Daddy Day Care (2003) poster
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Daddy Day Care

ComedyFamily

Directed by Steve Carr

Two men get laid off and have to become stay-at-home dads when they can't find jobs, which inspires them to open their own day-care center. From TMDB

43 reactions from 2 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 7, 2026 · last updated Oct 9, 2026 · How this works

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Daddy Day Care is a 2003 comedy family film, directed by Steve Carr, starring Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin and Steve Zahn.

  • 36 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon
  • posts span Jan 15, 2023 to Oct 7, 2026

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  • Dan @danlikescomics.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 12, 2025

    How can you forget about the most iconic Flash role, the kid from the Eddie Murphy movie Daddy Day Care, the kid spoke about Wally West in movie and also at the movie premiere he even turned up in the costume

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  • Ian @woolie.meowmeow.cityBluesky · Nov 30, 2024

    My wife said Tenet was the worst movie she'd ever seen in a theater, and this is from a person who through unfortunate coincidence saw "Daddy Day Care" twice with two different friend/family groups.

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  • Tariq, the Movie Critic @tarialle25.bsky.socialBluesky · May 9, 2026

    Daddy Day Care was released in theaters on this day 23 years ago. I had a great time watching this movie on DVD since my childhood. Eddie Murphy is such a hilarious actor. #Filmsky #Moviesky #May

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  • Pinky’s Brain 🧠 @hardheadsoftbehind.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 7, 2025

    Daddy Day Care is super funny and doesn’t get enough love. I love that movie.

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  • Kate Tbd @katexas.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    Movie #2 is Daddy Day Care (2003) with Eddie Murphy

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  • Ian @woolie.meowmeow.cityBluesky · Feb 18, 2026

    It's too embarrassing to mention, but I saw this movie twice in theaters, with two different friend groups, where my veto failed and I didn't want to be a jerk: Daddy Day Care.

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  • scare-cadus (is this anything) 🎃 @birdapp.ripBluesky · Feb 4, 2026

    Daddy Day Care (2003) absolute comfort food of a movie

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  • 🏳️‍🌈 Kimberly L Piper Writes Queer Shit 🏳️‍🌈 @klpwrites.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 29, 2025

    Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Time to post your #LastFourWatched 🏎️ Daddy Day Care G20 Spiderman: Far From Home The Pick-Up Happy Watching and Happy Friday! Have a great weekend!

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  • clay 🪴 @claypot.blueBluesky · Mar 10, 2025

    3. Daddy Day Care 🎥 | 🔁 weirdly well-balanced movie for kids and adults. not that great either way but still 4 / 10 (Originally posted Jan 17th, 2025)

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  • Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 2, 2026

    This has got me looking through 2003: what a disastrous year for film!!! Biker Boyz The Jungle Book 2 Gods and Generals The Life of David Gale Daddy Day Care Dumb and Dumberer The Room Terminator 3 Masked and Anonymous American Wedding Gigli

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  • Corey Michaels @corey0michaels.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 17, 2026

    I used to think it was the first Transformers movie because I hated Transformers at that point in my life, but it's grown on me due to nostalgia. So, I'll say it was the time I saw Daddy Day Care with Eddie Murphy. He wasn't there watching it with me, he starred in the movie.

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  • TR Dark23 @trdark23.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 30, 2025

    Happy 43rd Birthday to Lacey Nicole Chabert. Actress infilm, television, & voice acting. She first found fame as a child actress for her role as Claudia Salinger in Party of Five. All My Children. Chabert's film credits include Mean Girls, Daddy Day Care, Not Another Teen Movie, and Lost in Space.

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  • Grand Admiral Shaun Duke @shaunduke.netBluesky · Jun 15, 2025

    Daddy Day Care. Mostly because I've seen it the most. He has lots of other great movies, though. I just think that movie is super cute.

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  • scare-cadus (is this anything) 🎃 @birdapp.ripBluesky · Mar 23, 2025

    i really love Daddy Day Care. but i’m biased because for a time it was my daughters’ favorite movie and we watched it dozens of times. it’s pure comfort food in film form.

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  • David Sack @davidsack.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 22, 2025

    #30DayMovieChallenge #MovieSky #FilmSky Day 22 - A film I like from the 2000s 🎬 Daddy Day Care (2003)

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  • Steven Melfi @melfi.nycBluesky · Dec 28, 2024

    My nearly 2yo son is obsessed with ‘Daddy Day Care’ on Netflix. I don’t think he actually understands anything going on in the film, but he loves the poster tile. It has Eddie Murphy in a broccoli costume and my son just tells “Broccoli! Broccoli! Broccoli!” until we turn it on.

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  • Eli Shabazz Gorbinskii @bromega-x.blacksky.appBluesky · Sep 12, 2025

    I love Eddie Murphy bruh. Daddy Day Care is my feel good movie.

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  • Crab Man @crabman.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 21, 2025

    You should star in the next Daddy Day Care movie.

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  • LDranzer💊 @ldranzer.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 26, 2025

    Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR) I rented Daddy Day Care and I know it by heart to this very day

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  • ♔ 𝖽ⲇⲙⲇⳋⲉ𝖽 𓃠 ⲫⳙⲉⲉⲛ ♔ @damagedqueen.satan.socialBluesky · Apr 8, 2025

    🎬 ABC’s in Film 🎬 Today, it’s the letters D & E Drop the name of a movie that starts with a “D”, AND a character or actor in that same movie whose first or last name starts with an “E”. Movie: D Actor/Character: E #film Daddy Day Care Eddie Murphy

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  • j-e-l 🎃 @jelbugle.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 19, 2024

    Daddy Day Care, great film!

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  • Godspeed You! BOOsky Emperor @andrewpaul.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 28, 2024

    you could never make a movie like Daddy Day Care in today's America, because of woke

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  • Twin Images @twin-images.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 1, 2026

    A simple premise like "Mr. Mom" or "Daddy Day Care" is only funny in short bursts. That should *never* made into feature film. The *only* time that worked was in the movie "Mr. Mom", and *that* was 43 years ago. (more)

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  • Kaija 🏴‍☠️ @mskaija.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 28, 2025

    Eddie Murphy hasn't made a decent movie since Daddy Day Care, and that will always make me sad. His episode of SNL from a couple years ago proved he can still be incredibly funny when he tries. But he just doesn't try with his movies anymore.

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  • TK ✨ @that-tkray.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 8, 2025

    Me and Lei are watching Daddy Day Care and this movie is so damn funny 😭😭 they don’t make movies like this anymore

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  • James Rauhut @seejamesdesign.comBluesky · Feb 27, 2025

    When I was a kid, the cheapest way to have a compilation of good bops was to buy movie soundtracks. Daddy Day Care and Shrek 2 were my absolute favorite.

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  • H0FF3R @h0ff3r.comBluesky · Jan 28, 2025

    I wonder if Eddie Murphy feels like he contributed to dads being more involved with their kids after Daddy Day Care. Can’t speak for all, but watching that movie when I was a kid may have had an impact seeing dads involved. I had a really involved dad so my own dad was the biggest impact for me.

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  • Ho’el @honesthoel.myatproto.socialBluesky · Jan 19, 2025

    Daddy Day Care is a damn near perfect movie. I don’t understand how people don’t like it.

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  • scare-cadus (is this anything) 🎃 @birdapp.ripBluesky · Nov 17, 2023

    I hate to give this as an answer but it's probably because it's the film of his I've seen the most (because of my kids), but Daddy Day Care is a sleeper hit

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  • j-e-l 🎃 @jelbugle.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 14, 2023

    This is why Daddy Day Care is the best film ever!

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  • Movies • TV Shows & Physical Bluray Media 🍿 @movies-on-sale.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 2, 2026

    The (movie) Daddy Day Care 1080p (iTunes)(UK) £2.99 (Comedy) (iMDB) 5.5 Cast: Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin, Steve Zahn, Regina King, Kevin Nealon, Jonathan Katz

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  • A Blak Elf in Sweatpants @phenomblak.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 29, 2026

    What happened to fun adult films. Films that look like they were made for children but were actually for adults? Like Look Who’s Talking Baby Genuises Daddy Day Care Hook (yes this is a kids film for adults) Movies for adults that made you feel like a kid again? Or that felt magical?

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  • Movies • TV Shows & Physical Bluray Media 🍿 @movies-on-sale.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 17, 2026

    The (movie) Grand-Daddy Day Care 1080p (iTunes)(AU) AU$4.99 (Comedy) (iMDB) 6.4 Cast: Danny Trejo, Barry Bostwick, James Hong, Julia Duffy, Anthony Gonzalez, Jayden Bartels

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  • Today In Movies @todayinmovies.comBluesky · Jan 5, 2026

    🎬 The Top 4 Comedy Movies Released on January 5! What's your fave? 1. Sebastian Maniscalco: What's Wrong with People? 2. My Dog Tulip 3. A Countess from Hong Kong 4. Grand-Daddy Day Care Check out all 28 movies released on this day at https://todayinmovies.com #TodayInMovies #Movies #Film #Comedy

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  • sunnyabides.bsky.social @sunnyabides.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 14, 2025

    My partner and I crush hard on Steve Zahn, my first exposure to him was Daddy Day Care which is a great movie, Saving Silverman, White Lotus, Righteous Gemstonez and top it off he's Minnesotam

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  • KawaiiFallout @kawaiifallout.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 22, 2025

    I watched Daddy Day Care with a friend the other day and I liked it! It was a super cute and funny movie, I love stories about kids just being kids 😊

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  • Movies • TV Shows & Physical Bluray Media 🍿 @movies-on-sale.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 16, 2025

    The (movie) Daddy Day Care is available today on (Google Play) for $6.99 Cast: Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin, Steve Zahn, Regina King, Kevin Nealon, Jonathan Katz

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  • Old School Punk Librarian @kennethf62.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 18, 2025

    Daddy Day Care is my comfort film.

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  • XeonGui @xeongui.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 2, 2025

    Spent today watching Eddie Murphy movies: 1. 48 Hrs. 2. Another 48 hrs. 3. Beverly Hills Cop 1,2,& 3 4. Coming To America 1 & 2 5. Daddy Day Care I watched a movie on Prime Video -They Crawl Beneath, I'm watching The Fall Guy, I see why they call it that, cause after a few mins you fall to sleep.

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  • ND Lacrosse, Fencing, FB, WBB and MBB fan @okerland.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 20, 2024

    Anyone on my TL an Eddie Murphy movie expert? I realized over the weekend that in most of the movies he's in, he gets fired at some point... Daddy Day Care Candy Cane Lane Beverly Hills Cop Trading Places

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  • QuirkyFilms @[email protected]Mastodon · Aug 3, 2023

    Aug 4: Water Balloon Thrown 🎈 #Bales2023FilmChallenge #FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬 @bales1181 #DaddyDayCare (2007) The kids take part in a water balloon toss competition only to find out there is some cheating afoot.

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  • Wendy Lady @[email protected]Mastodon · Jan 15, 2023

    As I do with most movies with child actors, I look up where the kids are now.... ...the little blonde haired girl in #DaddyDayCare is friggin' Elle Fanning!

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  • Wendy Lady @[email protected]Mastodon · Jan 15, 2023

    #DaddyDayCare is on #Netflix. This movie is the only reason I know how to spell broccoli correctly.

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