Kids don't just rule the roost in this amiable comedy, they steal the show. It's a role-reversal romp in the same vein as Mr Mom, but what it lacks in originality it makes up for in cuteness and verve. Eddie Murphy and Jeff Garlin play sacked advertising executives who decide to set up a children's day-care centre; cue major mishaps as a house full of angel-faced youngsters turn into marauding monsters - much to the delight of rival childcare provider Miss Harridan (Anjelica Huston), the stern headmistress of a very proper "academy". This is simplistic, but it works well. Murphy happily lets his pint-sized co-stars take centre stage and his performance is all the more effective for it, while the mix of parental-themed humour and poignant moments never nauseates. The film may be too sweet for mass appeal, but family audiences will be charmed.

Two men get laid off and have to become stay-at-home dads when they can't find jobs, which inspires them to open their own day-care center.