'The Pacifier' qualifies as one of the biggest disasters I've ever seen. It is also Vin Diesel's worst movie. Now, I like Diesel. He's been uber-cool in movies like 'XxX' and 'The Chronicles Of Riddick'. But this is just... embarrassing. The movie fails on every level.
The movie is obviously a 'Kindergarten Cop' ripoff: Big tough Navy SEAL guy (Diesel) gets stuck with a babysitting assignment. I can imagine Arnold Schwarzenegger doing this material (and better), but Vin Diesel just looks lost throughout the entire film. 'The Pacifier' commits a number of movie sins, but its most glaring is that it is criminally unfunny. Folks, I didn't even crack a smile watching this travesty. The rest is just stupid family movie clichés: Diesel and the kids hate each other, Diesel is subjected to unfunny slapstick, they start to "bond", and the movie gets gooey.
This is a waste of celluloid, my time, and parents' money. Parents who subject their kids to films like this instead of classics like 'E.T.' should be labeled child abusers.
The movie is obviously a 'Kindergarten Cop' ripoff: Big tough Navy SEAL guy (Diesel) gets stuck with a babysitting assignment. I can imagine Arnold Schwarzenegger doing this material (and better), but Vin Diesel just looks lost throughout the entire film. 'The Pacifier' commits a number of movie sins, but its most glaring is that it is criminally unfunny. Folks, I didn't even crack a smile watching this travesty. The rest is just stupid family movie clichés: Diesel and the kids hate each other, Diesel is subjected to unfunny slapstick, they start to "bond", and the movie gets gooey.
This is a waste of celluloid, my time, and parents' money. Parents who subject their kids to films like this instead of classics like 'E.T.' should be labeled child abusers.