The Pacifier

Name: The Pacifier
Released: 2005-3-4
Cast: Vin Diesel, Lauren Graham, Faith Ford, Brittany Snow, Max Thieriot

The Pacifier

PG
1h 35m
2005

21%

age 10+

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Walt Disney Pictures presents action hero Vin Diesel in a fast-paced comedy smash. Lt. Shane Wolfe (Diesel) is a tough-as-nails Navy S.E.A.L. who has controlled military operations in every corner of the globe. Now the ultimate test comes when he's assigned to protect the home front ... as in a house loaded with five out-of-control kids! But even when he trades combat gear for diapers and juice boxes, it's not just a babysitting job -- it's an adventure!

Director:

Adam Shankman

Producer:

Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Jonathan Glickman

Writer:

Thomas Lennon, Robert Garant

Cast:

Vin Diesel, Lauren Graham, Faith Ford, Brittany Snow, Max Thieriot, Carol Kane, Brad Garrett

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

21%

Critics Consensus: Vin Diesel parodies his tough guy image for the family audience, but the result is only moderately amusing.

Reviews

Bowling Green Daily News

Micheal Compton

I realize Walt Disney Pictures markets for the family, but is necessary to dumb down the story this much?

The Pacifier -- cute and cuddly, mind-numbing, cotton candy guaranteed to pacify everyone in the family.

A crass, crude, and overly-familiar comedy.

Though it does have a talented cast with occasionally charming moments, it's still bad, and brainless.

June 21, 2017

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Urban Cinefile

Urban Cinefile Critics

It might have been a good career move for Diesel, who cut his teeth on high-octane action, but the script needs a lift and the direction feels lackluster.

August 15, 2017

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Common Sense Media

age 10+

Common Sense Says

A crass, crude, and overly-familiar comedy.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that The Pacifier has a lot of cartoonish "action violence": no blood and no on-screen shooting but an exploding helicopter, a glimpse of a dead body, a lot of kicking and hitting. A parent is killed (off-screen). There's a lot of potty humor including many diaper jokes and a character covered with sewage. There's also some crude schoolyard language including "bite me," "boobs," "spaz," "skanky." One daughter wears a crucifix, though there is no further evidence of any religious faith. The portrayal of the bad guys has some unpleasantly racist overtones, and some of the "humorous" insults are sexist and homophobic. And there's intrusive product placement for Costco and other brands.