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Daddy Day Care (2003)

PG   |    |  Comedy, Family

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Two men, Charlie Hinton (Eddie Murphy) and Phil Ryerson (Jeff Garlin), get laid off and have to become stay-at-home dads when they can't find jobs. This inspires them to open their own day-care center.

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Awards

1 win & 6 nominations.

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11 June 2003 | Agent10
6
| So sticky sweet that you might be sick or satisfied, depending on what kind of person you are
Okay, okay. How exactly do you give a movie like this a horrible grade? It's too cute to call bad, and how can an innocent children's film be considered a corrupted form of entertainment. Well, I guess I'm a sucker. With all of the cute kids, the laughable Star Trek fan (Steve Zahn at his best), and a diverse collection of neurotic characters plays into a movie that was focused-grouped t o the point of near banality. But then again, you can't put this film down simply because the kids were so great. So, I put down Eddie Murphy, who must be longing for the days of Beverly Hills Cop. Sure, he was respectable and funny, but his hard hitting days are well past him. I will say this, Lacey Chabert was absolutely smoking, and Angelica Huston was perfect as the evil school marm.

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Trivia

Two different scenes from The Three Stooges shorts were featured: Becca watched Punch Drunks (1934) and Crispin watched Pardon My Scotch (1935).

Quotes

Ben: Good morning, Daddy.
Charlie Hinton: Hey, Ben, how you doing, man?
Charlie Hinton: Oh, God. Daddy's got to get ready for work.
Ben: Can't you stay home?
Charlie Hinton: No, I got a big day at work today. A real big day.

Goofs

When Charlie and his son are sitting at the table having breakfast, Charlie puts his fist to the side of his face, and his son copies. In the shot of both of them, his son's hand isn't a complete fist, he still has his fingers pointing out, but in the next shot of just him, his hand is a complete fist.

Crazy Credits

Outtakes are shown during the first portion of the closing credits.

Alternate Versions

The UK version is pre-cut by the distributors to remove a scene in which a child drinks bubble mixture and blows bubbles from his mouth.

Soundtracks

Surrender
Written by Rick Nielsen
Produced by Cheap Trick and Jack Douglas
Performed by Cheap Trick
Courtesy of Cheap Trick Unlimited

Storyline

Plot Summary

Synopsis (WARNING: Spoilers)

Genres

Comedy | Family

Details

Release Date:

9 May 2003

Language

English, Klingon, German

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

Milbank & McFie House - 3340 Country Club Drive, Midtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$60,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$27,623,580 11 May 2003

Gross USA:

$104,297,061

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$164,433,867

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