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Daddy Day Care

Daddy Day Care

Comedy · Family · 2003

Two men get laid off and have to become stay-at-home dads when they can't find jobs, which inspires them to open their own day-care center.

Movie details

Daddy Day Care

“Who's your daddy?”

2003 Comedy · Family 1h 32m

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TMDB

5.9 / 10

Community rating

Two men get laid off and have to become stay-at-home dads when they can't find jobs, which inspires them to open their own day-care center.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Steve Carr

Written by

Geoff Rodkey

Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy

Charlie Hinton

Jeff Garlin

Jeff Garlin

Phil

Steve Zahn

Steve Zahn

Marvin

Regina King

Regina King

Kim Hinton

Kevin Nealon

Kevin Nealon

Bruce

Jonathan Katz

Jonathan Katz

Dan Kubitz

Siobhan Fallon Hogan

Siobhan Fallon Hogan

Peggy

Court is in session

Put Daddy Day Care on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.