Abysmal.
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04/19/05
The Pacifier (2005)
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Reviews Counted:126
Fresh:26
Rotten:100
Average Rating:3.7/10
Consensus: Vin Diesel parodies his tough guy image for the family audience, but the result is only moderately amusing.
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Childrens
Synopsis: Vin Diesel is great as a navy seal turned babysitter in this kid-friendly action comedy. A botched rescue mission (brimming with stunts) results in the death of a scientist and the hospitalization... [More]
Starring: Vin Diesel, Lauren Graham, Faith Ford, Carol Kane
Director: Adam Shankman
Reviews for The Pacifier
Top CriticThe film doesn't succeed on any level.
07/05/05
For what it is--lazily written fluff--the film's extremely entertaining.
03/24/05
Fails on both an emotional and comedic level.
06/25/05
Top CriticBasically, this is Big Vin’s Kindergarten Cop and your enjoyment of it will depend on just how much of a Vin fan you are.
05/26/05
A by-the-books Disney family film. If this is what you are looking for, Diesel delivers an easy, goodwill charm. The preview audience embraced it.
03/01/05
Vin Diesel finally does a decent film. This isn't a laugh out loud comedy but it is a pleasant experience that will give you a few chuckles. Worth a matinee ticket.
03/04/05
Squarely a kids' film, but mom and dad will have some fun too.
03/02/05
Embarrassingly true to form.
03/02/05
The tinny dialogue of the clumsy screenplay stumbles over the simplest moments of exposition and revelation and Adam Shankman's anonymous direction is plodding at best...
03/04/05
As stinky as the diapers star Vin Diesel constantly keeps sticking his hands in.
03/04/05
The good news is that the film accelerates just when Vin Diesel’s acting ability starts to wane.
06/07/05
Vin Diesel is better than the material, but, no matter how hard he tries, he can't rise above the puerile screenplay.
03/03/05
An abysmal comedy.
03/04/05
Blah comedy.
03/04/05
Following in the footsteps of the Arnolds and the Sylvesters before him, Vin Diesel pulls off a nice comic performance in the otherwise gushy The Pacifier.
03/04/05
The movie plays like it was cobbled together from sheetrock and carpet tacks, this makes The Pacifier just worth your children's time, and hardly worth yours.
03/04/05
To those who think critics are too hard on movies...I ask, can you tell the difference between a Pacifier and a School of Rock? Family films don't have to suck.
03/03/05
a nice, safe family film
07/22/05
I realize this is The Pacifier and not Vera Drake, but how this film strains credulity smacks of contempt for a paying audience
07/04/05
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