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Original title: Pacifier, The
Release Date
• USA: Mar 4, 2005
• UK: 27 May 2005
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jun 28, 2005
Budget USD 56,000,000
BoxOffice: $99.9M
Official Website:
The Pacifier Website
MPAA Rating
Rated PG for action violence, language and rude humor.
Running Time
0 hours, 1 minute
Country Canada, USA
Production Companies
Walt Disney Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment
Studio Buena Vista Pictures
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• The Pacifier (2005)
• Le Pacificateur
• Gnome
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Genre: Action, Thriller, Comedy, Family, Suspense
Tagline: This Navy S.E.A.L. Meets His Match.
Plot: Assigned to protect the endangered children of an assassinated scientist working on a secret invention, Shane Wolfe (Vin Diesel) is suddenly faced with juggling two incompatible jobs: fighting evil while keeping house. As he adds to his usual arsenal of wetsuits and weapons the new tools of juice boxes and a minivan, Shane not only must defeat a world-threatening enemy but also wrangle teen rebel Zoe (BRITTANY SNOW), uplift sullen 14-year-old Seth (MAX THIERIOT) and outwit 8-year-old Ninja-wannabe Lulu (MORGAN YORK), simultaneously keeping toddler Peter and baby Tyler out of mischief, not to mention harm’s way. While drop zones, demolitions and destroying enemy targets come naturally to Shane, he has no idea what tough really is until he pits his courage against diapering, den-mothering and driver’s education. He’s truly a S.E.A.L. out of water, but this tough-guy loner soon realizes that he’s also facing the most important mission of his life: becoming part of a family and bringing them all closer
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Pacifiers are for infants. The same is true of The Pacifier. In fact, "infantile" may be the best single word to describe this Kindergarten Cop wannabe.  --James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
The problem with "The Pacifier" is that it's all about watching Diesel battle bad guys instead of building bonding moments among his character's surrogate family.--Ron Weiskind (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
But no matter how many poopy diapers Wolfe sticks his hands into and no matter how much cereal is thrown at him, this slapstick comedy is almost never funny. Only in the opening, which parodies a commando team in action, does the humor ever come close tobeing effective. --Steve Rhodes
“The Pacifier” is aptly named in that it will probably keep younger viewers in a reasonably contented state for awhile, giving their adult companions some respite from the constant commotion. That’s not great praise, but it’s all the movie deserves. C--Frank Swietek
Casting is only funny when the cast is given something funny to do, a truth that should be engraved above the portals of every film school.  --Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)
The world was hardly crying out for a remake of Hulk Hogan's ``Mr. Nanny,'' and this similar big-fish-out-of-water comedy touches the predictable full-diaper, vomiting and shots-to-the-groin bases.  --Paul Sherman
"The Pacifier" is an abysmal comedy that should have been strangled in its crib.--Jami Bernard (New York Daily News)
The macho-posturing, basso-voiced star is so painfully unfunny as a Navy Seal forced to take charge of a family of obnoxious suburban kids that it makes last week's cinematic exploration of surrogate parenthood by an authority figure — "Man of the House," with Tommy Lee Jones — look like a Billy Wilder comedy in comparison.  --Lou Lumenick (New York Post)
By that time, the audience may be dulled by the sound of snoozing - at least from those who've already worked their way through movies such as Kindergarten Cop. D+--Robert Denerstein
It's the subgenre of the quarter: macho men coping with undisciplined minors, with dashes of unearned sentiment and unpersuasive bonding. --Ed Blank
...The Pacifier could have been a thousand times worse. For that reason alone, it’s one of the biggest surprises in this early movie year -- and a possible career rejuvenator for Diesel.  --Pete Croatto (FilmCritic.com)
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| Directed by |
Adam Shankman
The Wedding Planner, A Walk to Remember, Bringing Down the House |
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| Ben Garant
Night at the Museum, Taxi, Herbie: Fully Loaded |
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| Cast |
Vin Diesel
Saving Private Ryan, Pitch Black, The Fast and the Furious |
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 | Faith Ford
Sometimes They Come Back... for More, Beethoven's 5th, A Weekend in the Country |
 | Brittany Snow
John Tucker Must Die, Whisper of the Heart, Kingdom Hearts II |
 | Carol Kane
The Princess Bride, Annie Hall, Dog Day Afternoon |
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 | Max Thieriot
Catch That Kid, The Astronaut Farmer, Nancy Drew | |
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John Debney
Sin City, The Passion of the Christ, Bruce Almighty |
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The Pacifier is what action stars do when their careers are in the commode, not when they have merely stumbled a bit....Let’s hope future projects are a little brighter for Diesel, because The Pacifier is a movie that the muscles from Brussels, Jean-Claude Van Damme, would have declined.  --Uri Lessing (eFilmCritic.com)
On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, "The Pacifier" thuds to a stupid, infantile 2. Even the most basic sit-com slapstick needs a story. 2/10--Susan Granger
Against all odds, this is a delightful, involving comedy with a little suspense and action thrown in. Vin Diesel is surprisingly sensitive and comedic as hard-as-nails warrior Shane Wolfe. 7/10--Tony Medley
Nevertheless, Diesel does his best to be a good sport. I wouldn't exactly call this a winning quality of the movie, but it's the only thing giving the film any personality. Unfortunately, it also alludes to its forgettability. 3/10--Jeffrey Chen
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