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.
Acting
Steve Zahn's unhinged Marvin is secretly the MVP performance.
Practical Effects
Pre-digital child chaos; real sticky hands, real destruction.
Writing
Chapman brothers' script has genuine structural bones under the silliness.
Director
Steve Carr
Eddie Murphy
Charlie Hinton
Jeff Garlin
Phil
Steve Zahn
Marvin
Regina King
Kim Hinton
Kevin Nealon
Bruce
Jonathan Katz
Dan Kubitz
Siobhan Fallon Hogan
Peggy
Lisa Edelstein
Crispin's Mom
Lacey Chabert
Jenny
Laura Kightlinger
Sheila
Leila Arcieri
Kelli
Anjelica Huston
Miss Gwyneth Harridan
Khamani Griffin
Ben Hinton
Max Burkholder
Max
Arthur Young
Nicky
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during a brief 2000s wave of 'dads in over their heads' comedies, this accidentally captures post-dot-com economic anxiety before the 2008 crash made it mainstream.
The child actors were apparently so unprofessional that Eddie Murphy later joked he understood why some animals eat their young.
US
