Daddy Day Camp
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| Directed by | Fred Savage |
| Screenplay by | Geoff Rodkey J. David Stem David N. Weiss |
| Story by | Geoff Rodkey Joel Cohen Alec Sokolow |
| Based on | Characters by Geoff Rodkey |
| Produced by | William Sherak Jason Shuman |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Geno Salvatori |
| Edited by | Michel Aller |
| Music by | Jim Dooley |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $6 million |
| Box office | $18.2 million |
Daddy Day Camp (also known as Daddy Day Care 2) is a 2007 American children's comedy film directed by Fred Savage in his feature film directorial debut. It is the sequel to Daddy Day Care (2003). The film stars Cuba Gooding Jr., who replaces Eddie Murphy from the first film, with a supporting cast of Lochlyn Munro, Richard Gant, Tamala Jones, Paul Rae, and Brian Doyle-Murray. The film follows Charlie Hinton from the first film as he and his cohorts attempt to save their childhood day-camp by entering the Camp Olympiad.
The film was produced by Revolution Studios and released by TriStar Pictures, unlike its predecessor, which was distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film was theatrically released in the United States on August 8, 2007. Despite being a modest box-office success, Daddy Day Camp was universally panned by critics who criticized its gross-out humor, screenplay, performances (primarily of Gooding), and Savage's direction. Many critics consider the film to be one of the worst movies ever made, as well as one of the worst sequels ever produced.
A third and final film Grand-Daddy Day Care, was released direct-to-video in 2019.