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, Anjelica Huston

1 win & 6 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 Hogan	...	Peggy
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:

breakfast cereal | quitting a job | sabotage | laid off | face painting | 

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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

Country:

USA

Language:

English Klingon German

Release Date:

9 May 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Daddy Day Care

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

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?

Trivia

Charlie's car is a, 2000 Mercedes-Benz CLK [A208].

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Goofs

When Charlie and Phil remove what appears to be a beehive, it is actually a hornet nest.

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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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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.

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Connections

References Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

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Soundtracks

Mannish Boy
Written by Melvin London, Bo Diddley (as Elias McDaniel), and Muddy Waters (as McKinley Morganfield)

User Reviews

Good Family Entertainment

Eddie Murphy and Jeff Garlin are two fathers who lose their jobs in product development at a large food company and decide to set up their very own day care centre. Using unconventional methods 'Daddy Day Care' starts to catch on, bringing with it the rivalry from Anjelica Huston who runs the Chapman academy and has already driven all the other competitors out of business.

Daddy Day Care really is fun for all the family and has a cast of characters that you will genuinely care about, Murphy, Garlin and Huston; along with the children all give fine performances making Daddy Day Care a hit.

6/10