Spring Break
Daddy Day Camp gets lost at box office
Marla Horenbein
Issue date: 9/12/07 Section: Entertainment
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09/12/07 - From the studio that brought you the hilarious comedy Daddy Day Care comes the unfunny and disappointing sequel, Daddy Day Camp, and to be quite frank, the movie bombed at box offices all across the country.
Daddy Day Camp, which received an average of 2.4 out of 10 on the notable www.Rottentomatos.com but a surprising four stars on www.Moviefone.com, was directed by Fred Savage (and yes, if you are thinking of the shy and awkward kid from the Wonder Years Fred Savage, you are correct), and starred two very famous actors, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Paul Rae.
Unfortunately for Gooding and Rae, Daddy Day Camp is a movie that both men should hide on their very lengthy resumes, as should all of the children involved in the film.
According to Claudia Puig of USA Today, "The antics of cute or precocious children can't save this mess."
Even the addition of fresh faces and new blood to the Hollywood circuit, couldn't make this movie any more bearable to watch.
My deepest sympathies go out to the actors who played Becca, Mullet, Robert and Jack, all of whom held the stereotypical traits of being "the nerd," "the smart-ass," "the ladies man," and "white trash."
If my movie was said to not even be as funny as a "perforated ulcer" by the Toronto Star, and watching my acting was worse than having a tooth pulled, I think my movie star ego would be squashed just a little too.
The movie plot is also pretty predictable in the sense that it is supposed to portray the excitement of summer camp with the importance of family. Sure that sounds like a happy-go-lucky, run of the mill plot, but again, according to critics all over the country, E! Online in particular, "It's obtusely broad and ridiculous, and the dreaded life lessons drag it out interminably."
I believe that is all that many of you need to check this movie off as a "no-go."
On the contrary though, if your idea of a funny movie is watching an hour and half of screaming, farting and whiny children, Daddy Day Camp may be the movie for you.
Daddy Day Camp, which received an average of 2.4 out of 10 on the notable www.Rottentomatos.com but a surprising four stars on www.Moviefone.com, was directed by Fred Savage (and yes, if you are thinking of the shy and awkward kid from the Wonder Years Fred Savage, you are correct), and starred two very famous actors, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Paul Rae.
Unfortunately for Gooding and Rae, Daddy Day Camp is a movie that both men should hide on their very lengthy resumes, as should all of the children involved in the film.
According to Claudia Puig of USA Today, "The antics of cute or precocious children can't save this mess."
Even the addition of fresh faces and new blood to the Hollywood circuit, couldn't make this movie any more bearable to watch.
My deepest sympathies go out to the actors who played Becca, Mullet, Robert and Jack, all of whom held the stereotypical traits of being "the nerd," "the smart-ass," "the ladies man," and "white trash."
If my movie was said to not even be as funny as a "perforated ulcer" by the Toronto Star, and watching my acting was worse than having a tooth pulled, I think my movie star ego would be squashed just a little too.
The movie plot is also pretty predictable in the sense that it is supposed to portray the excitement of summer camp with the importance of family. Sure that sounds like a happy-go-lucky, run of the mill plot, but again, according to critics all over the country, E! Online in particular, "It's obtusely broad and ridiculous, and the dreaded life lessons drag it out interminably."
I believe that is all that many of you need to check this movie off as a "no-go."
On the contrary though, if your idea of a funny movie is watching an hour and half of screaming, farting and whiny children, Daddy Day Camp may be the movie for you.
