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Are We There Yet? (2005)

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Reviews Counted:113

Fresh:13

Rotten:100

Average Rating:3.3/10

Consensus: This supposed family comedy staring the usually blameless Ice Cube and Nia Long has provoked most critics to write, “Is it over yet?”

Rated: PG [See Full Rating] for language and rude humor

Runtime: 3 hrs 9 mins

Genre: Childrens

Theatrical Release:Jan 21, 2005 Wide

Box Office: $82,301,521

Synopsis: Ice Cube stars in this highly entertaining family comedy as Nick Persons, a thirtysomething player with a new Lincoln Navigator, who checks out every fine lady that passes by the window of the... Ice Cube stars in this highly entertaining family comedy as Nick Persons, a thirtysomething player with a new Lincoln Navigator, who checks out every fine lady that passes by the window of the sports collectibles store where he works with pal Marty (Jay Mohr). Decked out in all the latest bling, Nick confidently approaches his latest attraction, Suzanne, only to learn that she is a recent divorcee with two kids. Little does he know, Suzanne's children are no ordinary kids. Lindsey and Kevin (Aleisha Allen and Philip Bolden) go to extremes to keep their mom single. Putting his dislike for children on the back burner, Nick decides to pursue Suzanne anyway. He soon realizes though, that the only way to a single mother's heart is through her children. So when Suzanne needs a babysitter to transport her kids from Portland to Vancouver, Nick jumps at the chance. Getting way more than he bargained for, Nick must survive 24 hours with two kids bent on destroying him, not to mention missed flights, missed trains, run-ins with wildlife and crazed truckers, and severe car trouble. Nick challenges himself to survive the journey better than his SUV, and learns that while trying to prove himself to Suzanne, he also impresses himself. Demonstrating his softer side, rapper-turned-actor Ice Cube (FRIDAY, BARBERSHOP) shows a flair for slapstick humor in this pleasing family picture. While humorous moments abound, ARE WE THERE YET? also tackles some serious issues. Director Brian Levant (SNOW DOGS, JINGLE ALL THE WAY) adds to his resume another fun-filled film that will have the whole family laughing. [More]

Starring: Nia Long, Ice Cube, Philip Daniel Bolden, Aleisha Allen

Starring: Nia Long, Ice Cube, Philip Daniel Bolden, Aleisha Allen, Jay Mohr, Tracy Morgan, M.C. Gainey, Nichelle Nichols

Director: Brian Levant

Director: Brian Levant
Screenwriter: Claudia Grazioso, Steven Gary Banks
Producer: Ice Cube, Matt Alvarez, Dan Kolsrud
Composer: David Newman
Studio: Columbia Pictures

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The movie has all the hallmarks of a disaster.

Full Review Source: Contra Costa Times | comment Comment
01/21/05
Mary F. Pols
Mary F. Pols
Contra Costa Times

At first glance, such emasculation humor seems a depressing departure for the erstwhile Amerikkka's Most Wanted.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
01/21/05
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters

At first glance, such emasculation humor seems a depressing departure for the erstwhile Amerikkka's Most Wanted.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
01/21/05
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters

Ice Cube is the best thing about the movie, but he has to work hard to overcome the inadequacies of this dreadful screenplay.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
01/21/05
Louis B. Hobson
Louis B. Hobson
Jam! Movies

Uh oh, pull over, I think I'm gonna be car sick.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
01/21/05
Leah McLaren
Leah McLaren
Globe and Mail
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Worse than the crude humor is the movie's forced sentiment.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
01/21/05
John Monaghan
John Monaghan
Detroit Free Press

Is it over yet? Is it over yet? Is it over yet?

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
01/21/05
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News

The humor is typified by the painfully unfunny recurring gag that has a bobble-head doll of Satchel Paige (voiced by Tracy Morgan) giving life and love advice to Nick. The late baseball great deserves better than that -- and so do audiences.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/21/05
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Ice Cube has let so many of his hard edges melt off that he can't even manage a decent tantrum here.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
01/21/05
Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel

The road, it turns out, has a few detours along the way.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
01/21/05
James H. Burnett III
James H. Burnett III
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Delivers on some pretty basic childhood fantasies -- chiefly, kids seeing themselves in control, and watching adults in comical pain. And it does it too quickly and competently for their grown-up chaperones to mind much.

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
01/21/05
Stephen Whitty
Stephen Whitty
Newark Star-Ledger
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Are we laughing yet?

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
01/21/05
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News

The kids finally soften Cube's heart (and vice versa), get Mom to see past his scowl and into his kind heart, and become a wholesome unit that makes this a distastefully fit and formulaic family film.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
01/21/05
Ted Fry
Ted Fry
Seattle Times

Shows children behaving in ways that go right to the edge of absolute evil, and who are snotty and charmless besides. At the same time, the movie demands that we should feel warm toward those kids after all.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
01/21/05
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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The answer to Are We There Yet? is, yes, we are there -- in comedy hell.

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
01/21/05
David Elliott
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune

Never quite arrives, and perhaps at a cost to Ice Cube's career.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
01/21/05
Susan Walker
Susan Walker
Toronto Star

Cube is genuinely charming, but even he can't elevate the proceedings above the coarse sensibilities of Brian Levant, whose niche is directing boorish, noisy children's pictures.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
01/21/05
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

We've got stereotypes-a-go-go: Raging redneck truckers. Accented Asians. Country bumpkins. Black fathers missing in action. The humor's a tad too raunchy for the kids, and the predictable plot won't win over any of the parents.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/21/05
Teresa Wiltz
Teresa Wiltz
Washington Post

Phony and formulaic from start to finish, the movie may make some viewers feel as if they're trapped in a car themselves with a driver who won't pull over.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/21/05
Michael O'Sullivan
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
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I would have loved to see a genuine love story involving Ice Cube, Nia Long, and the challenge of a lifelong bachelor dating a woman with children. Sad that a story like that couldn't get made, but this shrill 'comedy' could.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
01/21/05
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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