Daddy Day Care: Critic Reviews

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  • Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)
    17
    The adult actors ... crawl without security blankets through a playpen script by Geoff Rodkey (who once stayed home with his son while his wife worked!) and Simon Says direction by Steve Carr.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Elvis Mitchell New York Times (Top Critic)
    20
    The most astonishing thing about Daddy Day Care, a comedy that would have to work harder even to justify the appellation uninspired, is that a kick in the groin is now a joke for toddlers.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
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  • Claudia Puig USA Today (Top Critic)
    25
    Murphy is so oddly bland in Daddy Day Care that it seems like he sleepwalked through the making of the film.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Desson Thomson Washington Post (Top Critic)
    Easy-on-the -sensibilities family film.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Stephen Hunter Washington Post (Top Critic)
    If you attend the movie with your expectations lowered by Murphy's recent films, you'll be reasonably amused.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Wesley Morris Boston Globe (Top Critic)
    63
    A scentless bouquet of potty jokes, crotch kicks, and Scooter-P.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Ed Park Village Voice (Top Critic)
    [Murphy's] charming enough in this restrained mode.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News (Top Critic)
    38
    Rent Mr. Mom instead, and have a family night in.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Eric Harrison Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)
    34
    Eddie Murphy hasn't made a good movie in so long, I'm starting to think his bad choices are deliberate.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Philip Wuntch Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)
    34
    It's saddening to watch the majestic Ms. Huston reduced to playing a robotic comedy target that exists just to be ridiculed.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)
    25
    A film so wrong-headed audiences will be more appalled than amused.
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  • Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)
    50
    A likable little movie without much to offer but cute tots, recycled gags and a talented cast amiably wasting their time and ours.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer (Top Critic)
    50
    I don't know whether [Murphy] has lost his mojo, or just his edge. I just hope he finds it before his next movie.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Jeff Strickler Minneapolis Star Tribune (Top Critic)
    63
    Aimed at viewers young enough still to need day care.
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  • Tom Long Detroit News (Top Critic)
    9
    Family films we need. Films like this, we never need.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Bill Muller Arizona Republic (Top Critic)
    60
    A pleasant if predictable romp.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Todd McCarthy Variety (Top Critic)
    Audiences ready, willing and able to find their inner four-year-old may have a decent time at 'Daddy Day Care,' but others are likely to find Eddie Murphy's latest foray into kidpicdom scarcely more amusing than spending 90 minutes in a pre-K classroom.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Megan Lehmann New York Post (Top Critic)
    50
    Only really little tykes will find the surplus of pratfalls and poo and fart jokes a hoot.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Jay Boyar Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)
    80
    It's pitched at kids, but adults will be guffawing too.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Peter Howell Toronto Star (Top Critic)
    40
    Tepid attempt at comedy.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Jason Anderson Globe and Mail (Top Critic)
    50
    Nothing that happens in the story will surprise anyone who's been watching movies for longer than the last two weeks.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Stephanie Zacharek Salon.com (Top Critic)
    Made with care and intelligence as well as a sense of fun.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)
    38
    It takes a strong stomach to hold down what Daddy Day Care force-feeds its audience.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Kirk Honeycutt Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)
    This is a family film that refuses to entertain any family member over age 10.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
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