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Pacifier, The
Buena Vista Pictures
FILM:
MPAA RATING: PG for action violence, language and rude humor
Starring
Vin Diesel,
Lauren Graham,
Faith Ford,
Brittany Snow,
Max Thieriot,
Chris Potter,
Carol Kane,
and
Brad Garrett
Vin Diesel stars as Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe who, as an elite member of the world's fiercest and most highly trained force thought he was prepared to take on any duty no matter how perilous or impossible -- until he tried baby-sitting. (Disney)
| GENRE(S): |
Action
|
Comedy
|
Family/Kids
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Thomas Lennon
Ben Garant
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Adam Shankman
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: June 28, 2005
Video: June 28, 2005
Theatrical: March 4, 2005
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| RUNNING TIME: |
91 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
Canada / USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
60
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Has sufficient mayhem to please Diesel's action fans while allowing the star to reach out to family audiences.

50
The New York Times
Janet Maslin
Mr. Diesel could not have succeeded as a genre-switcher without the proven television talents of the film's able ensemble.

50
Dallas Observer
Robert Wilonsky
Here's a bizarre hodgepodge of influences: "Kindergarten Cop" meets "Sound of Music," filtered through the Hulk Hogan movie "Mr. Nanny." The formula, by now so overused it's actually formless, is pure Disney

50
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
All very nice, sometimes we smile, but there's nothing compelling.

50
San Francisco Chronicle
Carla Meyer
Unlike Arnold Schwarzenegger, however, Vin Diesel shows no discernible comedic skills.

50
Miami Herald
Connie Ogle
Don't expect perfection, and you'll emerge from this goofy movie all in one piece, with reasonably entertained kids and a milder headache.

50
Philadelphia Inquirer
Gary Thompson
It's the sort of stuff younger viewers will love.

50
USA Today
Mike Clark
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.

40
Variety
Todd McCarthy
If auds swallow this odoriferous exercise in calculated career repositioning, they'll swallow anything.

40
The Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
Vin Diesel is out of his element in this lame family comedy.

40
TV Guide
Angel Cohn
Most of the occasional chuckles are provided by the spunky York, who really gives Diesel a run for his money.

38
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
Offensive because it offers little more than unleavened stupidity in the place of the family-friendly action and comedy it promises.

38
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
Cheerful but mind-numbing.

38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Liam Lacey
Director Adam Shankman pushes together scenes with little rhythm or flow. Writers Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant ignore credibility, throw in pointless sight gags, treat humiliation as comedy and use tiresome ethnic stereotypes. In short, Diesel doesn't get the help he needs.

38
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
JUST worth your children's time, and hardly worth yours.

33
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
A yawn-by-numbers romper-room dud.

30
Village Voice
Laura Sinagra
Disney misfire.

30
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Nathan Rabin
Revealing hitherto unseen depths of stiffness, Diesel stumbles badly in the role.

30
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
Director Adam Shankman (Bringing Down the House) can't block a sight gag to save his life.

30
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
With no real comedy to enjoy, it's torture to watch Diesel undergo a predictable change from emotionless soldier to loving family man. Makes you want to spit out your pacifier in disgust.

25
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
Ultimately this soppy Pacifier sucks.

25
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
An abysmal comedy that should have been strangled in its crib.

25
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
If the once red-hot Vin Diesel's overhyped career wasn't finished off by last summer's mega flop "The Chronicles of Riddick," the alleged family comedy The Pacifier ought to do the trick.

25
Premiere
Peter Debruge
Diesel valiantly but unsuccessfully tries to raise this inane bit of Mr. Mommery above its afternoon-special standing.

25
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
It just plain sucks.

20
Empire
Anna Smith
Fails on both an emotional and comedic level.

20
Austin Chronicle
Marrit Ingman
Is it funny? Not for a minute.


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