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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:19-10-2007

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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Parents! Hire a bouncy castle. Put on clown paint and make balloon animals. You need not see this.

Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph | comment Comment
10/19/07
Tim Robey
Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph
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An unnecessary and unlovable sequel to the Eddie Murphy vehicle Daddy Day Care, though this time the producers have traded down to Cuba Gooding Jr. Not recommended.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
10/19/07
Robert Hanks
Robert Hanks
Independent

Criminally lazy follow-up to the syrupy family comedy Daddy Day Care.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
10/19/07
Cath Clarke
Cath Clarke
Guardian [UK]
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Never work with children or animals. Unless you're a child or an animal, in which case, never work with Cuba Gooding Jnr.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
10/19/07
Jamie Russell
Jamie Russell
BBC
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Follow US audiences’ lead – pitch your cinematic tent elsewhere.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
10/19/07
James White
James White
Total Film

Daddy D-Day for Cuba’s career.

Full Review Source: Sky Movies | comment Comment
10/19/07
Rob Daniel
Rob Daniel
Sky Movies

Worse than you can possibly imagine - no, really!

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
10/19/07
Alan Morrison
Alan Morrison
Empire Magazine
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Desperately unfunny, badly written sequel that's essentially a mish-mash of tired cliches, fart gags and genuinely terrible performances. One to avoid.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
10/18/07
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

While the actors in Daddy Day Camp may be different, the tired and predictable storyline full of jokes involving urinating, flatulence, burping, vomiting and crotch shots remains the same.

Full Review Source: Watertown Daily Times | comment Comment
07/22/08
Adam Tobias
Adam Tobias
Watertown Daily Times

I can't think of a single kind word to say about this unfortunate family comedy which is unoriginal, predictable, schmaltzy and bland.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
11/22/07
Urban Cinefile Critics
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Forgettable camp comedy is fine for kiddie laughs.

Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | comment Comment
10/31/07
Sandie Angulo Chen
Sandie Angulo Chen
Common Sense Media

Whatever happened to Cuba Gooding Jr.'s career?

Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment Comment
08/29/07
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

Watching children act, when it's bad, is on par with having a tooth pulled; and suffice it to say, the adult acting is not much better.

Full Review Source: IGN Movies | comment Comment
08/22/07
IGN Movies

If your idea of fun is an hour and a half surrounded by screaming, whining, vomiting children, then this may be your movie.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
08/19/07
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

While Danica McKellar is busy extolling the virtues of mathematics to young females of America, her erstwhile leading man Fred Savage can be found toiling for a far less noble cause.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
08/19/07
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

If you like your outhouse humor explosive then this 'Camp's for you!

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08/18/07
David N. Butterworth
David N. Butterworth
rec.arts.movies.reviews

...original stars Eddie Murphy and Jeff Garlin have wisely chosen to be absent this time around.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/17/07
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

Doesn't attain the acute awfulness of last week's Bratz -- but also lacks the grim 'end of civilization as we know it' fascination of that discharge of dumbness.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
08/15/07
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Just horrible.

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment Comment
08/14/07
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper

Daddy Day Camp is a perfect family film for the blind and deaf.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
08/12/07
Michael Ferraro
Michael Ferraro
Film Threat
 
 
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