‘Daddy Day Camp’: The Gitmo Of Family Comedies

Just when the double matrimonial punch of Licence to Wed and I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry threatened to exhaust every conceivable, nuptial-themed pun, comes yet another disastrous-summer-comedy topic for North America’s headline writers to tackle: Yes, Daddy Day Camp might mark a nadir in the career of Oscar-winner and Roscoe’s Everyday Hero Cuba Gooding, Jr., as well as an inauspicious beginning for Kevin Arnold’s big screen directing career, but for the scribe who came up with the line, “Gitmo likely more fun than this camp,” we think this Murphyless sequel just might have inspired them to a new career best. Some more highlights from the Daddy Day Camp opening day review files:

· ‘Daddy Day Camp’ nothing to write home about [wnyt.com]
· ‘Daddy Day Camp’ lost in low-rent gag wilderness [nctimes.com]
· Movie’s message lost in flatulence [Windsor Star]· Sequel s(t)inks to new lows [indystar.com]
· ‘Daddy Day Camp’ is up a creek [sunherald.com]
· Welcome to Camp Woebegone [Globe and Mail]
· Hello Muddah, hello Fadduh, hello … Cuba? [SF Chronicle]
· As if the first one wasn’t awful enough, along comes “Daddy Day Camp” [seattletimes.com]
· Spare your kids this bad ‘Daddy’ [startribune.com]
· ‘Day Camp’ up a creek [nwherald.com]