Movie: The Pacifier

Kid and I saw this movie last night. We decided to check out the
dollar movie after work and supper and were originally going to see
Miss Congeniality 2. Unfortunately, that one didn't start until
nearly an hour after we got there, and so we decided on The Pacifier
instead.

It has Vin Diesel (best known for xXx and The Chronicles of Riddick)
and Lauren Graham (from Gilmore Girls and Bad Santa), plus Raymond's
older brother Robert (sorry, can't remember the actor's name) in a
love-to-hate role.

I had cramps from hell when we sat down and was desperately hoping
that the movie would at least be distracting so that I'd stop thinking
about it, but really, wasn't holding out much hope.

Imagine my surprise to find myself laughing out loud more than a few
times, at the antics of Vin Diesel pretending to be a
SpecOps Lieutenant relegated to babysitting duty because of a National
Security situation. His character had no previous experience with
children and his overreaction to normal childhood happenings were
definitely behind some of the laughs. His lack of experience, though,
also made him more able to handle other things because of a lack of
preconceived notions.

I enjoyed this one immensely and Kid and I plan to add it to our
library when it comes out on DVD.

There is some violence and there might be some ass or damn, but it's a
Disney movie, so it's pretty tame language-wise. There is one
Disneyfied kissus interruptus and a completed kiss toward the end.

ETA: Apparently Vin Diesel doesn't do it for me, because I completely forgot that there is a whole sequence where he's running around in nothing but a towel. It's pretty damn funny.