The Pacifier (2005)
Average Rating: 3.7/10
Reviews Counted: 128
Fresh: 26 | Rotten: 102
Vin Diesel parodies his tough guy image for the family audience, but the result is only moderately amusing.
Average Rating: 3.4/10
Critic Reviews: 35
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 30
Vin Diesel parodies his tough guy image for the family audience, but the result is only moderately amusing.
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The toughest man in the American military faces a new kind of challenge -- looking after four kids in soccer-mom suburbia -- in this family-friendly comedy from Walt Disney Pictures. Shane Wolf (Vin Diesel) is a former Navy SEAL who was assigned to protect a scientist working on a top-secret defense project for the government. Despite Wolf's efforts, however, an assassin slipped past him and murdered the man he was guarding. The inventor's project is still being stored in his home, so Wolf has
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Cast
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Lauren Graham
Principal Claire Fletch... -
Vin Diesel
Shane Wolf -
Faith Ford
Julie Plummer -
Brittany Snow
Zoe -
Chris Potter
Capt. Bill Fawcett -
Morgan York
Lulu -
Scott Thompson
Director -
Carol Kane
Helga -
Brad Garrett
Vice Principal Murney -
Denis Akiyama
Mr. Chun -
Tsui Mung-Ling
Mrs. Chun -
Tate Donovan
Howard Plummer -
Billy Oliver
Male Customer -
David Smukler
Dialect Coach -
Shane Cardwell
Teacher -
Charlie Haugk
Stagehand -
David Lipper
Cute Cop -
Kyle Schmid
Scott -
Matt Purdy
Wrestler -
David Sparrow
FBI Agent -
Jeff Podgurski
Serbian -
Seth Howard
Wood Woodchuck Manager -
Valerie Boyle
Nuns-nazis -
Tommy Chang
Showroom Cleaner -
Jean Pearson
Swiss Banker -
John MacDonald
Car Salesman -
Taryn Ash
Female Customer -
Hank Amos
Serbian Gunner -
Robert Thomas
Construction Worker -
Silver Kim
Nun -
Catherine Burdon
Teacher -
Alison Lynn
Maria -
Keegan Hoover
Peter -
Logan Hoover
Peter -
Bo Vink
Baby Tyler -
Luke Vink
Baby Tyler -
Gabriel Antonacci
Capt. Von Trapp -
Mary Pitt
Brigitta -
Dan Sutcliffe
Friedrich -
Vanessa Cobham
Gretl -
Jordan Allison
Kurt -
Rachael Dolan
Louisa -
Charlotte Szivak
Marta -
Toya Alexis
Mother Abbess -
Karla Jang
Nun -
Robert Yeretch
Nazis -
Scott Hurst
Nazi -
Christie Allaire
Cheerleader -
Stephanie Allaire
Cheerleader -
Amy Allicock
Cheerleader -
Helena Chow
Cheerleader -
Joella Crichton
Cheerleader -
Laura Jeanes
Cheerleader -
Rebecca Priestley
Cheerleader -
Alexander Conti
Little Boy -
Tip Fong
Cute Cop's Partner -
Maria Georgas
Fireflies -
Nikki Shah
Fireflies -
Jordan Todosey
Fireflies -
Emi Yaguchi-Chow
Fireflies -
Demetrius Joyette
First Junior Grizzly -
Christopher Lortie
Second Junior Grizzly -
Sotiri Georgas
Grizzlies -
Steven Georgas
Grizzlies -
Gannon Racki
Grizzlies -
Marcus Hutchings
FBI Agent -
Miriam Laurence
Dialect Coach -
Christian Laurin
Marcel -
Curtis Parker
Wrestler -
Cade Courtley
Wyatt (Navy S.E.A.L. #2... -
Michael Quintero
Navy S.E.A.L #3 -
Cameron Hickox
Navy S.E.A.L #4 -
Cassius Clay
Boat Captain -
F. Valentino Morales
Serbian -
Scott Reiff
Serbian Pilot -
Robert Bastens
Vin Diesel Stand In -
Evelyn Kaye
Piano Accompanist
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All Critics (131) | Top Critics (35) | Fresh (26) | Rotten (105) | DVD (29)
Per its title, The Pacifier will lull you to sleep.
Top CriticThere is no pleasure, guilty or otherwise, to be found in The Pacifier.
[An] unintentional fascist satire.
A yawn-by-numbers romper-room dud that is nevertheless shrewd enough to tweak its star, Vin Diesel, for becoming a joke in less time than it took him to become an action hero.
It's so awful. This reminds me, every once in a while on television they'll show failed sitcom pilots that never got picked up by the networks, and this has the feel of something like that.
Of course it's a PG movie, but do family audiences deserve stupid and trite stories?
A crass, crude, and overly-familiar comedy.
It might have been a good career move for Diesel, who cut his teeth on high-octane action, but the script needs a lift and the direction feels lackluster.
Diesel has amply shown his star presence already, and he may even have a flair for comedy (if Hulk Hogan did, why shouldn't he?), but he gets no chance to prove it here.
It's almost as if the writers got carried away with brainstorming all the funny things they could do with Vin Diesel's character.
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At one point, Diesel literally wades into a rancid sewer and emerges covered in feces, an image that sadly doubles as a metaphor for his career.
a nice, safe family film
Frankly, to call The Pacifier a "cookie cutter" movie is an insult to the folks who actually make cookie cutters.
The film doesn't succeed on any level.
I realize this is The Pacifier and not Vera Drake, but how this film strains credulity smacks of contempt for a paying audience
Children under the age of 12 and teenagers who never set foot in a library might get some cheap thrills out of this refuse.
Fails on both an emotional and comedic level.
Audience Reviews for The Pacifier
Super Reviewer
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- Vice Principal Murney: You mess with the bull, you get the horns.
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- Lulu: I want you to have this. [giving family photo] Because I want you to never forget me.
- Shane Wolf: I will never forget you.
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- Lulu: Why are your boobs so big?
- Shane Wolf: They're not boobs!
- Lulu: Do you have to wear a bra?
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