Daddy Day Camp

Daddy Day Camp
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFred Savage
Screenplay byGeoff Rodkey
J. David Stem
David N. Weiss
Story byGeoff Rodkey
Joel Cohen
Alec Sokolow
Based onCharacters
by Geoff Rodkey
Produced byWilliam Sherak
Jason Shuman
Starring
CinematographyGeno Salvatori
Edited byMichel Aller
Music byJim Dooley
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing
Release date
  • August 8, 2007 (2007-08-08)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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.