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Daddy Day Care

All movies, for me, have underlying themes that always seem to surface, even when they are not called upon. Daddy Day Care, though starring two comedic goofballs (meant to be put in the most positive light), Eddie Murphy and Jeff Garlin, seems to have underlying themes which display the importance of the development of a child's natural Self, as well as the need to be able to step up to the plate and handle your business whenever the time comes for one to do as such. OK, let me go ahead and translate that into layman's terms. I don't want to lose anyone.

Charlie (Eddie Murphy) and Phil (Jeff Garlin) are marketing execs that wind up in a position to promote a terrible idea for a children's cereal; this winds up costing them their "employed" status. The two fathers consequently become stay-at-home daddies, and are no longer able to afford the prestigious but disturbed educational facility to which all the successful parents in the community send their little darlings. The school is headed by the spookiest woman on earth (on a good day), Chapman Academy's own Cruella DeVil, Mrs. Harridan (Angelica Huston).

The marketing execs turned stay-at-home daddies are compelled to open up a child-care facility to the public to fulfill their financial obligations, as well as to build tighter relationships with their own little darlings. No one ever said this venture would be easy, I mean come on, we're talking about businessmen attempting to mother a bunch of hyperactive four-year-olds: a sad situation.

Not sad enough to be unsuccessful, however, because after all the kicks in the crotches, crushed feet, feces-filled bathrooms (which by the way was just nasty), and hyperactivity, the daddies realize that they would rather play significant roles in their children’s development than market impractical children's cereals. Besides, Charlie said the cereals were too high in sugar and that mommies all over the world would just say "no." How sensible.

Director Steve Carr does a good job of accurately depicting the behaviors of four-year-olds, both at their worst and at their best. He and Eddie Murphy obviously do family movies really well, so I say, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."

I'd definitely spend another 92 minutes of my life watching this movie with my nephews or children that enjoy seeing their peers act up on screen. I would not suggest, however, taking a child under the age of four; my daughter was all over the theater looking for a bell she'd lost. The only time she paid attention was when one of the little rascals in the movie kicked someone or dismantled something; she just thought that was too funny!

Written by: Nola Mokeyane

Reviewers Rating: 8
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