Seeking to offer his son the satisfying summer camp experience that eluded him as a child, the operator of a neighborhood daycare center opens his own camp, only to face financial hardship and stiff competition from a rival camp.
Because he's an Oscar winner with a rep now for headlining turkeys, watching Cuba Gooding Jr. in trash like Daddy Day Camp almost hurts.
– Gregory Kirschling,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Aug 2007
rotten:
The juvenile actors come off as movie brats, and the pacing is slowed by treacly speeches about father-son bonding. As a child star on The Wonder Years, director Fred Savage worked with some of TV's best, but you'd never guess it from this.
– Andrea Gronvall,
Chicago Reader,
9 Aug 2007
rotten:
A generic time-waster powered by a lazy, cynical combination of scatological kiddie humor and maudlin sentiment.
– Nathan Rabin,
AV Club,
10 Aug 2007
rotten:
Just horrible.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
14 Aug 2007
rotten:
Even the film stock's colour tint looks cheap and nasty. Don't say we didn't warn you.