Daddy Day Care Review

Daddy Day Care

Release Date: 26th June 2003 - Australia

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures (presents)

Davis Entertainment

Revolution Studios

Distribution

Sony Pictures Australia

Genre: Family/Comedy

 

Rating: G

Runtime: 88 minutes


Budget: $60,000,000

Box Office Gross:

$164,433,867 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary

Two workaholic fathers, Charlie and Phil, are now unemployed when the cereal company shuts down their health division, so they have to stay at home and watch over their kids as they can't afford to keep them in the exclusive but costly Chapman Academy.

When Charlie begins to have an idea, he and Phil decide to start their daycare centre, and thus, Daddy Day Care is born. Unfortunately, they get a LOT more than they bargained for and have to keep the kids under control and deal with the heavy competition from Chapman.

Cast
Eddie Murphy - Charlie Hinton
Jeff Garlin - Phil
Steve Zahn - Marvin
Regina King - Kim Hinton
Anjelica Huston - Miss Harridan
Lacey Chabert - Jenny
Kevin Nealon - Bruce
Jonathan Katz - Mr. Kubitz
Lella Arcieri - Kelli
Khamani Griffin - Ben Hinton
Max Burkholder - Max
Shane Baumel - Crispin
Jimmy Bennett - Flash
Arthur Young - Nicky
Elle Fanning - Jamie
Hailey Johnson - Becca
Felix Achille - Dylan
Siobhan Fallon Hogan - Peggy
Lisa Edelstein - Crispin's Mom
Cheap Trick - Themselves (Cameo)

Crew
Director - Steve Carr
Writer - Geoff Rookey

Executive Producers - Dan

Kolsrud, Joe Roth and Heidi

Santelli
Producers - John Davis,
Matt Berenson and Wyck
Godfrey
Co-Producer - Jack Brodsky
Production Designer/Second

Unit Director (Uncredited) - Garreth Stover

Art Director - Chris Cornwell

Set Decorators - Maggie Martin and Chris L. Spellman

Property Master - Trish Gallaher Glenn
Costume Designer - Ruth E. Carter
Director of Photography - Steven Poster

First Assistant Director - Donald Sparks

Second Assistant Director - Dieter Busch

Stunt Coordinator - Manny Perry

Special Effects Coordinator - Larz Anderson

Visual Effects Supervisor - Mark Dornfeld
Editor - Christopher Greenbury

First Assistant Editors - Matthew Cassel

and Sam Seig
Supervising Sound Editor - John Joseph Thomas

Production Mixer - David MacMillan

Re-Recording Mixers - Jon Taylor

and Gary A. Rizzo
Music - David Newman

Music Supervision - Spring Aspers


Review

Through the years, Eddie Murphy hasn't always been the funniest film comedian as other actors of the 80s began to become inconsistent. He's been over many movies that he's known to be proud of doing, and I'm sorry to say that most of them are travesties like Norbit, The Adventures of Pluto Nash and A Thousand Words. He is yet to make a comeback to reclaim the talent he once had. DADDY DAY CARE is the film you don't want to take too seriously if you want a lighthearted movie with toilet humour. Then this would be a good film. Murphy fits the bill. He gets paired with co-stars Jeff Garlin and Steve Zahn in the cast. Also included is actress Anjelica Huston, who did a fantastic job with her calm and antagonistic portrayal of the headmistress.

Since Steve Zahn's character is a typical fanboy stereotype, I was surprised that the filmmakers made fun of the original Star Trek series in this film. I enjoyed one scene when Eddie opens the door and discovers the bathroom is now in the grot.

It's not one of my favourites, but DADDY DAY CARE is a solid guarantee for families that they should give it a chance and forget the all-atrocious sequel Daddy Day Camp.

Star rating: (7/10) Good Movie

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