The Pacifier Critic Reviews

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Los Angeles Times | Kevin ThomasAdd Critic to Favorites

Has sufficient mayhem to please Diesel's action fans while allowing the star to reach out to family audiences.Read the full review

USA Today | Mike ClarkAdd Critic to Favorites

Low on Diesel fuel, though probably amusing enough if you're part of the intended demographic, which appears to be the age group that likes to stick fingers up noses.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Carla MeyerAdd Critic to Favorites

Unlike Arnold Schwarzenegger, however, Vin Diesel shows no discernible comedic skills.Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

All very nice, sometimes we smile, but there's nothing compelling.Read the full review

The New York Times | Janet MaslinAdd Critic to Favorites

Mr. Diesel could not have succeeded as a genre-switcher without the proven television talents of the film's able ensemble.Read the full review

Variety | Todd McCarthyAdd Critic to Favorites

If auds swallow this odoriferous exercise in calculated career repositioning, they'll swallow anything.Read the full review

The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk HoneycuttAdd Critic to Favorites

Vin Diesel is out of his element in this lame family comedy.Read the full review

Boston Globe | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites

JUST worth your children's time, and hardly worth yours.Read the full review

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

Offensive because it offers little more than unleavened stupidity in the place of the family-friendly action and comedy it promises.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

A yawn-by-numbers romper-room dud.Read the full review

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