I was disappointed to find that “Daddy Day Care” is sadly yet another run of the mill mediocre family comedy. Unfortunately, although the film has potential it throws it away to bring us nothing new and nothing particularly funny so without further ado he is “Daddy Day Care”.

Friends Charlie (Eddie Murphy “Shrek 2”) and Phil (Jeff Garlin “Toy Story 3”) get fired and become stay-at-home fathers. It isn’t long before they’re inspired to open a day-care centre. A few unruly kids later the place becomes a mess with all the usual unfunny rubbish like one of them isn’t potty trained, one doesn’t understand English and one doesn’t want to take his costume off. Now the duo must try and keep the kids under control before it’s too late.

Eddie Murphy puts effort in as Charlie but it’s the material he’s working with that’s his downfall. Jeff Garlin isn’t particularly funny either. Angelica Huston (“The Addams Family”) isn’t particularly good as the wicked headmistress, who wants to ruin Charlie and Phil’s day-care centre. The kids are unmemorable. Sure, they each have their own unique qualities but these qualities are so dull that you’ll easily forget them.

“Daddy Day Care” isn’t one of the worst films I’ve seen but it certainly isn’t a good one. It suffers from being too predictable and just generally stupid. The film fails to capture any interesting points or even any amusing points. Why bother with something like “Daddy Day Care”? We’ve all seen this type of dumb humour at least a million times already… haven’t we? To me “Daddy Day Care” adds absolutely nothing new to the family comedy genre and simply rehashes old and not particularly great jokes thus making a generally unnecessary picture that lacks ideas. The film is too dumb for anyone over the age of 5.