Article: "Daddy Day Care"

Chicago Sun-Times

There is one simple rule that is almost always true in Hollywood - a rule mainly dictated by basic capitalistic principles. No matter how bad a film is rated by critics, if it does well with moviegoers, there invariably will be a sequel - if not two or more.

Such is the case with "Daddy Day Care," the 2003 family comedy that tallied more than $104 million in its U.S. run. The film - "a woeful miscalculation," according to Roger Ebert's review - was about two fathers (Eddie Murphy and Jeff Garlin) who lose their jobs, pull their sons out of an exclusive private school and end up launching their own day care center.

In the sequel, Cuba Gooding Jr. steps into the Murphy role ...

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