Are We There Yet? (2005)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

Director:

Brian Levant

Writers (WGA):

Steven Gary Banks (story) &
Claudia Grazioso (story) ...

Release Date:

21 January 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance

Tagline:

24 hours. 350 miles. His girlfriend's kids. What could possibly go wrong?

Plot:

The fledgling romance between Nick, a playboy bachelor, and Suzanne, a divorced mother of two, is threatened...

Plot Keywords:

Jumping A Train | Cockroach | Family Relationships | Thirty Something | Divorcee

Awards:

1 win & 8 nominations

Cast

Ice Cube	...	Nick Persons
Nia Long	...	Suzanne Kingston
Aleisha Allen	...	Lindsey Kingston
Philip Bolden	...	Kevin Kingston (as Philip Daniel Bolden)
Jay Mohr	...	Marty
M.C. Gainey	...	Al
Tracy Morgan	...	Satchel Paige (voice)
Henry Simmons	...	Carl
Ray Galletti	...	Car Dealer
Viv Leacock	...	Nick's Pal on the Street
Casey Dubois	...	Shoplifter
J.B. McEown	...	Shoplifter (as JB McEown)
Kenyan Lewis	...	Basketball Player
Daniel Cudmore	...	Basketball Player
Timothy Paul Perez	...	Basketball Player

MPAA:

Rated PG for language and rude humor.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Philippines:G | Brazil:10 (DVD rating) | Iceland:LH (video rating) | Australia:PG | Germany:6 | Ireland:PG | Singapore:PG | Sweden:Btl | UK:PG | USA:PG (certificate #40131) | Argentina:Atp | Netherlands:MG6

Filming Locations:

Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Revolution Studios

Trivia:

The game Kevin is playing in the car is Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (2002) (VG), for the Nintendo Gamecube.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the scene in Nick's shop involving the two shoplifting kids, Nick goes out and sprays window cleaner on his door to clean off the kids' spit. Nick turns around and never cleans off the door, but when he turns to come back in his shop, the door is completely clean and dry.

Quotes:

[from trailer]
Kevin Kingston: [from trailer]
[in the car]
Kevin Kingston: I have to go to the bathroom.
Lindsey Kingston: I'm sure the carpet's absorbent.

Movie Connections:

References "Dragon Ball Z" (1989/I)

Soundtrack:

What Up Gangsta

Avoid!!!!!!

"Are We There Yet?" has a clever title, but that's the only good thing about the movie. It's an absolutely torturous road movie which has got to be one of the worst films made in recent years. Basically, Nick, played by Ice Cube, gets a crush on a single mother, only they more or less develop a platonic relationship instead. She has two demon children who don't want her to date anybody. They are selfish and generally terrible monsters. They barely seem to have a shred of decency, meaning that any children in the audience won't identify with them. This is a huge problem. Unfortunately, none of the characters in this film are at all likable, except maybe Nick. Poor old Nick offers to drive the children across the country in his new car as a huge favour for the mother. Huge mistake. Here begins a part of the film even worse than the beginning where everything that could possibly go wrong goes wrong. Bad things happen to Nick, his car starts to become a wreck, and this is supposed to be funny? In order to make people like this silly sort of humour, you need to make sure the children are sweet, and those being beaten up are bad (see "Home Alone"). In this case, two demons are ruining things for a generally nice guy doing good deeds – and although he probably wants to get inside their mother's pants, he isn't a nasty person. There is a part where Nick gets bashed by a deer – the thing is so obviously computer-generated, and Ice Cube's reactions are so over-the-top, it is extremely painful to watch. The two children weren't very good actors, and Ice Cube wasn't much better. Avoid this horrible escapade at all costs!