Daddy Day Care

Daddy Day Care ( Original title: Daddy Day Care ) is a comedy film made ​​in 2003 by director Steve Carr with Eddie Murphy in the lead role. Continue in 2007 was Daddy Day 2 under the title: published The holiday camp.

Action

Charlie Hinton is a busy executive in the marketing department of a food company. His wife, Kim has just started her job because of their son Ben as a lawyer again. A daycare is therefore urgently sought for the son. Since there are no alternatives in their area, they are forced to Ben in the strict and elitist kindergarten Chapman Academy of Beauty Hersher ( in the original: Mrs. Harridan ) enroll, which is also very expensive.

Charlie's attempt to introduce breakfast cereals based on vegetables as a new product for children, a bust, unhealthy products is chocolate-based selling, the better thus the entire department for health-conscious products is dissolved. Charlie and his former colleague Phil are suddenly unemployed.

When Charlie has even after several weeks not found a new job, the money is running out. The necessity is the mother of invention Charlie: He wants to exploit the gap in the market for child care in the area for himself and persuaded Phil to the fact that they open themselves a daycare in her home. They call this Daddy Day Care

After initial difficulties of kindergarten runs quite well, which also Mrs. Hersher, head of the elite kindergarten, must soon learn. Hersher now trying repeatedly to drive the kindergarten to ruin and incited them the heads of the supervisory authority on the neck. After 11 children attend the nursery and, according to regulations, at least one supervisor must come to five children, Charlie and Phil get their old work colleague Marvin, a Star Trek fan, do so.

Unexpectedly get Charlie and Phil from her former employer new jobs offered and accept this offer on a provisional basis, however, terminate immediately, as they realize that their children are more important. Charlie, Phil and Marvin move to new, larger premises and thus have even more success than before. Since the parents pull their children out of the Chapman Academy, Mrs. Hersher must close down and now stands as Schülerlotsin on the road. Your former assistant Jenny, however, changed sides and is now working for Daddy Day Care

Background

  • The cost of production was estimated at 60 million U.S. dollars. The film played in theaters in the USA a about 104 million U.S. dollars and 60 million U.S. dollars in the other countries.
  • In the scene in which a child reciting numbers in French, the numbers in German are spoken in the original English version. In the credits, the child is also mentioned as " German Speaking Boy".

Awards

  • David Newman won a BMI film music award 2004 for the score.
  • The trailer of the film was nominated for a Golden Trailer Award 2003.
  • Eddie Murphy and the film was nominated for Nick Kids' Choice Awards 2004.
  • Jimmy Bennett as well as the children's ensemble were each nominated for a Young Artist Award in 2004.

Film Music

  • Walking On Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves
  • Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas
  • I Want You Back by The Jackson Five
  • ABC by The Jackson Five
  • I Wanna Be Sedated by the Ramones
  • Ballroom Blitz by The Sweet
  • Surrender by Cheap Trick
  • In the scene, looking at the Charlie into the bathroom, you will hear the music from the movie Psycho
2003 in film Screenplay Film score David Newman (composer) Christopher Greenbury Golden Trailer Awards
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