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Movie Info

When straight-laced fire superintendent Jake Carson and his elite team of firefighters come to the rescue of three siblings, they quickly realize that no amount of training could prepare them for their most challenging job yet -- babysitting. As their lives, jobs and depot get turned upside down, the three men soon learn that children -- much like fires -- are wild and unpredictable.
  • Rating:
    PG (Rude Humor|Mild Peril|Some Suggestive Material)
  • Genre:
    comedy
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Andy Fickman
  • Producer:
    Todd Garner, Sean Robins
  • Writer:
    Dan Ewen, Matt Lieberman
  • Release Date (Theaters):
     wide
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  • Box Office (Gross USA):
    $20.5M
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  • Production Co:
    Paramount Pictures
  • Aspect Ratio:
    Flat (1.85:1)

Cast & Crew

John Cena
Jake
Judy Greer
Dr. Amy Hicks
Keegan-Michael Key
Mark
John Alberto Leguizamo
Rodrigo
Brianna Hildebrand
Brynn
Dennis Haysbert
Commander Richards
Christian Convery
Will
Finley Rose Slater
Zoey
Tyler Mane
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Andy Fickman
Director
Dan Ewen
Screenwriter
Matt Lieberman
Screenwriter
Todd Garner
Producer
Sean Robins
Producer
Mark Moran
Executive Producer
Dean Semler
Cinematographer
Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir
Film Editor
Nathan Wang
Original Music
Brent Thomas
Production Design
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  • There is an OK movie trapped in here. It needs someone to helicopter in and lift it out.

    December 30, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

    Stephen Romei

    The Australian

  • It turns out that sluggishly edited shots of big men pushing trolleys and buying plush toys is not, in fact, an adequate replacement for writing some funny lines.

    December 29, 2019 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…

    Wendy Ide

    Observer (UK)

  • The cast are so willing to put their egos aside -- like a children's party clown on their last resort -- that it's easy to be won over by all the goodwill on show.

    December 27, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

    Clarisse Loughrey

    Independent (UK)

  • As they used to say in Mad magazine: yecch.

    December 19, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

    Peter Bradshaw

    Guardian

  • This might matter if we had been encouraged to care more about the kids' fate, but the script is so bad that you care instead about the actors and their vain efforts to do something with its cliches.

    December 11, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

    Sandra Hall

    Sydney Morning Herald

  • Playing with Fire makes increasingly strange choices that feel feel like the film itself is mocking the people who the smokejumpers have to save.

    November 25, 2019 | Rating: 0.5/5 | Full Review…

    Roxana Hadadi

    Chesapeake Family Magazine
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