing the flaws I hadn't seen the first time around, and then last night, upon watch through number three I realized that `Daddy Day Care', while funny in its own right, is not a perfect film, but then again, not many films are these days.

So, as Charlie and Phil, Eddie Murphy and Jeff Garlin work really hard to deliver the laughs, and for the most part they work, thanks in large part to Murphy's generally comic presence. They interact well together, if not albeit oddly, but it's really Murphy, and only Murphy who shines within the circle. So, Charlie and Phil and partners, business partners, but when their health food division is abolished and they are left without jobs they soon find themselves in need of some money making alternatives. After enrolling his son in a prestigious pre-school known as `The Chapman Academy' Charlie gets the bright idea to open his own day-care where parents can drop their kids off for fun and for much less money than `Chapman' is demanding. At first their idea is laughed at but soon it becomes a phenomenon. The kids enjoy it, the parents trust it and soon `Chapman' begins to boycott it.

Angelica Huston is one of the big redeeming factors for `Daddy Day Care'. She's deliciously evil as `Chapmans' head mistress so-to-speak and you can tell she really enjoys playing this role. Sadly her role is close to wasted and left as merely backdrop entertainment. The film's main focus is, of course, the dads and their dilemma, but for me the film could have explored a little more the side plot of `Chapmans' main baddy. As a whole though, it really is entertaining. The toilet humor is a little tired, and the stereotypical children, from the ill tempered, the mischievous, the outcast, the sick one, yada-yada could have done with some revamping, but that's not enough to make me turn away. Steve Zahn is funny, a little bit at least, but he's never been my cup of tea so I can't say much. There are some memorable scenes and some forgettable ones, but at least the overall experience won't feel like a bore, a waste or a disappointment to you or your children.

Eddie Fan.......2007-04-09

I have always been a Eddie Murphy fan since i was a little girl. This movie is the best, the kids are so cute! Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin, and Steve Zahn are great in this movie.

If you are a baby sitter, work with kids, or just love kids period this is a must see movie. I finally ordered it on DVD, now i get to watch it anytime i want!

An Enjoyable Movie Everyone Can Appreciate.......2007-04-02

This is an adorable movie and was defiantly worth my time. It's about a guy who loses his job and his and his friends trying to run a day care. They have plenty of road blocks getting started but really start to care for the kids and eventually they get the daycare business under wraps.

But a competing school has gotten upset and tries to shut down Daddy Day Care, by calling the health dept. Still, they make the requirements and continue on their way. All of a sudden they get their jobs back but end up going back, but the day care jobs they've given up turn out to be more important than the high powered jobs they went back to so it's back to the day care again.

This movie was invigorating and shows father son relationships. Also the equality of man and women and what they can do, job wise. Overall, kids and parents alike will enjoy the movie. I defiantly recommend this for families and friends everywhere.

Daddy Day Care.......2007-01-08

This is a good movie and I was please with the promptness of shipment

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Daddy Day Care (UMD Mini For PSP)
Starring: Cheap Trick , Dennis Cockrum , Lisa Edelstein , Jeff Garlin , and Annabelle Gurwitch
Director: Steve Carr
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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DADDY DAY CARE is the hilarious comedy about kids ruling the roost! When ad execs Charlie (Dr. Dolittle's Eddie Murphy) and Phil (TV's "Curb Your Enthusiasm's" Jeff Garlin) lose their jobs trying to sell a veggie-flavored breakfast cereal, their wives head off to work. But when they realize they can't afford to keep their kids at the fancy Chapman Academy run by the evil Miss Harri

ASIN: B00096S4A8
Release Date: 2005-06-14

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Daddy Day Care PSP UMD Movie
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FEATURES- "Daddy Day Care" PSP UMD Movie
Watch movies on your PSP handheld with DVD picture quality in
widescreen. This full length movie fits on a single UMD disc.
A father finds himself unemployed and decides to turn his home
into a day care.
* Starring: Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin, Steve Zahn, Regina King, Kevin
Nealon, Anjelica Huston

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MPAA Rating : PG
Genre : Domestic Comedy, Farce, Workplace Comedy
Theatrical Date : 2003
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Distributor/Studio: Sony Pictures

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Daddy Day Care / Big Daddy
Starring: Joey Lauren Adams , Joseph Bologna , Samantha Brown , Steve Buscemi , and Allen Covert
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Release Date: 2004-09-28

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Daddy Day Care

Daddy Day Care [Region 2]
Starring: Eddie Murphy , Jeff Garlin , Steve Zahn , Regina King , and Kevin Nealon
Director: Steve Carr (III)
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Customer Reviews:

Cute kids, Eddie Murphy, and a family comedy.......2007-08-06

Family fun, nothing more, nothing less..........2007-07-09

Eddie Fan.......2007-04-09

An Enjoyable Movie Everyone Can Appreciate.......2007-04-02

Daddy Day Care.......2007-01-08

This is a good movie and I was please with the promptness of shipment

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