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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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About as much fun as being given a wedgie and hung from the camp flagpole.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
08/08/07
Liam Lacey
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
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Other than being silly most of the time and stupid on occasion, there is nothing offensive about Daddy Day Camp.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
08/08/07
Bruce Kirkland
Bruce Kirkland
Jam! Movies

Poison ivy jokes. Poop jokes. Runaway bus jokes. Young love jokes. Skunk jokes. Some fake fatherly tender moments. Vomit jokes. This film has them all.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
08/08/07
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News

Owes more to the third or fourth sequel to Meatballs and other character-building summer-camp comedies than it does to Daddy Day Care, with neither director Fred Savage or the writers inclined to come up with a single original idea.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
08/08/07
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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Predictable as any TV sitcom.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
08/08/07
Sue Pierman
Sue Pierman
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Some would argue that kids aren't as jaded as adults, and will enjoy an agonizingly unfunny experience like Daddy Day Camp just fine. Using the same rationale, you could feed them Alpo.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment 2 Comments
08/08/07
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune

Daddy Day Camp, the unexpected sequel to 2003's barely watchable comedy Daddy Day Care, is superior to its inspiration in one very significant way. It's three minutes shorter.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
08/08/07
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News

Daddy Day Camp, a comedy for no ages, has an amazing amount of CGI -- Cuba Gooding Incompetence.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment 1 Comment
08/08/07
Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith
New York Post
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As one might anticipate with a comedy about children and the outdoors, a lot of screen time is devoted to bodily noises and throwing up.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
08/08/07
Jan Stuart
Jan Stuart
Newsday
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The worst kind of sequel. No original stars or director, just a cobbled-together script by one of the writers of Daddy Day Care. There should have been a big red flag when Eddie Murphy declined to appear.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
08/08/07
Kip Mooney
Kip Mooney
Dallas Morning News

The film exercises some restraint (by today's low standards, anyway) in its deployment of poop and fart jokes. I counted only two crotch wallops (the new pratfall) and just a single incident of projectile vomiting.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
08/08/07
Gianni Truzzi
Gianni Truzzi
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

What's worse than a listless sequel to a terrible movie? How about a listless sequel with a far less interesting cast than the first film.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
08/08/07
Tom Keogh
Tom Keogh
Seattle Times

Have your little ones already seen Ratatouille and rented Thunderpants?

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
08/08/07
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Not quite as funny as a perforated ulcer.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
08/08/07
Geoff Pevere
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star
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This terrible sequel to a bad movie was directed by Fred Savage, the now-grown star of The Wonder Years, though there's no evidence of any behind-the-scenes adult supervision.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
08/08/07
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

The antics of cute or precocious children can't save this mess.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
08/08/07
Claudia Puig
Claudia Puig
USA Today

It's a bit sad to see this talented, Oscar-winning actor reduced to taking Murphy's cast-off parts, but Gooding does fine with what the movie gives him.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
08/08/07
Will Crain
Will Crain
San Francisco Chronicle

If the movie is relentless low-brow swill, its splattery good cheer makes it hard to hate. Just go in expecting the expected, and maybe bring a tarp.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
08/08/07
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe

It's gotten to the point where Gooding's presence on a marquee practically guarantees we'll be bashing our heads against the seat in front of us.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
08/08/07
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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An excruiciating stew of kindergarten-level toilet humor and absurd (and false) sentimentality...

Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
08/08/07
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher
 
 
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