VividSimon Simply Perfect

HeadlinesExotic Boring

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

MartinHafer Wow. I can only assume that either Cuba Gooding Jr.'s agent is crazy. How else can an actor go from an Oscar-winning performance in "Jerry McGuire" to making crap like "Daddy Day Camp" in a decade? As the expression goes...."my how the mighty have fallen"! Here, you know you are in for trouble when this film is meant as a DVD sequel, of sorts, to an Eddie Murphy comedy--a man whose taste in film projects in recent years has also been baffling to say the least! Both men play the same character, Charlie Hinton, and I guess we are to assume he's been through a major accident and massive plastic surgery between films--only this would explain how much Charlie has changed! So why would I choose to watch a film that from all appearances will be crap? After all, in addition to the down and out Gooding, the film also has the distinction of being on IMDb's Bottom 100 list--the 100 lowest rated films with at least 1500 ratings. Well, by this point, I've done over 8000 reviews and I've gotten bored. After watching a lot of foreign, art and independent films, I have recently decided to try watching the very worst there is to offer as a change of pace! I've already seen 41 of the 50 worst films from the Harry Medved book ("The Fifty Worst Films of All Time") and since the other 9 just don't seem to be available, I'm now working on IMDb's list. This particular film is about the 55th film from this list I have seen. Wow, am I a glutton for punishment!! But also, I like laughing at the ineptness of many of these films--they often really are unintentionally funny. Of course, occasionally they are just horrible...period.The film begins with a Black actor and a White actor (just like in "Daddy Day Care"--just with different actors). They are trying to find the perfect summer day camp experience for their kids. They hit upon the lame idea of re-opening the camp that they'd gone to as kids--as it's bankrupt and COULD be run successfully if they use their "Daddy Day Care" method they used in the last film.As for the camp, the kids and their parents are all kooky characters (or is it 'caricatures'?. Of course, things soon completely fall apart at first and things look dire for the future of the camp--especially when the folks at Camp Canola (who bear a lot of similarity to the folks at Cobra Kai) try to put them out of business and buy their land. But, given that this is a Hollywood film, you can safely assume that against all odds, everything will magically work out by the end of the movie. So what is their secret for making it all work? Charlie brings in his drill sergeant-like father, the Colonel, to help run things--since he is an organized man of action. And, of course, there is the obligatory sports competition between the nice camp and the evil one. Overall, the film isn't quite as bad as you might think, though it's all formulaic and predictable and has every cliché this sort of film could possibly have. Now I am not saying it's good--but it's also pretty harmless entertainment for kids. However, I can't imagine teens or parents watching this poorly written fluff and actually enjoying it because the writing is amazingly broad and the humor awfully dim.

mohan_i I had the misfortune of watching two extremely lousy movies on the television in the space of one evening and by the end I was on the verge of tearing my hair out at the sheer absurdity of it all...the first movie was Daddy day camp & the second was Bone eater...at least the latter was a cheap anonymous sci-fi made on a shoe-string budget, with forgettable actors and probably produced with no other intention than to earn some bucks & cater to the large number of fans who love to watch cheap horror movies...Daddy day camp does not have the same luxury for being an annoying, irritating imitation of a movie because 1) it is a sequel to a popular movie 2) it features well known actors and 3) I bet it was not made on a lean budget...I do not understand the propensity of filmmakers for making sequels of successful movies especially when it is obvious that they are half-hearted efforts at best...they persist even when the actors from the original movie refuse to star in the sequel & to top it all, no one producing the sequel invests half the brains or efforts the second time...the result is an atrocious, pretentious, annoying, embarrassing waste...I also fail to understand why filmmakers think that fans of the original movie will watch the crap sequel (just for the heck of it? ) & somehow turn it into another hit...Cuba Gooding Jr fails miserably as the lead actor...at certain points he seems plain embarrassed to be in this pathetic movie...he contorts his face, screams, hams, does everything to try and look funny, but fails...the plot of the movie is stupid beyond belief...too improbable...too many clichés to the point of being utterly predictable...the kids in the movie (even those who are supposed to be good) are irritating & not at all cute...It is basically about this guy (Cuba gooding) running a day care center successfully for 7 years, along with his side kick...he also has a wife & kid and he takes the kid to the same camp (driftwood) he himself visited when he was small...predictably the camp is running into a loss with the competition running a much more profitable camp which is flush with funds...predictably the customers (read kids & their parents) prefer the new camp with its technological marvels as compared to driftwood which relies on old fashioned attractions...also predictably the new camp is run by a super-rich brat who has his sights on driftwood...Our guy purchases the camp, against his better instincts, intending to turn it around and the old geezer who is the part-owner (& who has been running the show for several years) promptly leaves for a vacation leaving behind a consultant who doesn't have a clue...at one point after many mishaps, the consultant makes a remark like "I just joined" in a casual way...WTF...doesn't the guy care for his job? i think it is intended to prove to the viewers that they will make things happen against all odds (& incompetent employees)...boringly predictable too is the attempts by cuba to restore the camp to working order & the mishaps that follow on subsequent visits by kids...for guys who have been running a successful daycare for several years, they are pretty clueless about how to entertain the children as well as how to make profits...also when the competition camp goes on a rampage, more than once, why was the police not informed? maybe so that more histronics could be included ? this movie is brainless, mind numbing crap & only succeeds in infuriating the hell out of well meaning viewers...

freakfire-1 You have go to be kidding me. This movie actually got the budget and the go ahead to be made? Were the people at the studio so cheap that they wouldn't even afford the original main actors? I am shocked this sequel to "Daddy Day Care" was given to Cuba Gooding Jr. Besides the latest Land Before Time sequel, what else has he done? And why did they get people that only sound and maybe slightly look like original cast members? If they were going to use sub-par actors, Richard Karn needed some work. I sure he and Cuba would work out fine together.The cheesy sequel revolves around a camp that is about to be destroyed, which sounds like "Ernest Goes to Camp" in my opinion. But have no fear, Cuba is here! He somehow, through movie magic, saves the day. I don't need to go into details because it has been done one-hundred times before with a better cast and acting.This movie is deserving of its Razzie Award. I am disappointed it didn't win more of them. "F"

hedin_88 i saw the first part in the cinema and the second ant home, not expecting much. I was right, the movie was boring and not much funny at all, the first thing was that Eddie Murphy was missing, he did an great job in the first part and gave a lot to the humorous part of the movie. This second part had a more serious lead actor that does bot seem to be funny enough. The idea was also a bit boring and one-sided. Predictable and lacking reality. The kinds also had no idea about acting and that had its on contribution to the boringness of the movie. What else to say than the characters were not developed enough... one by one, the puzzle shows to be boring, predictable and plain humor. But hey, the movie is made for those younger folks and if they don't give a damn about the acting and the story, still like it. The first one is a great family movie but the second is just too childish....