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Dadnapped

  • TV Movie
  • 2009
  • TV-G
  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
3.4K
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Dadnapped (2009)
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Melissa has a bad case of sibling rivalry, only her competition is a fictional character in her father's best-selling novel about a teenage super spy. When her father is "dadnapped" by a gro... Read allMelissa has a bad case of sibling rivalry, only her competition is a fictional character in her father's best-selling novel about a teenage super spy. When her father is "dadnapped" by a group of overzealous fans, it's up to Melissa to help him by tapping her inner superhero.Melissa has a bad case of sibling rivalry, only her competition is a fictional character in her father's best-selling novel about a teenage super spy. When her father is "dadnapped" by a group of overzealous fans, it's up to Melissa to help him by tapping her inner superhero.

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    • Paul Hoen
  • Writer
    • Alan Silberberg
  • Stars
    • Emily Osment
    • David Henrie
    • Jason Earles
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    • Director
      • Paul Hoen
    • Writer
      • Alan Silberberg
    • Stars
      • Emily Osment
      • David Henrie
      • Jason Earles
    • 11User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Emily Osment
    Emily Osment
    • Melissa Morris
    David Henrie
    David Henrie
    • Wheeze
    Jason Earles
    Jason Earles
    • Merv Kilbo
    Jonathan Keltz
    Jonathan Keltz
    • Tripp Zoome
    Moises Arias
    Moises Arias
    • Andre
    Denzel Whitaker
    Denzel Whitaker
    • Sheldon
    Charles Halford
    Charles Halford
    • Skunk
    Phill Lewis
    Phill Lewis
    • Maurice Legarche
    George Newbern
    George Newbern
    • Neal Morris
    Jennifer Stone
    Jennifer Stone
    • Debbie
    • (voice)
    Seth Packard
    Seth Packard
    • Sammy
    Brandon Luke Bringhurst
    • Fan Guy
    Trevor Snarr
    Trevor Snarr
    • Bobby-O
    Kenda Benward
    Kenda Benward
    • Suzie
    Bryson Kuan
    • Pizza Driver
    Ryan Templeman
    • Car Wash Dude
    M. Christian Jacobs
    • Larry
    • (as Christian Jacobs)
    Joey Miyashima
    Joey Miyashima
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    • Director
      • Paul Hoen
    • Writer
      • Alan Silberberg
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    3kalkan4

    Tons of Pre-Presentation Hype Doesn't Pan Out

    After seeing several months of promotions for this movie on The Disney Channel with the kids, I must say I found this to be one of the worst Disney movies ever. I would describe it as a bizarre combination of Misery and the campy Batman series of the late 1960's.

    I have to admit to actually enjoying some of the movies produced for this TV Channel, but this one I was really disappointed in, considering Disney's build-up to the premier. I was hoping to see a better performance from Emily Osment, as I think she has great potential.

    There's lot's of colorful flying "splooge" that Disney must assume kids (still) like these days, even though it's been done ad nauseam, and the ending is completely ludicrous.

    But, like others have said, you can't expect too much from Disney.
    7RosanaBotafogo

    Regular...

    Dadnapped tells the story of Melissa Morris (Emilly Osment) who desperately tries to gain more attention from her ever-concerning father, Neal (George Newbern), a famous author. Melissa lives in the shadow of Tripp Zoome (Jonathan Keltz), the adventurous and street-smart hero of her father's popular spy novel. Before the long overdue father-daughter vacation, Neal was kidnapped by obsessive fans, Wheeze (David Henrie), Andre (Moises Arias), and Sheldon (Denzel Whitaker). But it wasn't until Melissa rescued her father that he was kidnapped again, along with herself, by hotel manager Merv (Jason Earles), and brothers Maurice (Phill Lewis) and Skunk (Charles Halford). Now it's up to the former kidnappers to save Melissa and her father and they're in for a big adventure and a lot of messes.

    Initially I really liked my father-daughter family, I loved the somewhat zombie-like, totally bizarre, scatological work, but as it went on it became boring, boring, not very interesting, discouraging... Very childish, with lots of silly action scenes, from the middle to the end, just annoying...
    10GirlGoneWilde

    It was dad-tackler!

    Very very very interesting. Father gets dad-napped, kids chase after the wannabe cops around town in order to save the girl.

    I found halfway through the movie that "dad-napped" is a play-on word. Cause "kid-napped" would imply that kids get kid-napped...but in the case of this film, one of the paternal fathers of one of the stars (Emily O.) is dad-napped.

    The movie however was poorly filmed, it reminded me of a short tube clip but what more can you expect from a low budget Disney movie? I felt the 'family' connection. They should have come up with a song.

    This film remind me of a beautiful mind, in that is showed a real portrayal of a person with schizophrenia. Can somebody say Oscars? (winky face) I laughed, I cried, I even ate my heart.
    7officialvictorlee

    Dumb, but funny

    At first, I wasn't expecting much from this movie, I only watched it because of its ridiculous title, but I was pleasantly surprised by it. Disney Channel movies are usually quite a hit or a miss. This was in the middle, yeah, it was corny at times, but it was funny. Not sure much of what else to say about this movie. It's not a must watch, but if you have some spare time on your hands, it isn't that bad of a movie, I'd recommend checking it out. It has some parts that are kinda painful to watch, it just hurts to, but that's overweighed by the really good parts, and some of the corny parts of the movie.
    Gordon-11

    Lame at first but gets better towards the end

    This film is about a teenage girl whose father is the creator of the popular Trip Zoome man.

    "Dadknapped" is a squeaky clean movie for children and teenagers. The script is rather lame at first, especially the annoyingly juvenile and irresponsible father who keeps immersing himself in a fantasy world. No wonder his daughter is so fed up with him! Towards the second half of the movie, when the elements for adults come in, it gets substantially better. Though the nonsense persists, the emotional subplot really strikes a chord with the viewers, because the bond between Mr Morris and Melissa is so real.

    Overall, the plot and the humour is silly and lame, but because of this "Dadknapped" is fun to watch.

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    • Trivia
      It was one of the movies that was put on hold due to the writer's strike.
    • Goofs
      After Melissa and her father get taken by Skunk and his brother they are handcuffed together. Later when they are in the van the are cuffed separate. Then cuffed together again later on.
    • Connections
      References Nim's Island (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      Hero in Me
      Performed by Emily Osment

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    • Release date
      • February 16, 2009 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 酷爸的瘋狂假期
    • Filming locations
      • Magna, Utah, USA
    • Production company
      • Salty Pictures
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    • Budget
      • $4,500,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 24 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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