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| The Pacifier (Full Screen Edition) | 
 enlarge | Actors: Denis Akiyama, Vin Diesel, Tate Donovan, Anne Fletcher, Faith Ford
Studio: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (176 reviews)
Sales Rank: 8483
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Korean (Original Language), English (Unknown), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 95 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DISD39657D
ISBN: 0788858416
UPC: 786936277975
EAN: 9780788858413
ASIN: B0009DWL8W
Release Date: June 28, 2005
Theatrical Release Date: March 4, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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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
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 An Absolute Delight Could have Been Better October 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
An absolute delight but could have been better. This Film was a delight for all ages and all audiences but there could have been better scenes and the movie itself could have been a little more practical. otherwise i recommend it for everyone and say that its very clean with a little bit of everything. The movie starts out with a tough mean looking navy seal whose assignment is to 'babysit' some children. he must do this because the father holds very important information and he has been kidnapped. the mother must go away for a few days and so Mr. Shane Wolfe (vin Diesel) is stuck with a babysitting job. and of course after a few days Shane gets used to handling the teens and diapers and toddlers in the household.... This is a fun filled adventure good for the whole family!
Paci September 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Who wouldn't love this movie! It's awesome and the whole family can enjoy it.
Vin Diesel is the most EPIC actor of my generation August 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Pound for Pound, Vin Diesel is the best actor in Hollywood. With such critical acclaim from Fast and Furious, Chronicles of Riddick 1,2, &3...11, Saving Private Ryan (Caparzo, the guy who gets taken out by a sniper. He is without question very EPIC and if you didnt pick up the sarcasm, you probably wont enjoy his finer works in A Man Apart, XXX, and Boiler Room. But if you enjoy Lady in the Water, you'll enjoy Vin's entire catalogue.
Good Quality Family Entertainment April 24, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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 March 7, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
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