Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Two fathers lose their jobs in product development at a large food company and are forced to take their sons out of the exclusive Chapman Academy and become stay at home fathers. With no job possibilities on the horizon , the two dads open their own day care facility, "Daddy Day Care" and employ some fairly unconventional and side-splitting methods of caring for children. However they face competition from the headmistress from Chapman as more of her students are joining Daddy Day Care.This film starred: Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin, Steve Zahn & Angelica Hudson.DADDY DAY CARE was released in 2003 ad is and is an OK family comedy. If you have children there is a big chance they will enjoy this film because even I got a few chuckles out of it. This film isn't something I would probably watch again but I do recommend this film to people with young kids as they will most likely enjoy it. So if you have kids that go to a day care centre, you should show them this film.***/***** Could be worse.

Unlike its follow-up Daddy Day Camp, Daddy Day Care delivers the laughs and fun for all ages. The kids are actually developed here, and the movie does a smart thing of building a nice bond between Eddie Murphy and his son during this movie, something Daddy Day Camp tried to do, but couldn't. Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin|Phill| and Steve Zahn are the perfect trio for this movie, and they are the main reason this movie succeeded as well it did. This was actually my 2nd time viewing this movie. I first came across this movie when I ordered it in my hotel room. I enjoyed it than, and I enjoyed it just as much now. Anjelica Huston played the perfect villain for this movie, and I must say watching her get the injustice that deserved in the end was a real treat. I've heard a lot of bashing for this movie with critics calling it another lazy movie for Eddie Murphy. What did they honestly expect? An award-winning comedy?.Performances. Eddie Murphy's charisma and humor serve him perfectly here. He's not too over the top, but not too restrained either. In my honest opinion, it's one of his best performances in his later years. Jeff Garlin and Steve Zahn do well as Eddie's sidekicks. Regina King is decent as Eddie's wife, and did what she had to do well. Anjelica Huston is excellent as the villain who is angry due to the success of Daddy Day Care.Bottom line. It's light, it's easy-going and just a nice family movie for the parents and the kids of all ages to just sit down and enjoy. Give it a break, it really is quite cute.6 1/2 /10

As one would probably assume, this is another cheesy family comedy. Now, I guess movies can be somewhat cheesy and still enjoyable, but if you ask me, that's not the case with this film. I saw a bit of "Daddy Day Care" early in 2004, the year after it came out, but don't recall thinking too much of it. Nearly five years later, I finally decided to rent it the other day and see the whole thing, even though my expectations certainly weren't high. Basically, it turned out to be what I expected, a mostly unfunny PG-rated family film, there were definitely no big surprises.Charlie Hinton and his colleague, Phil, work for the health division of a food company. However, when this division is shut down, they both lose their jobs. After this, both of them are unemployed, with no job opportunities in sight, so they become stay-at-home fathers. However, Charlie soon gets the idea for the two to open their own day care centre called "Daddy Day Care" in his house, and manages to get Phil to agree. While it does turn out to be quite challenging at first, their day care becomes a success. However, as it becomes more popular, the Chapman Academy becomes less popular. The harsh headmistress of that school day care, Mrs. Harridan, is not happy about having new rivals in town, and will do anything she can to try and put an end to Daddy Day Care! The movie begins with Charlie's young son, Ben, starting his day, put to Katrina & The Waves' hit song, "Walking on Sunshine". At one point, the song stops, we hear Ben urinate, and then the song continues. I guess that's supposed to be a gag, but it's a fairly poor one, no doubt about that. Comedic mediocrity continues throughout most of the film, and sometimes, it may get close to annoying. There are some fart jokes (big surprise *sarcasm*), unfunny ones, as usual. There's also a major excretion gag, with a kid at Daddy Day Care telling Charlie how he missed the toilet. Fortunately, at least it doesn't show the huge mess, it just shows Charlie's reaction, looking all over the bathroom in shock. Still, that gag is pretty lame, and if there were many more gags like that in the film, it would probably be below average. It isn't all straight-faced, there are some mildly amusing scenes, such as Marvin (who eventually joins Charlie and Phil) communicating with a kid in Klingon, and maybe times when the Three Stooges are on TV, but there's nothing TOO funny (at least not for adults), certainly not enough to make up for the lameness.I didn't know this movie spawned a 2007 sequel, "Daddy Day Camp", featuring a different cast, with Cuba Gooding Jr. as Charlie Hinton and Paul Rae as Phil, instead of Eddie Murphy and Jeff Garlin in those roles. "Daddy Day Care" certainly isn't the most popular family comedy ever made, but I see that its sequel is generally considered much worse, so obviously, I do not intend to ever watch it. While this 2003 film isn't exactly terrible, it's obviously more for kids, as you would probably expect with a title like "Daddy Day Care". Some adults MIGHT like to watch it with their kids, but other than that, I don't recommend it for adults. In any case, don't expect anything too surprising or original about this cheesy family movie. It's certainly not the first lacklustre comedy starring Eddie Murphy.

Daddy Day Care is a better-than-expected film. Critics like Ebert disliked this film as well as the viewers. I saw this movie because I was bored and had nothing else to to do. Eddie Murphy plays a father who just got fired from his job and starts a daycare center with the help of his friend. I actually had a pretty good time watching this film. There were plenty of fine performances by the kids who attended the daycare. Other noticeable actors were Jeff Garlin and Steve Zahn. Zahn was funny as the sci-fi geek and Garlin was great as the the friend of Eddie Murphy. The only thing wrong with this film is that this film is not original. These kind of films are in Hollywood all the time now. Also a few more jokes would not hurt. Overall this film is good. I rate this film a 7/10.