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Summary: Great Family Film
Review: This movie is great for the family, because it is about Eddie Murphy who was once a business executive gets laid-off and has no job. So then he and one of his friends get the idea to open a day-care center. While he works the day care center his wife is a now business executive herself. He has to fight the competiton from an evil lady.. All in All, this is a great movie, go out and enjoy it.
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Summary: Eddie Lite.....
Review: I saw the previews for this movie and thought it would be a funny movie to see. I work with high school special needs students and we decided to take them to the movie on a field trip. Pretty much, as far as I'm concerned, the funny parts were shown in the previews. The kids were cute, the concept was kinda funny and the only stand out, in my opinion, was Angelica Houston, as the evil competitor out to destroy the upstart day care. Steve Zahn, who I think is very funny, was wasted and the all-to-abundant burping and farting jokes only go so far. Its a harmless film you can take your kids to see and they'll laugh at some of the low brow humor. But don't expect to be entertained yourself. Don't waste your time with this one.
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Summary: Doody Day Care
Review: You can't review children's movies like they're real movies, just on the target audience entertainment value. If you don't have young children you have NO reasson to sit through this one. If you have to take kids to the flicks, this one is just ok. Minimal bad language, nothing too scary, a couple of poop references. Daddy Day Care is as predictable as..as..as a kid's movie. There are no surprises to be had as the story unwinds. That is not a negative, just an observation on how just about all the movies for kids are lately.
Eddie is a big shot marketing man, loses his job and has to get creative in how to make a living. He starts a daycare as an alternative to the snooty pre-school college prep academy run by the villain in the story, Anjelica Huston. No one stands out one way or the otherMy five year old thought it was just ok. It's a little long for that age, and the jokes are not really aimed at him. He liked seeing the daycare kids ruining the house in the early part of the movie, but some of the humor was too subtle for him (and not that funny for Mom and I) Parents can usually find an awww scene where you are shown how wonderful it is to have children. Those were also a little sparse. My 9 and 12 year old passed on coming with us and after sitting through it I think they'd have been a little bored. I'm waiting for Eddie Murphy to make a good funny adult movie again. It has been a looong time since Beverly Hills Cop.
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Summary: The kids are all right
Review: Funniest movie everyone would ever seen about two men who lose their jobs and they run a day care center. Not a great story. Funny though.
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Summary: Work With Kids? Then You'll Understand.
Review: Eddie Murphy hasn't made very many good movies lately. In fact, he hasn't had a hit in about two years. I sure hope that changes with DADDY DAY CARE. In the movie, Murphy's character is laid off from his job trying to market health food to kids. While sitting in the park with his best friend and former co-worker watching their kids play on the playground, he is struck (with some prompting from another parent) with the grand idea of starting a day care center in their home. Thus Daddy Day Care is born. Their business grows and the local mistress of the only other reliable day care in the area plots revenge. However, good triumphs in the end. Before watching the film, I had read a couple of negative reviews about the movie in some local papers. The critics were complaining that the target audience of the film was too young to understand much of the movie. I disagree. The target audience of this movie is not youth. Instead it is anyone who has ever worked with children. As a former preschool teacher, I found this movie hilarious, yet emotional uplifting. I could relate to almost everything that the workers of "Daddy Day Care" faced and it reaffirmed my belief in the importance of working with children. I was able to most able to relate to the character that Steve Zahn played. He has the best part in the entire film. Also, I found eery similarties between the evil director in the movie and the director of the child care center where I was employed as a teacher. It's a sad to say, but many youth workers loose sight of the children they work with and see them as objects instead of the special, unique people they are. Kids of all ages will probably like this movie (there were a crowd of high schoolers sitting in the theatre and they laughed quite often at the antics on screen). Parents will probably enjoy it as well. However, anyone who has ever worked with children will probably find it the most enjoyable. Highly recommended and one of the best comedies to arrive so far in 2003.
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Summary: Eddie Murphy + Raucous Preschoolers = Great Movie!
Review: Question: What happens when you pair an advertising executive with a group of ambitious, yet run-amok preschoolers? Why, you get a somewhat disorganized (dis)array of chaos that is "Daddy Day Care". When Charlie Hinton (Eddie Murphy) is fired from his job as an ad exec, he has to look for another job. Hinton has some difficulty at first in finding a secondary type of employment, until he stumbles upon an opportunity at managing a day-care center. Together with a buddy (played by Jeff Garlin), they decide to tackle this new direction together. But, little did they know they would have their hands full; in the form of some hard-to-handle preschoolers! These two men have trouble adjusting to their new surroundings, until a third party named Marvin (Steve Zahn), who, psychologically, has a way with kids, is brought aboard, and all of a sudden, the wheels are set in motion. There are a few obstacles our three men have to encounter, those being a headmaster and assistant from an exclusive private preschool - who do everything in their power to put "Daddy Day Care" out of business through attempted sabotaging of all facilitated activities. These suspected violations are brought to the attention of a mild-mannered social worker (played briliantly by Jonathan Katz, who, along with Murphy, both steal the show). Ah, but Charlie Hinton & Co. get the last laugh - as they put the mettle to 'Ms. Cruella DeVille' and her assistant, as these two get real lessons on how a day-care center should be run. All this, including a non-toilet trained toddler (who, in the words of Don Adams, "missed it by THAT much") and his gang of merry misfits, makes "Daddy Day Care" a facility worthy of checking your kids into - the variety aged seven to seventy. Make those all-important reservations at your local cinema (or at your video retailer soon) today!
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Summary: a very cute kids movie
Review: if you have a choice between this or the haunted mansion get this this movie is a very good kids movie that the whole family will enjoy. All of the characters are awesome
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Summary: Great flick
Review: What do you have when two cereal promotional guys are fired off from the only thing they know how to do and they bills are piling up, and they need a job badly? In the same time, you need to find a good day care center for the kids when both parental units are off to work and find work. The main problem is, it is hard to find any at least a daycare that is trustworthy to even leave your kids and not to worry at all if it is safe enough and cheap! So back to question to unemployment. What do you do? Open an excellent daycare yourself! Open a business up! The only problem is you have a very strong and able competition, from an established day care which act like preschool. And the owner is very keen to keep every kid in her daycare not anybody else's. Much to add, there is a short animated movie in this dvd set and you gotta watch it *grins* Early Bloomer is the cutest animation I have ever seen and I must admit of watching it repeatitively way too many times hehehe
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Summary: GET OUT THE RITALIN
Review: Only joking, folks. DADDY DAY CARE is one of those beating the odds movies that delivers everything you expect it to, and that's fine. The movie had me laughing and the interaction between the kids and adults was funny. Eddie Murphy is a little more subdued than usual, and Jeff Garlin is good as his friend and partner. Steve Zahn is great as Marvin, the Star Trek geek who has a winning way with the kids; and Anjelica Huston--well, this talented Oscar winner proves she can do pretty much anything and be fun to watch. Regina King (Ray) is pretty much wasted in the role of Eddie's wife, but the script doesn't give her much to do. It's certainly not destined to be a classic, but it provides fun entertainment.
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Summary: It Isn't Eddie's Best, But It'll Suffice
Review: Eddie Murphy seems to be trying to make a name for himself in the family film arena. He did a pretty good job with "The Haunted Mansion," but "Daddy Day Care" falls a little bit flat. Murphy doesn't utter one curse word(an amazing feat for the foul-mouthed comic), but you almost wish that he'd say one or two bad words to remind folks that he was once the king of potty-mouthed humor.
As family flicks go, this one is pretty funny for all ages. However, there are plenty of other kid-friendly films out there that will have a wider appeal than this one. Murphy is funny here, but Steve Zahn and the boy who plays Murphy's son steal the show. Receding rockers "Cheap Trick" make an appearance at a charity event to salvage the day care center opened by Murphy and his pals. The majority of the supporting cast is used simply to give Murphy and the gang something to react to with silly faces, silly songs, etc.
In summary, this film will probably not offend anybody in the family. However, it probably won't impress many family members either. If you have small children, you might give this a try. If you don't have kids, consider this a one-time rental.
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