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  • Daddy Day Care
  • Opened May 9, 2003 | Runtime:1 hr. 34 min.
  • PG
    language
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 6+. Read More
  • After company downsizing, two former executives (Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin) decide to open a day-care center for kids in their neighborhood.
  • Cast: Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin, Steve Zahn, Regina King, Kevin Nealon, Anjelica Huston
  • Director: Steve Carr
  • Genres: Farce, Comedy, Workplace Comedy, Domestic Comedy

Daddy Day Care Recent Fan Reviews

  • So-so

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  • Must Go!

    Eddie Murphy without the suit

    Excellent movie, actually out of all the movies he has done this is my favorite. Just because he plays himself I feel if he was a father. It truley brings the meaning of being a parent to life. It also harvests a meaningful time between having no job and then becoming a over night genius.

  • So-so

    Daddy

    This is an ok movie

Daddy Day Care Critic Reviews

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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.

  • 70
    Washington Post | Stephen Hunter

    If you attend the movie with your expectations lowered by Murphy's recent...

  • 60
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    An easy-on-the-sensibilities family film, Eddie Murphy practically assumes the...

  • 40
    Variety | Todd McCarthy

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

Daddy Day Care Movie Ratings + Reviews

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