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The Pacifier (Full Screen Edition)
Starring: Denis Akiyama, Vin Diesel, Tate Donovan, Anne Fletcher, Faith Ford Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC Label: Walt Disney Home Entertainment Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: June 28, 2005 Running Time: 96 minutes Theatrical Release Date: March 04, 2005
Description: Walt Disney Pictures presents action hero Vin Diesel (XXX, THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS) in a fast-paced comedy smash from the director of BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE! 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!
Amazon.com: Vin Diesel is game to soften his tough-guy image in The Pacifier, in which he plays hot-shot Navy S.E.A.L. Shane Wolfe, whose latest mission goes awry when the scientist he's sent to rescue is popped off before he can tell Wolfe where he's hidden some Top Secret software something-or-other. Before you can say Kindergarten Cop, Wolfe is assigned guard duty at the scientist's family home, where he's left with some unruly kids when the widow (Faith Ford) takes off to Switzerland to claim her hubby's safety deposit box under the guidance of Wolfe's superior officer. The trouble with this paint-by-numbers fish-out-of-water kiddie comedy is that Diesel himself is a fish out of water in the movie--he's no comic and is far funnier when he's unintentionally spoofing macho heroics in The Chronicles of Riddick. The film limply throws everything it can at you, including the idea of Wolfe directing a community theater production of The Sound of Music, but is just biding its time until the predictable action climax and hugs-all-around denouement. Vin doesn't look embarrassed, but the supporting cast sure does, especially Everybody Loves Raymond's Brad Garrett as a bombastic vice principal and Gilmore Girls' Lauren Graham as Garrett's boss and Diesel's sudden love interest.--Steve Wiecking
Good Quality Family Entertainment In an age when most of what's on television is not worth watching, we've turned to buying DVD's and creating our own television programing. "The Pacifer" was a great addition to our library. It is one film we will definitely watch several times.
Kindergarten Copy I don't understand Vin Diesel. He starts off as a goofy-looking breakdancer, builds up muscles and a glass-swallowing voice, becomes an action-flick superstar, and then he makes this flaming pile of cow flop. What? He couldn't have made another Riddick movie? Fast and the Furious 12 not looking like a good career move? The Pacifier surely wasn't a better option.
Anyway, much like Arnold Schwarzanegger doing "Kindergarten Cop", Sly Stallone doing "Stop or My Mom Will Shoot", and Pacino doing "Scent of a Woman", Vin Diesel sold his acting sole for the almighty dollar.
Now his grisled voice makes him sound less like a tough guy, and more like a someone from Dateline's "To Catch A Predator". Great.
I'm not even sure I watched the entire movie because the sheer vapid nature and banality of this movie caused me to go into a boredom-coma. What I did catch, however, was the fact that Diesel plays a former Navy Seal who is assigned to protect some spoiled brats who deserve a beating. It's nothing but Kindergarten Cop in a different setting, complete with the military order shouting and incredibly corny lines meant to make slow children and awkwardly unaware foreigners laugh. The other thing I noticed was that Vin Diesel is incredibly unfunny, and has probably never told a successful joke in his life. In each scene he appeared to be looking for a car to race, a Russian terrorist to attack, or someone to beat-up.
If you like this movie, please never recommend a movie to me.
Clod hopper movie I saw the DVD of THE PACIFIER recently. This is the vehicle starring Vin Diesel as a baby sitter/Navy seal/talent director...This is also one of the films that makes no sense if you start asking questions about it, or wonder how one sequence led to another. I can't fault the actor too much. He had been out of a job, presumably, for requesting too much money, and this Jackie Chan reject for Disney was a step up. Let's see--as a Navy Seal, he is directly involved in the death of a man who is important to National Security. As a result, he has to take care of the guy's kids, while Mom has to search a bank vault in Switzerland...
And the more you continue to dig into the plot, the less sense it makes. The film was okay on the big screen. One of a series of loud cinematic explosions with a paper thin set of characters. Transferred to the home screen (19 inches), it seems like a blip.
There's a duck in this movie. I suspect if there was a dog, there would be some confusion with the lead. Vin Diesel still looks like a shar pei with all the wrinkles removed.
DVD extras aren't much either.
a great comedy these is a really funny movie, i would recommend, and its a great fun family film
My Pacifier Facts: I love Vin Diesel. I love Disney. I like movies the entire family can watch...but I did not like this. The Pacifier was surely my pacifier as it lulled me into a peaceful sleep the first time I watched the movie. I forced myself to stay awake on the second try. While some actors are gifted with the ability of versatility, Diesel should stick with action or dramatic films. He is no comedian and it is all too evident here. His superstar appeal could not carry the burden of a run-away script, an empty plot, and poor editing. The rest of the cast is okay at best.
I thought the blooper reel would be The Pacifier's saving grace - no dice. The "outrageous" bloopers (as stated on the jacket) are not great at all. They are mainly a few line trips that even the cast didn't particularly find extremely amusing.
I gave this movie one star for effort. If Vin Diesel promises to work on his comedic skills - verbal and non-verbal - I promise to try again. But as for this one...it's going up for sale with the 152 others above. Buy at your own risk.
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