Daddy Day Care Critic Reviews

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Boston Globe | Wesley MorrisAdd Critic to Favorites

The Daddy Day Care business model appears to be the 1983 Michael Keaton vehicle ''Mr. Mom,'' put on an unstoppable sugar high. Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

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 the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites

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 the full review

Los Angeles Times | Manohla DargisAdd Critic to Favorites

I laughed a couple of times, but mostly I was bored out of my mind and not a little depressed. Read the full review

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

This is one of those nearly unwatchable movies that becomes an endurance contest for any thinking adult.Read the full review

Rolling Stone | Peter TraversAdd Critic to Favorites

Murphy looks comatose delivering the played-out poopy jokes. Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | C.W. NeviusAdd Critic to Favorites

A harmless and amusing summer comedy. Read the full review

The New York Times | A.O. ScottAdd Critic to Favorites

You can't get more high-concept, or less plotted, than this, and Daddy Day Care is proof. Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Nathan RabinAdd Critic to Favorites

A big-screen sitcom so sleepy and juvenile it might as well come with its own nap break. Read the full review

USA Today | Claudia PuigAdd Critic to Favorites

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 the full review

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