The Pacifier (2005)
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20% of critics liked it
(128 reviews) -
70% of users liked it
(363,891 ratings)
The toughest man in the American military faces a new kind of challenge -- looking after four kids in soccer-mom suburbia -- in this family-friendly comedy from Walt Disney Pictures. Shane Wolf (Vin Diesel) is a former Navy SEAL who was assigned to protect a scientist working on a top-secret defense… More The toughest man in the American military faces a new kind of challenge -- looking after four kids in soccer-mom suburbia -- in this family-friendly comedy from Walt Disney Pictures. Shane Wolf (Vin Diesel) is a former Navy SEAL who was assigned to protect a scientist working on a top-secret defense project for the government. Despite Wolf's efforts, however, an assassin slipped past him and murdered the man he was guarding. The inventor's project is still being stored in his home, so Wolf has now been assigned to protect Julie (Faith Ford), the scientist's widow, as well as her four children, Zoe (Brittany Snow), Seth (Max Thieriot), Lulu (Morgan York), and baby Peter (Kegan Hoover and Logan Hoover). Wolf has had years of military experience in some of the most dangerous places on Earth, but he doesn't know much about raising kids, and he soon discovers his new job demands he be a nanny as much as a bodyguard. The Pacifier also co-stars Brad Garrett, Lauren Graham, and Carol Kane. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Adam Shankman, Adam Shankman
- Written By
- Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Kids & Family, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Mar 4, 2005 Wide
- Studio
- Buena Vista
Critic Reviews
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Nigel Floyd, Time Out New York
Per its title, The Pacifier will lull you to sleep.
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Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
There is no pleasure, guilty or otherwise, to be found in The Pacifier.
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Laura Sinagra, Village Voice
[An] unintentional fascist satire.
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Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
A yawn-by-numbers romper-room dud that is nevertheless shrewd enough to tweak its star, Vin Diesel, for becoming a joke in less time than it took him to become an action hero.
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
It's so awful. This reminds me, every once in a while on television they'll show failed sitcom pilots that never got picked up by the networks, and this has the feel of something like that.
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Cast
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Lauren Graham
as Principal Claire Fletcher
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Vin Diesel
as Shane Wolf
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Faith Ford
as Julie Plummer
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Brittany Snow
as Zoe
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Chris Potter
as Capt. Bill Fawcett
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Morgan York
as Lulu
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Scott Thompson
as Director
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Carol Kane
as Helga
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Brad Garrett
as Vice Principal Murney
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Denis Akiyama
as Mr. Chun
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Tsui Mung-Ling
as Mrs. Chun
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Tate Donovan
as Howard Plummer
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Billy Oliver
as Male Customer
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David Smukler
as Dialect Coach
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Shane Cardwell
as Teacher
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Charlie Haugk
as Stagehand
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David Lipper
as Cute Cop
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Kyle Schmid
as Scott
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Matt Purdy
as Wrestler
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David Sparrow
as FBI Agent
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Jeff Podgurski
as Serbian
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Seth Howard
as Wood Woodchuck Manager
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Valerie Boyle
as Nuns-nazis
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Tommy Chang
as Showroom Cleaner
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Jean Pearson
as Swiss Banker
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John MacDonald
as Car Salesman
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Taryn Ash
as Female Customer
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Hank Amos
as Serbian Gunner
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Robert Thomas
as Construction Worker
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Silver Kim
as Nun
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Catherine Burdon
as Teacher
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Alison Lynn
as Maria
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Keegan Hoover
as Peter
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Logan Hoover
as Peter
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Bo Vink
as Baby Tyler
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Luke Vink
as Baby Tyler
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Gabriel Antonacci
as Capt. Von Trapp
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Mary Pitt
as Brigitta
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Dan Sutcliffe
as Friedrich
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Vanessa Cobham
as Gretl
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Jordan Allison
as Kurt
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Rachael Dolan
as Louisa
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Charlotte Szivak
as Marta
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Toya Alexis
as Mother Abbess
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Karla Jang
as Nun
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Robert Yeretch
as Nazis
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Scott Hurst
as Nazi
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Christie Allaire
as Cheerleader
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Stephanie Allaire
as Cheerleader
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Amy Allicock
as Cheerleader
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Helena Chow
as Cheerleader
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Joella Crichton
as Cheerleader
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Laura Jeanes
as Cheerleader
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Rebecca Priestley
as Cheerleader
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Alexander Conti
as Little Boy
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Tip Fong
as Cute Cop's Partner
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Maria Georgas
as Fireflies
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Nikki Shah
as Fireflies
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Jordan Todosey
as Fireflies
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Emi Yaguchi-Chow
as Fireflies
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Demetrius Joyette
as First Junior Grizzly
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Christopher Lortie
as Second Junior Grizzly
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Sotiri Georgas
as Grizzlies
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Steven Georgas
as Grizzlies
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Gannon Racki
as Grizzlies
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Marcus Hutchings
as FBI Agent
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Miriam Laurence
as Dialect Coach
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Christian Laurin
as Marcel
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Curtis Parker
as Wrestler
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Cade Courtley
as Wyatt (Navy S.E.A.L. #2)
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Michael Quintero
as Navy S.E.A.L #3
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Cameron Hickox
as Navy S.E.A.L #4
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Cassius Clay
as Boat Captain
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F. Valentino Morales
as Serbian
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Scott Reiff
as Serbian Pilot
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Robert Bastens
as Vin Diesel Stand In
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Evelyn Kaye
as Piano Accompanist




