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Avg. Critic Score: 39 out of 100 Mixed or average reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
6 Iffy for 6+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | C.W. Nevius

    A harmless and amusing summer comedy. Read full review

  • 70
    Washington Post | Stephen Hunter

    If you attend the movie with your expectations lowered by Murphy's recent films, you'll be reasonably amused. Read full review

  • 60
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    An easy-on-the-sensibilities family film, Eddie Murphy practically assumes the easygoing manner of Mister Rogers, a character he used to wickedly lampoon on "Saturday Night Live." Read full review

  • 40
    Variety | Todd McCarthy

    Scarcely more amusing than spending 90 minutes in a pre-K classroom. Read full review

  • 25
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

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

  • 25
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger 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
    USA Today | Claudia 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
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa 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 Times | A.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 Times | Manohla 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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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 6+ Eddie Murphy in slapstick potty humor comedy.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that the movie has some mildly naughty words ("butthead," "screw up") and a lot of potty humor. There is also some comic violence and slapstick (including a brief appearance by the Three Stooges). Kids may be troubled by the idea of a parent losing a job.
  • Families can talk about how Charlie learned about what was important to him and how members of their own families show each other that family comes first. They could also talk about what the children learn from Phil, Charlie, and Marvin. What makes Tony want to be himself instead of Flash? Why wasn't Crispin polite before and why is it so important that he learned to be polite from Charlie?
The good stuff
  • message true0 Positive messages: Potty humor.
What to watch for
  • violence false3 Violence and scariness: Comic violence, no one hurt. Kids may be troubled by the idea of a parent losing a job.
  • sex false0 Sexy stuff: Not an issue
  • language false3 Language: Some naughty words.
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Not an issue
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false0 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Not an issue
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