Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin, Steve Zahn

When two fathers lose their jobs in product development at a large food company, they are forced to take their sons out of the exclusive Chapman Academy and become stay at home fathers. With no job po...( read more  read more... )ssibilities on the horizon, the two dads open their own day care facility, "Daddy Day Care," and employ some fairly unconventional methods of caring for children. As "Daddy Day Care" starts to catch on, it launches them into a highly competitive rivalry with Chapman Academy's tough-as-nails director who has driven all previous competitors out of business.

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124 critics

PG, 1 hr. 33 min.

Directed by: Steve Carr

Release Date: May 9, 2003

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DVD Release Date: September 23, 2003

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  • October 10, 2006
    An usual fun family comedy starring Eddie Murphy. Adults may find this too cloying but kids will sit through this and be entertained.
  • November 1, 2009
    Film très léger, une histoire très simple, qui amène à rire à plusieurs moments. Cependant, ce n'est pas le film le plus drôle que j'ai vu. Reste que les enfants sont toujours un sujet drôle rempli de péripétie.
  • September 29, 2009
    Saw it on TV, was so tired I couldn?t move, waste of an hour and a half!
  • July 30, 2008
    i want my kid to be the flash
  • July 13, 2008
    It's a movie that anyone could have starred in. The comedian looks trapped the entire time. All of the humor involves bodily functions and pratfalls that even newborn babies don't find amusing anymore. Yet somehow the film grossed more than $100 million, proving yet again that yo...( read more)u can't go broke appealing to the lowest common denominator. The movie was even popular enough to green light a sequel, which wasn't as successful. In a strange turn of events, Murphy's role was recast in the second film with Cuba Gooding Jr. If that's what a Best Supporting Actor Oscar gets you, perhaps it's a good thing Murphy didn't win for "Dreamgirls" after all
  • November 10, 2009
    Film je skroz kjut, volin ovako obiteljske filmice di ima hrpa dice :)))
  • October 31, 2009
    !Comercial or Stupid! :|
  • October 29, 2009
    Oh I just laughed my ass off at this movie..
  • October 26, 2009
    Funny and cute. Definitly the right material to watch with the whole family.
  • October 24, 2009
    it is funny as and i love watching it

Critic Reviews


May 9, 2003
Claudia Puig, USA Today

Murphy is so oddly bland in Daddy Day Care that it seems like he sleepwalked through the making of the film. full review

May 9, 2003
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Murphy looks comatose delivering the played-out poopy jokes. full review

May 9, 2003
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

A film so wrong-headed audiences will be more appalled than amused. full review

May 9, 2003
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

Made with care and intelligence as well as a sense of fun. full review

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  • joidanielle
    July 30, 2007
    hey
  • caseyandallen
    April 28, 2007
    Is dakota fanning in this?
  • tennijah
    March 12, 2007
    My kids really love Daddy Day Care. It has a lot of humor and the story line was absolutely great. Their favorite scene is the showdown between the carrot and the broccoli. As soon as this movie came out on DVD I was at the store.If you haven't seen this movie, go but it today it's a great family movie.

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