The Pacifier

2005 95 min ★ 6.1 Comedy, Family, Action

Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe is handed a new assignment: Protect the five Plummer kids from enemies of their recently deceased father -- a government scientist whose top-secret experiment remains hidden in the kids' house.

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Cast

Vin Diesel

Shane Wolf

Lauren Graham

Claire Fletcher

Faith Ford

Julie Plummer

Brittany Snow

Zoe Plummer

Max Thieriot

Seth Plummer

Morgan York

Lulu Plummer

Chris Potter

Bill Fawcett

Carol Kane

Helga

Brad Garrett

Dwayne Murney

Tate Donovan

Howard Plummer

Details

Director

Adam Shankman

Screenplay

Robert Ben Garant

Tagline

"Welcome to the infantry."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$56,000,000

Revenue

$198,636,868

Production

Walt Disney Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment

Reviews

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signsoflife

January 8, 2026

★ 6/10

Crux of the matter is adults can't relate to children and children can't relate to adults, is there a middle ground? Which also poses the question, are children watching this? Are the parents? It's entertaining, sure, but nobody would go out of their way to rewatch this—except me, I guess, for Brittany Snow. The eventual dynamics do endear you, but are otherwise framed and driven by dumbed down ar...