While his wife, Kim (Regina King), brings home the bacon, unemployed Charlie (Eddie Murphy) spends his days caring for the couple's young son. With help from a friend, Phil (Jeff Garlin), Charlie decides to start a day care center. Enrollment quickly surges, and, as they add another employee, goofy Marvin (Steve Zahn), Charlie finds himself dealing with endless red tape. Will he be able to keep the business afloat, or will parents defect to Mrs. Harridan's (Anjelica Huston) day care center?

A funny movie about an unemployed father who tries to make ends meet after he loses his job. He and his friends decide to open a daycare and find themselves very much in demand. As they try to get licensed after being stabbed in the back by a competing pre-school they realize just how much the kids need them and how much they in turn need these amazing kids. Charlie will bond with his son as he has the opportunity to get to know his son.