Daddy Day Camp
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| Directed by | Fred Savage |
| Produced by | William Sherak Jason Shuman |
| Screenplay by |
Geoff Rodkey J. David Stem David N. Weiss |
| Story by |
Geoff Rodkey Joel Cohen Alec Sokolow |
| Based on | Characters by Geoff Rodkey |
| Starring |
Cuba Gooding, Jr. Lochlyn Munro Richard Gant Tamala Jones Paul Rae Brian Doyle-Murray |
| Music by | Jim Dooley |
| Cinematography | Geno Salvatori |
| Edited by | Michael Aller |
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| Distributed by | TriStar Pictures |
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89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $6 million |
| Box office | $18.2 million |
Daddy Day Camp is a 2007 American comedy film starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., and directed by Fred Savage in his film directorial debut. It is the sequel to the 2003's Daddy Day Care; however, all the lead characters were recast. The film was produced by Revolution Studios and released by TriStar Pictures. The film was released in the United States on August 8, 2007.
The film grossed $18.2 million, but received staggeringly scathing reviews from film critics, and has a 1% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and is considered to be one of the worst sequels ever produced.
Four years after the events of Daddy Day Care, Charlie and Phil take their kids to Camp Driftwood, a camp they attended as kids. But once there, they discover that Camp Driftwood is no longer the kindhearted camp site of their time. To save the run down site, Charlie and Phil buy a partnership from the older man that ran it when they were children, after the other partner runs off on vacation. They turn it into Daddy Day Camp. They run into misadventures along the way when the owner, Lance Warner, in the rival camp Canola tries to tear it down. The first day of camp turns out to be a disaster involving a skunk and a bathroom explosion, which leaves them left with only 7 campers instead of the original 35 and in need of help to improve their financial situation.
When the camp is raided by Camp Canola, which has been joined by the 28 campers who left Camp Driftwood, Charlie calls his military father, Colonel Buck Hinton, for help to whip the kids into shape, since they have problems following orders. After getting revenge on Lance for getting his campers to steal the Camp Driftwood flag, he then challenges Camp Driftwood to the Camp Olympian but the kids have to train for it. The kids love Buck because of his military ways and support, However, Charlie disapproves as he recounts that he doesn't want the kids to become like Buck because Charlie believes that Buck only cares about toughness and that he, Charlie, was a disappointment to him. He starts to regret his decision to call Buck when his son runs off to the woods, after some campers tease him about his father's over-protectiveness, because his grandpa Buck told him that he became 'tough' when he ran off to the woods. They find him but when Charlie complains to Phil about Buck, Buck overhears their conversation and leaves camp.
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