2007 · family · comedy
Daddy Day Camp
Directed by Fred Savage1h 29m2007
Seeking to offer his son the satisfying summer camp experience that eluded him as a child, the operator of a neighborhood daycare center opens his own camp, only to face financial hardship and stiff competition from a rival camp.
Our read: Daddy Day Camp (2007) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded family · comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle family / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- intimate
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