Daddy Day Care
Revolution Studios | Release Date: May 9, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
17
Negative:
11
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38
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Though topnotch actors often can elevate mediocre material, they need a topnotch director to help them do it. Steve Carr ("Dr. Dolittle 2") is not that director. Read full review
38
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
This is one of those nearly unwatchable movies that becomes an endurance contest for any thinking adult. Read full review
38
Miami HeraldChristine Dolan
Mediocre. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The film seems longer than its 93-minute running time, but kids will probably enjoy its potty humor, many scenes of 4-year-olds getting the better of harried adults and the inevitable moment when a cute little girl kicks the fat guy in the nads. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Across-the-board, the kids are extremely adorable to watch (not an easy thing to pull off) and will appeal to the other kids in the audience who might identify with them and see the story from the kids’ point of view. But looking at this film from any other perspective, will give you brain rot. Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Murphy looks comatose delivering the played-out poopy jokes. Read full review
25
USA TodayClaudia Puig
You know something is wrong when a preschooler's unwitting ad-libs are funnier than anything seasoned comedy writers can come up with. Kids say the darnedest things. Too bad the grown-ups don't. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Aggressively simple-minded, it's fueled by the delusion that it has a brilliant premise: Eddie Murphy plus cute kids equals success. But a premise should be the starting point for a screenplay, not its finish line. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
A parent-and-kid-oriented comedy about the adventures of men doing the hard work of mommies, which couldn't be more timely -- or less delightful. Read full review
20
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
You can't get more high-concept, or less plotted, than this, and Daddy Day Care is proof. Read full review
10
Los Angeles TimesManohla Dargis
I laughed a couple of times, but mostly I was bored out of my mind and not a little depressed. Read full review
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