Daddy Day Care (2003)

Two men 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.

Director:

Steve Carr

Writer:

Geoff Rodkey

Stars:

Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin, Steve Zahn

1 win & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Eddie Murphy	...	Charlie Hinton
Jeff Garlin	...	Phil
Steve Zahn	...	Marvin
Regina King	...	Kim Hinton
Kevin Nealon	...	Bruce
Jonathan Katz	...	Dan Kubitz
Siobhan Fallon	...	Peggy (as Siobhan Fallon Hogan)
Lisa Edelstein	...	Crispin's Mom
Lacey Chabert	...	Jenny
Laura Kightlinger	...	Sheila
Leila Arcieri	...	Kelli
Anjelica Huston	...	Mrs. Gwyneth Harridan
Khamani Griffin	...	Ben Hinton
Max Burkholder	...	Max
Arthur Young	...	Nicky

Storyline

In the comedy Daddy Day Care, 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 sidesplitting methods of caring for children. As "Daddy Day Care" starts to catch on, it launches them into a highly comedic rivalry with Chapman Academy's tough-as-nails director... who has driven all previous competitors out of business.

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Plot Keywords:

father | laid off | children | day care center | golf | 

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Taglines:

Who's your daddy?

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Genres:

Comedy | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for language

Details

Official Sites:

official site Sony

Country:

USA

Language:

English Klingon German

Release Date:

9 May 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Der Kindergarten Daddy

Filming Locations:

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

Box Office

Budget:

$60,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$433,709 (Italy) (31 October 2003)

Gross:

$1,894,325 (France) (31 October 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Revolution Studios, Davis Entertainment, Day Care Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Charlie is reading "Green Eggs and Ham," the girl with glasses is seen with only her plate of food, with no book in front of her. But in the next shot she is reading along with her own book.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Ben: Good morning, Daddy.
Charlie Hinton: Hey, Ben, how you doing, man?
[yawn]
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.

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Crazy Credits

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

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Connections

Followed by Daddy Day Camp (2007)

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Soundtracks

"Takin' Care Of Business"
Written by Randy Bachman
Performed by Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

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.