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| View Larger Image | Daddy Day Care (Special Edition) | DVDStarring: Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin, Anjelica Huston, Steve Zahn, Regina King
Directed By: Steve Carr
Also With: Dan Kolsrud (Producer), Heidi Santelli (Producer), Jack Brodsky (Producer), Joe Roth (Producer), John Davis (Producer), Matt Berenson (Producer), Geoff Rodkey (Writer)
| List Price: | $14.94 | | Price: | $10.99 | | You Save: | $3.95 (26%) | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | DVD | | Rating: |  | | Run Time: | 92 minutes | | Format: | Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | | Studio: | Sony Pictures | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Aspect Ratio: | 1.85:1 | | Release Date: | December 02, 2003 | | Sales Rank: | 9,651th |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
TWO MEN GET LAID OFF AND HAVE TO BECOME STAY-AT-HOME DADS WHEN THEY CAN'T FIND JOBS. THIS INSPIRES THEM TO OPEN THEIR OWN DAY-CARE CENTER. |
Amazon.com
There are some good laughs to be found in Daddy Day Care, especially if you're a preschooler with energy to burn. This romper-room comedy shamelessly exploits its high concept idea--dropping Eddie Murphy into a seething den of rugrats--but kids will have plenty of vicarious fun as Murphy and his fellow laid-off colleague (Jeff Garlin) battle unemployment by opening a day-care center in Eddie's home. In partial Witches mode, Anjelica Huston hams it up as a day-care competitor bent on closing Eddie down, while doofus extraordinaire Steve Zahn is recruited as a third partner in "Daddy Day Care," trying his best to entertain a pack of hyperactive kids who've stopped taking their Ritalin. Zahn makes a funny Star Trek fan (even when the script contains bogus Trekkie trivia), and Murphy deserves credit for giving his all in a comedy that mostly squanders his talent. Indeed, is Daddy Day Care a comedy or every parent's nightmare? Daring viewers can decide for themselves. --Jeff Shannon |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 99 reviews)
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Unenjoyable obvious rip off. by H. Mario (Texas, USA)  4 Stars
October 03, 2009
I love Eddie Murphy. I've been a fan since his stints on Saturday Night Live. But his acting is suffering horribly, as of late. His role choices seem to be suffering as well. While we loved him in Dr. Doolittle and Dr. Doolittle 2, his preoccupation with fatherhood seems to be muddying his professional choices. Perhaps he has his eye on filling Bill Cosby's shoes, one day...but, while I love Eddie Murphy, he's no Bill Cosby. And that's a good thing. He's Eddie Murphy! I don't know if it was the acting, the direction, or WHAT, but this movie just didn't do it for me. While there were funny moments (Siobhan Fallon Hogan as "Peggy" was hilarious), the funny moments do not fully redeem this work. I was rather disappointed to see the depths to which Steve Carr would stoop to make us laugh. Potty humor, flatulence and sugar-highs are devices used by uncreative, low-talented individuals who are trying to fit in with real artists. Honestly, there was nothing in this movie that Michael Keaton didn't already do in "Mr. Mom," and Keaton did it much, MUCH better, in my opinion. All in all, while it was enjoyable, I found it to be a sad rip off of a much better film...a real disappointment that not even Anjelica Huston could salvage. Okay, okay, the movie was fun and it did make me laugh, it had some touching moments and was well enacted. But even with all that, the whole time, I couldn't help but think..."What a rip off...it's been done and done and now, it's being done again."
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Great! by Cassandra Hiller  5 Stars
February 21, 2009
This movie was amazingly great and it came in very good condition! There was absolutely nothing wrong with it. That's why I love ordering from Amazon.com because they always provide the best products!!!
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Daddy Day Care by C. A. Luster (Burke, VA USA)  3 Stars
December 18, 2008
Purely family entertainment that is a fun look at two dads trying to make a go of a day care center after losing their jobs. Considering the alternatives they have a jump on the competition. Taking care of pre-school kids is by no means easy and we get to see most of the challenges. We get to see a little fun poked at a strict school along with a few in home type businesses. Eddy Murphy and the rest the cast do a good job making us laugh at the pratfalls and kids as they go through growing pains in learning the best way to keep the kids and parents happy. If you enjoyed this catch "Dr. Doolittle".
CA Luster
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Good clean fun by Kawika (San Diego, CA United States) 4 Stars
September 07, 2008
This was a great family film. Good slapstick, geik, and family humor. I haven't laughed this hard at good clean fun in a long time. Eddie Murphy and crew successfully make a film with a scenario that might seem overdone, but this was by far the funniest effort I've seen yet.
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Finally. a successful Murphy movie! by Peter Tarique ((Brooklyn, NY United States) 4 Stars
September 01, 2008
Firstly, I kinda have to take that back. Eddie Murphy was real good in `I Spy,' which is unfairly overlooked. But with the likes of `Showtime' and `Pluto Nash,' I was totally thinking about whether or not I like this guys after all. But he is great in this film. Eddie Murphy finds that looking after your kid is way cheaper than putting him in a day care centre, and he and his friend hold a little day care centre of their own. There are some hilariously funny moments, but you'll have to be there to get it. I would recommend this movie to everybody, as it is just such a pleasing movie anybody would like it.
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