Daddy Day Care
User Score
5.7 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 34 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 34
  3. Negative: 10 out of 34

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  1. cameronmorewood
    Nov 12, 2012
    3
    A fart filled farce bereft of the least amount of imagination.
  2. Zilcell
    May 3, 2012
    3
    This family-friendly movie has a few funny moments, but it has an awkward story and some parts are just plain gross.
  3. heyitsmegrif4
    Dec 21, 2011
    0
    Awful movie and I found myself guessing every single part of this movie which made me bored. Sorry but i give this incredibly awful movie 0%. Yep that is awful.
  4. nutterjr
    Aug 12, 2011
    4
    There is still a faint memory of when Eddie Murphy was funny. It was the 80s and the 90s. Trading places, Beverly Hills Cop and Coming to America.
  5. BobW.
    May 12, 2003
    0
    I found dat "Flash" kid really really annoying.
  6. Angelus
    May 9, 2003
    0
    Is it just me, or is everybody else sick to death of Eddie Murphy doing kids movies. What's even worse is they all suck!!!
  7. AnnaS.
    Jun 5, 2003
    0
    Something isn't right about this movie, and I don't know why would film reviewers like this film. It sucks man, it really, really sucked!!!!
  8. JakeS.
    May 11, 2003
    1
    What happened to Eddie Murphy? He used to be so funny.
  9. KayWhy
    Jun 29, 2003
    1
    Everything else was sold out so we decided to watch this movie on a rainy sunday night. Boy, was that a mistake. It's like any other movie where the storyline revolves around children acting cute. Sure, it was a cute movie, but it wasn't funny. I think it would have been more worthwhile if we just watched the rain fall instead.
  10. GregT.
    Sep 29, 2003
    4
    A good family movie, if your children are 7 years old and remember what day care was like at age 4. It is lost on everyone else. Lots of screaming kids. Not anything as interesting as the similar child school movie, Kindergarten Cop, in which Schwartzenegger interjected his own brand of foolishness simply by way of his stone face and heavy accent. This movie has none of that appeal nor charm.
  11. AndrewM
    Aug 12, 2004
    3
    "Funny Movie", I obviously don't know squat either 'cause I too didn't really like this film. This has to be one of the most innocuous movies I have ever watched, and I mean that in a bad way. A good film provokes reaction, whether that be laughter, anger, sadness, elation, confusion, objection, concern, whatever! It provokes - it makes you think - it makes you feel. Daddy Day Care tippy-toes along so feebly that you're left searching your soul for an emotion. It has very little to offer. I give it 3 because the actors try their darndest to make it work and I did experience very faint moments of enjoyment. But for the most part I was just rolling along waiting for something to happen that wasn't entirely predictable and that actually encouraged my brain to send out a nerve signal. Only for those who are really really bored....… Expand

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Metascore
39 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 31 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 31
  3. Negative: 11 out of 31
  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    10
    I laughed a couple of times, but mostly I was bored out of my mind and not a little depressed.
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  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    20
    You can't get more high-concept, or less plotted, than this, and Daddy Day Care is proof.
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  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Megan Lehmann
    50
    Only really little tykes will find the surplus of pratfalls and poo and fart jokes a hoot.
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