Daddy Day Care (2003)
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28% of critics liked it
(125 reviews) -
63% of users liked it
(449,938 ratings)
Two fathers get a crash course in caring for kids other than their own in this family-friendly comedy. Charlie Hinton (Eddie Murphy) is an advertising executive whose job monopolizes his time, making it difficult for him to stay in touch with his young son, Ben (Khamani Griffin). However, after… More Two fathers get a crash course in caring for kids other than their own in this family-friendly comedy. Charlie Hinton (Eddie Murphy) is an advertising executive whose job monopolizes his time, making it difficult for him to stay in touch with his young son, Ben (Khamani Griffin). However, after Charlie and his partner, Phil (Jeff Garlin), are given their pink slips in the wake of a disastrous campaign for a new breakfast cereal, Charlie's wife, Kim (Regina King), goes back to work, and with the family budget tighter than before, Charlie becomes a stay-at-home dad. After pulling Ben out of an expensive and exclusive daycare center run by the humorless Gwyneth Harridan (Anjelica Huston), Charlie comes up with a brainstorm -- since he and Phil watch their own children every day, how much harder could it be to watch a few more kids and open their own day care center? Charlie and Phil discover there's much more to running a daycare center than they ever imagined, but after a very rough start, with the help of likable slacker Marvin (Steve Zahn) their new business becomes a success -- so much so that Harridan finds herself losing customers to the upstart fathers, and she starts searching for a way to shut them down. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Steve Carr (III), Steve Carr
- Written By
- Geoff Rodkey
- Genres
- Comedy, Kids & Family
- In Theaters
- May 9, 2003 Wide
- On DVD
- Sep 23, 2003
- Studio
- Sony Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Ed Park, Village Voice
[Murphy's] charming enough in this restrained mode.
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
It's one of the worst movies of the year.
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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.
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Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Tepid attempt at comedy.
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Mary Brennan, Seattle Times
Daddy Day Care doesn't rank with the most awful of the Murphy turkeys, but it's definitely flat as a pancake, fueled by bathroom humor, listless pratfalls and recycled, borderline-offensive jokes about the ineptitude of men as caretakers.
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Cast
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Eddie Murphy
as Charlie Hinton
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Jeff Garlin
as Phil
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Steve Zahn
as Marvin
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Regina King
as Kim Hinton
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Kevin Nealon
as Bruce
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Jonathan Katz
as Dr. Dan Kubitz
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Siobhan Fallon-Hogan
as Peggy
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Elle Fanning
as Jamie
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Lisa Edelstein
as Crispin's Mom
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Lacey Chabert
as Jennifer
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Michelle Krusiec
as English Teacher
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Laura Kightlinger
as Sheila
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Leila Arcieri
as Kelly
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Anjelica Huston
as Miss Gwyneth Harridan
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Khamani Griffin
as Ben Hinton
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Cheap Trick
as Themselves
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Dennis Cockrum
as Marketing Guy
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Annabelle Gurwitch
as Becca's Mom
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Wallace Langham
as Jim Fields
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Mary Portser
as Tony's Mom
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Roger E. Reid
as Parks Employee
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Tracy Lynch Britton
as Office Worker
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Don Winston
as Marketing Guy
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Sonya Eddy
as Waitress
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Fred Stoller
as Job Counselor
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Makenzie Vega
as Bridget
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Bess Meisler
as Old Gypsy Woman
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Rachael Harris
as Co-Worker Elaine
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Gary Owen
as Mr. Carrott
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Parker McKenna Posey
as Georgia
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McNally Sagal
as Enraged Mom
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Mark Griffin
as Co-Worker Steve
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Sloane Momsen
as Beth-Anne
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Paul Anthony Reynolds
as Marty
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Damani Roberts
as German Speaking Boy
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Nathan Carter
as Focus Group Kid
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Felix Achille
as Dylan
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Brie Arbaugh
as Jaime's Mom
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Shane Baumel
as Crispin
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Jimmy Bennett
as "The Flash"/Tony
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Joan M. Blair
as Day Care Lady
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Max Burkholder
as Max
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Connor Carmody
as Duncan
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Timmy Deters
as Tony's Brother
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Cesar Flores
as Sean
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Bridgette Ho
as Erin
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Hailey Johnson
as Becca
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Kennedy McCullough
as Jeannie
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Tara Mercurio
as SAT Teacher
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Lisa Oliva
as Marketing Girl
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Brian Palermo
as Skeptical Father
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Susan Santiago
as Sean's Mom
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Alyssa Shafer
as Juel
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Kris Cruz Toledo
as Interested Mom
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Arthur Young
as Nicky
- Susan Martino
- Siobhan Fallon
- Telise Galanis








