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Daddy Day Camp (2007)

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Reviews Counted:73

Fresh:1

Rotten:72

Average Rating:2.4/10

Consensus: Daddy Day Camp relies too heavily on bodily functions for comedic effect, resulting in plenty of gags but no laughs.

Rated: PG

Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Genre: Childrens

Theatrical Release:Aug 8, 2007 Wide

Box Office: $13,155,823

Synopsis: Fred Savage makes his feature-film directorial debut in this sequel to DADDY DAY CARE. Charlie Hinton (Cuba Gooding,Jr.) and Phil Ryerson (Paul Rae) decide to parlay the success of their "Daddy Day... Fred Savage makes his feature-film directorial debut in this sequel to DADDY DAY CARE. Charlie Hinton (Cuba Gooding,Jr.) and Phil Ryerson (Paul Rae) decide to parlay the success of their "Daddy Day Care" into day camps in order to save Camp Driftwood. Once the crème de la crème of camps, Driftwood has seen better days, while rival Camp Canola has become a hot property featuring paint ball, dirt bikes, and jet skis. Charlie and Phil buy the camp in order to save it, only to find themselves completely out of their element, which becomes painfully obvious on the first day of camp. With foreclosure impending, Charlie swallows his pride and calls in the ultimate reinforcement: his father, Colonel Buck Hinton (Richard Gant). Of course, Buck and his son have completely different child-rearing styles, leading to some tension as the elder Hinton tries to whip Driftwood's motley campers into shape for the annual Olympiad with Camp Canola. DADDY DAY CAMP serves up lessons about the importance of teamwork, honesty, believing in yourself, and following your dreams. And the campers are not the only ones who learn important lessons; both Charlie and Buck learn to be better fathers and to appreciate each other despite their differences. Gooding and Rae step into the roles originated by Eddie Murphy and Jeff Garlin in the first film. Brian Doyle-Murray appears briefly as Uncle Morty, the camp's owner, and Lochlyn Munro is amusing as Charlie's childhood nemesis, Lance Warner. But the real stars of this film are the campers, who are subjected to endless nature walks, bus crashes, and commando raids by Canola campers. Spencir Bridges, son of actor Todd Bridges, plays Charlie's son, Ben. [More]

Starring: Cuba Gooding, Lochlyn Munro, Richard Gant, Tamala Jones

Starring: Cuba Gooding, Lochlyn Munro, Richard Gant, Tamala Jones, Paul Rae, Brian Doyle-Murray

Director: Fred Savage

Director: Fred Savage
Screenwriter: Geoff Rodkey, J. David Stem, David N. Weiss
Story: Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow, Geoff Rodkey
Producer: William Sherak, Jason Shuman, John Davis
Composer: Jim Dooley
Studio: Columbia Tristar

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Lights out.

Full Review Source: Maxim | comment Comment
08/10/07
Pete Hammond
Pete Hammond
Maxim

A generic time-waster powered by a lazy, cynical combination of scatological kiddie humor and maudlin sentiment.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
08/10/07
Nathan Rabin
Nathan Rabin
AV Club

At least it will not suck anybody's will to live.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
08/10/07
Pam Grady
Pam Grady
Reel.com

Here’s to hoping that the pint-sized thespians who play those kids -- barely blessed with names, let alone personalities -- don’t mistake the lame lessons of the adults around them on the set of Daddy Day Camp as a master class in comedic acting.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
08/10/07
Chad Greene
Chad Greene
Boxoffice Magazine

An extended sitcom for kids, with very little to entertain adults.

Full Review Source: Cinematical | comment Comment
08/10/07
Jette Kernion
Jette Kernion
Cinematical

This kinder and gentler sequel features the main characters from Daddy Day Care but with a different cast.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
08/09/07
M. K. Terrell
M. K. Terrell
Christian Science Monitor

The juvenile actors come off as movie brats, and the pacing is slowed by treacly speeches about father-son bonding. As a child star on The Wonder Years, director Fred Savage worked with some of TV's best, but you'd never guess it from this.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
08/09/07
Andrea Gronvall
Andrea Gronvall
Chicago Reader

Because he's an Oscar winner with a rep now for headlining turkeys, watching Cuba Gooding Jr. in trash like Daddy Day Camp almost hurts.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
08/09/07
Gregory Kirschling
Gregory Kirschling
Entertainment Weekly

There’s no point being highbrow about a film that relies on the typical fart-puke-nuts-kaboom brand of family comedy, but [director] Savage’s lethargic, impersonal approach can’t even make Camp’s gross-out moments appropriately revolting.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
08/09/07
Tim Grierson
Tim Grierson
L.A. Weekly

A treacly underdog story with kids who are either stereotypes or miniature adults, with the real adults engaged in bug-eyed mugging and limb-waving that would have been too broad for silent movies.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
08/09/07
Frank Lovece
Frank Lovece
Film Journal International

Cuba 'Show me the money!' Gooding, Jr. stars in this utterly predictable, unfunny, infantile test of patience and waste of ninety minutes of my life I can never get back. Show me the exit!

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
08/09/07
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
NewsBlaze

One of the most inept movies a Hollywood studio has ever unleashed.

Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | comment Comment
08/09/07
Joe Williams
Joe Williams
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Much time is spent waiting for a methane-filled toilet to explode, an incident that only begins to approximate the visceral experience of watching this movie.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
08/09/07
Joshua Land
Joshua Land
Time Out New York

The script... is a lumpy mess that mixes slapstick potty humor with ponderous father-son confrontation and reconciliation - neither of them staged effectively.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
08/08/07
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

Perhaps a productive use for Daddy Day Camp may be found among death row inmates who wish to make their final minutes feel like weeks.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Daily News | comment Comment
08/08/07
Gary Thompson
Gary Thompson
Philadelphia Daily News

It's all obtusely broad and ridiculous, and the dreaded 'life lessons' drag it out interminably.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
08/08/07
Dezhda Gaubert
Dezhda Gaubert
E! Online

Daddy Day Camp should just limp off to the nurse's tent and call it quits.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
08/08/07
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

Well, what did anyone expect Daddy Day Camp to be?

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment 31 Comments
08/08/07
Fred Topel
Fred Topel
Hollywood.com

The acting is atrocious and more obvious than you see in many high school or college productions. The jokes are stale. The storyline is so predictable, I'll bet nearly everyone in the theater will guess what happens next.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
08/08/07
Bill Zwecker
Bill Zwecker
Chicago Sun-Times

Daddy Day Camp is a recruiting poster for kids, insisting that there's no domestic problem that military values can't solve.

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08/08/07
Matt Zoller Seitz
Matt Zoller Seitz
New York Times
 
 
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