Daddy Day Camp
| Daddy Day Camp | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Fred Savage |
| Written by | Geoff Rodkey |
| Produced by | Matt Berenson John Davis Wyck Godfrey |
| Starring | Cuba Gooding, Jr. Paul Rae Lochlyn Munro Tamala Jones Spencir Bridges Richard Gant Josh McLerran Talon Ackerman Brian Doyle-Murray |
| Cinematography | Steven B. Poster |
| Edited by | Christopher Greenbury |
| Music by | James Dooley |
| Distributed by | Revolution Studios for TriStar Pictures Sony Pictures Entertainment |
Release dates | August 8, 2007 |
Running time | 93 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $6 million |
| Box office | $18.2 million |
Daddy Day Camp also known as Daddy Day Care 2 is a 2007 film comedy directed by Fred Savage. A sequel to Daddy Day Care, all returning characters were recast, with Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding, Jr. assuming the lead role of Eddie Murphy. The film was produced by Revolution Studios for TriStar Pictures. The DVD was released on December 25, 2007.
Plot
After opening Daddy Day Care, Charlie (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and Phil (Paul Rae) decide to expand their business and buys a dilapidated camp they attended as kids, turning it into Daddy Day Camp. The two men soon faces foreclosure, low enrollment, and plenty of repairs. The few kids that remain at the camp eventually band together when Charlie's father, Col. Buck Hinton (Richard Gant), starts to control the whole camp and eventually the kids start to form a team instead of fighting each other. They then battle the rival day camp in an Olympiad. In the end, the kids prevail and more kids come to the camp saving Camp Driftwood from foreclosure.
Cast
- Cuba Gooding Jr. as Charlie Hinton
- Paul Rae as Phil
- Lochlyn Munro as Lance Warner
- Richard Gant as Col. Buck Hinton
- Spencir Bridges as Ben Hinton
- Josh McLerran as Dale
- Tamala Jones as Kim Hinton
- Brian Doyle-Murray as "Uncle" Morty
- Heath Ledger as Christian Widmark/Brownie the Tibetan Bear (cameo appearance)
Reception
Daddy Day Camp currently holds 1% on Rotten Tomatoes and 13 on Metacritic with 18 reviews. The film received a rare "F" from The A.V. Club.[1] On its first day of release, the film came in a mediocre 9th place with $773,706. Its opening weekend totalled just $3,402,678 in over 2,000 screens.
The film received five Razzie nominations, including Worst Picture, and "won" the award for Worst Prequel or Sequel.
Film critic Fred Topel of Hollywood.com stands alone as the only critic represented on RottenTomatoes.com's "Tomatometer" to give the film a "fresh" (positive) rating.[2][3]