2 July 2005. In a softer side he-man movie with Vin Diesel playing a special ops having to baby-sit children while the mother goes abroad to seek to open a safe-deposit box supposedly containing a military secret. Like Man of the House (2005) with Tommy Lee Jones that came out earlier, these two movies attempt to show the feminine side of macho men. Vin Diesel's screen play is somewhat more complex with more attention to individual story lines and has a somewhat more elaborate and consistent plot, particularly with some of the scenes connecting to later scenes in the movie in a nice way. Both movies have their moments of humor as well as dramatic, emotional touches and flourishes. Entertaining, fluffy stuff with a good dose of intelligent messages embedded. Seven out of Ten Stars.
Review of The Pacifier
