The Pacifier, of all people is Vin Diesel starring in his (surprise) first Disney film as Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe. As Wolfe is an elite member of the world's fiercest and most highly trained fighting force, he thought he was prepared to take on any assignement - no matter how perilous or demanding. That is, until he is called upon to brave the most heroic of all human acts . . . baby-sitting.

Assigned to protect the five out-of-control children of an assassinated scientist working on vital government secrets, Shane is suddenly faced with juggling two disparate, but equally harrowing tasks: fighting the evil-doers of the world, while looking after a houseful of kids. Replacing his usual arsenal of wetsuits and weapons with diapers and juice boxes, Shane not only must battle a deceptive enemy but wrangle teen rebel Zoe (Brittany Snow), sullen 14 year-old Seth (Max Theriot), eight-year-old Ninja-wanna-be Lulu (Morgan York), as well as three-year-old Peter and baby Tyler -- not to mention their off-beat Romanian Nanny (Carol Kane). But while drop zones, demolitions and destroying enemy targets come naturally to Shane, he has no idea what tough really is until he pits his courage against diapering, den-mothering and driver's education. He's truly a SEAL out of water, and now it's up to this one-time lone warrior to take on the most important mission of his life: keeping a family together.

The Pacifier starts off with a somewhat promising premise and quickly runs it into the ground. Had they stuck to the fish-of-water comic premise, The Pacifier might have at least been able to tread water. But the notion of him almost taking over as their lost father made the movie too cutesy and almost made you want to gag at times. Then again the movie lost me from the very first scenes, as they did a very poor job of showing Vin Diesel as a NAVY Seal in the beginning.

Sure the movie has its funny moments but for the most part they are awash in a sugary sea of cutesy, sentimental pap, that makes you wanna stick your finger down your throat. This movie has been done much more effectively and funnier, namely Kindergarten Cop.

The idea of throwing someone like Diesel into such a role prabably looked like a winner on paper, but he just doesn't possess the acting chops, much less the comic-timing to carry something like this off. Arnold, on the other hand, was able to play against type with remarkable comic sensibility and it made that film all the more hilarious and winning. Diesel 'looks' right for a part like this, but he hasn't even really established himself as a good actor in any genre of film as of yet, thus casting him here was a risk that really didn't pay off. In any case, he should stick to what he does best and that's popcorn flicks. As bad as Diesel was, at times Brad Garrett was so much worse as the wrestling coach that I literally wanted to hurt him, just to get him off the screen.

If you have seen the trailers, you have seen most of the funny moments of the movie and would be better off just skipping the movie altogether.

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