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* [[Regina King]] as Kim Hinton, Charlie’s wife and Ben’s mother
* [[Regina King]] as Kim Hinton, Charlie’s wife and Ben’s mother
* [[Anjelica Huston]] as Miss Gwyneth Harridan, the haughty headmistress of Chapman Academy
* [[Anjelica Huston]] as Miss Gwyneth Harridan, the haughty headmistress of Chapman Academy
* [[Khamani Griffin]] as Ben Hinton, Charlie’s son
* [[Khamani Griffin]] as Ben Hinton, Charlie’s son and one of the Daddy Day Care students
* [[Kevin Nealon]] as Bruce, Crispin’s father and another former colleague of Charlie and Phil
* [[Kevin Nealon]] as Bruce, Crispin’s father and another former colleague of Charlie and Phil
* [[Jonathan Katz]] as Dan Kubitz, a director of social services who brings Daddy Day Care up to regulation
* [[Jonathan Katz]] as Dan Kubitz, a director of social services who brings Daddy Day Care up to regulation
* [[Lacey Chabert]] as Jennifer, Harridan’s personal assistant
* [[Lacey Chabert]] as Jennifer, Harridan’s personal assistant
* [[Max Burkholder]] as Max Ryerson, Phil’s son
* [[Max Burkholder]] as Max Ryerson, Phil’s son and one of the Daddy Day Care students
* [[Jimmy Bennett]] as Tony/[[Flash (DC Comics character)|Flash]], one of the Daddy Day Care students
* [[Jimmy Bennett]] as Tony/[[Flash (DC Comics character)|Flash]], one of the Daddy Day Care students
* [[Leila Arcieri]] as Kelli, Dylan's single mother and eventually Marvin's love interest
* [[Leila Arcieri]] as Kelli, Dylan's single mother and eventually Marvin's love interest
* [[Shane Baumel]] as Crispin
* [[Shane Baumel]] as Crispin, one of the Daddy Day Care students
* [[Elle Fanning]] as Jamie
* [[Elle Fanning]] as Jamie, one of the Daddy Day Care students
* Felix Achille as Dylan
* Felix Achille as Dylan, one of the Daddy Day Care students
* Hailey Noelle Johnson as Becca
* Hailey Noelle Johnson as Becca, one of the Daddy Day Care students
* [[Siobhan Fallon Hogan]] as Peggy
* [[Siobhan Fallon Hogan]] as Peggy
* Arthur Young as Nicky
* Arthur Young as Nicky, one of the Daddy Day Care students
* [[Wallace Langham]] as Jim Fields, Charlie's former boss
* [[Wallace Langham]] as Jim Fields, Charlie's former boss
* [[Lisa Edelstein]] as Bruce's wife/Crispin's mother
* [[Lisa Edelstein]] as Bruce's wife/Crispin's mother

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Daddy Day Care
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySteve Carr
Written byGeoff Rodkey
Produced by
Starring
CinematographySteven Poster
Edited byChristopher Greenbury
Music byDavid Newman
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing
Release date
  • May 9, 2003 (2003-05-09) (United States)
Running time
92 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$60 million[1]
Box office$164.4 million[1]

Daddy Day Care is a 2003 American family comedy film starring Eddie Murphy in the lead role, Jeff Garlin, Steve Zahn, Regina King, and Anjelica Huston. Written by Geoff Rodkey and directed by Steve Carr, it marks Murphy and Carr's second collaboration after Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001). The plot follows two fathers who start a child day care out of their home after they are laid off from their corporate jobs.

The film was released in the United States on May 9, 2003, by Columbia Pictures. It received generally negative reviews from critics, but grossed $164.4 million worldwide on a budget of $60 million. The movie was followed by two sequels, in the film series of the same name.

Plot

Charlie Hinton is a market executive at a local food company. He and his wife, Kim, have just enrolled their son Ben into Chapman Academy, an overly academic preschool overseen by the haughty Gwyneth Harridan. However, on Ben's first day, Charlie, his best friend Phil Ryerson, and 300 others are laid off when the company shuts down their division due to the poor reception of their vegetable-flavored breakfast cereals. Charlie breaks the news to Kim and Ben at dinner but assures them he will find a new job.

While Kim supports the family by returning to work as a lawyer, Charlie, after six weeks of job hunting and finding nothing, is forced to take Ben out of Chapman. Unable to find a satisfactory alternative around town, Charlie decides to open a daycare center in his home with the help of Phil, calling it "Daddy Day Care". Although local parents are suspicious of men working with kids, a few choose their service as it is more affordable and child-based.

Charlie and Phil open with a few children, struggling at first with chaos and some personal issues. Angered at losing children to the new competition, Harridan attempts to shut them down by notifying child services. Charlie and Phil find themselves rectifying problems pointed out by Dan Kubitz, a director of child services, to ensure their daycare is suitable for children. They then hire their former colleague, Marvin, as an additional care provider. In time, they start to enjoy running Daddy Day Care as it grows in popularity, with Charlie delighted to see Ben making friends and enjoying himself.

When Kubitz points out that the house cannot accommodate the number of children they now have, he suggests that they either remove two kids or find a permanent facility somewhere in town. Not willing to remove any of the children, Charlie chooses the latter option. Marvin tells them of a suitable vacant building, but they cannot afford it, so they decide to hold a fundraiser to earn the necessary capital. However, Harridan learns about the event and sabotages it with help from her hesitant assistant Jennifer. As a result, Daddy Day Care does not raise enough money to pay for the building.

Eventually, the food company offers Charlie and Phil their old jobs back at double their salaries, having decided to rehire them after acting on an earlier idea that Charlie had sarcastically suggested. Harridan also offers to take in their children for a more affordable price if Daddy Day Care shuts down. Charlie and Phil reluctantly accept the offer, leaving Marvin heartbroken and refusing to join them. Ben is also disappointed when Charlie tells him he has to go back to Chapman. The next day, Charlie questions his decision after he realizes the impact Daddy Day Care has had on Ben and the other children. Deciding that Ben is the most important thing to him, Charlie quits, convincing Phil to join him and re-open Daddy Day Care. Informing Marvin of their plans, Charlie confronts Harridan during a student orientation and reveals to the parents in attendance how little she cares about their children. After mentioning how much Daddy Day Care changed and helped the children, Charlie declares that Daddy Day Care is reopened and convinces the parents to return.

Six months later, Daddy Day Care manages to buy the building it needs to expand and prospers, with Charlie and Phil now successful, Jennifer now working for the center, and Marvin entering a relationship with one of the parents. With Chapman no more, Harridan is forced to work as a crossing guard. When one of her former children, Crispin, gives Harridan a flower, it attracts bees, causing her to fight them off, inadvertently creating a traffic jam by shooing the bees away with her stop sign.

Cast

  • Eddie Murphy as Charlie Hinton, a former marketing executive who becomes the founder of Daddy Day Care
  • Jeff Garlin as Phil Ryerson, Charlie's best friend and co-founder of Daddy Day Care
  • Steve Zahn as Marvin, Charlie and Phil's former colleague
  • Regina King as Kim Hinton, Charlie’s wife and Ben’s mother
  • Anjelica Huston as Miss Gwyneth Harridan, the haughty headmistress of Chapman Academy
  • Khamani Griffin as Ben Hinton, Charlie’s son and one of the Daddy Day Care students
  • Kevin Nealon as Bruce, Crispin’s father and another former colleague of Charlie and Phil
  • Jonathan Katz as Dan Kubitz, a director of social services who brings Daddy Day Care up to regulation
  • Lacey Chabert as Jennifer, Harridan’s personal assistant
  • Max Burkholder as Max Ryerson, Phil’s son and one of the Daddy Day Care students
  • Jimmy Bennett as Tony/Flash, one of the Daddy Day Care students
  • Leila Arcieri as Kelli, Dylan's single mother and eventually Marvin's love interest
  • Shane Baumel as Crispin, one of the Daddy Day Care students
  • Elle Fanning as Jamie, one of the Daddy Day Care students
  • Felix Achille as Dylan, one of the Daddy Day Care students
  • Hailey Noelle Johnson as Becca, one of the Daddy Day Care students
  • Siobhan Fallon Hogan as Peggy
  • Arthur Young as Nicky, one of the Daddy Day Care students
  • Wallace Langham as Jim Fields, Charlie's former boss
  • Lisa Edelstein as Bruce's wife/Crispin's mother
  • Mark Griffin as Steve
  • Laura Kightlinger as Sheila

Cheap Trick appear as themselves at the Rock for Daddy Day Care charity event when they perform Surrender.

Production

Shooting began on August 1, 2002, in Los Angeles, California and wrapped on November 22.[2]

The film's poster was officially released in December of that year, with the tagline, D-Day is coming.[3]

Release

Critical reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, Daddy Day Care has an approval rating of 27% based on 132 reviews, with an average rating of 4.51/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Daddy Day Care does its job of babysitting the tots. Anyone older will probably be bored."[4] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 39 out of 100, based on 31 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[5] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.[6]

Todd McCarthy from Variety called it "scarcely more amusing than spending ninety minutes in a pre K classroom" and a "comically undernourished junk food snack".[7]

Box office

Despite the negative critical ratings, the film was a box office success, grossing over $160 million worldwide based on a $60 million budget.[1] The film was released in the United Kingdom on July 11, 2003, and opened at No. 3, behind Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and Bruce Almighty.[8] The next two weekends, the film moved down one place, before finally ending up at No. 10 on August 1.[9][10][11]

Sequels

Main articles: Daddy Day Camp and Grand-Daddy Day Care

Soon after the release of Daddy Day Care, Murphy was rumored to be involved in a sequel film, although he had not signed up for one.[12] A sequel was released on August 8, 2007, titled Daddy Day Camp, with Cuba Gooding Jr. replacing Murphy as Charlie Hinton and Sony once again distributing the film (this time under TriStar). The film was panned by critics, with a 1% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It won the Razzie Award for "Worst Prequel or Sequel". Another sequel, Grand-Daddy Day Care, was released on February 5, 2019, by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment on direct-to-video format. Da'Vone McDonald portrayed Charlie Hinton, who appears as a supporting character.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Daddy Day Care at Box Office Mojo
  2. ^ Kit, Zorianna (April 10, 2002). "Dolittle 2' team minds 'Day Care' for Revolution". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on April 20, 2002. Retrieved September 20, 2019 – via hive4media.com.
  3. ^ "Daddy Day Care (2003)". impawards.com. December 20, 2002. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  4. ^ "Daddy Day Care (2003)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  5. ^ Daddy Day Care at Metacritic Edit this at Wikidata
  6. ^ "Cinemascore". Archived from the original on 2018-12-20.
  7. ^ McCarthy, Todd (4 May 2003). "Daddy Day Care". Variety. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Weekend box office 11th July 2003 - 13th July 2003". www.25thframe.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Weekend box office 18th July 2003 - 20th July 2003". www.25thframe.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  10. ^ "Weekend box office 25th July 2003 - 27th July 2003". www.25thframe.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  11. ^ "Weekend box office 1st August 2003 - 3rd August 2003". www.25thframe.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  12. ^ "'Daddy Day Care' sequel planned". jam.canoe.com. August 13, 2003. Archived from the original on 2016-04-23. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
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