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Are We Done Yet?

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Are We Done Yet? (2007)

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Reviews Counted:23

Fresh:4

Rotten:19

Average Rating:3.8/10

Consensus: Are We Done Yet? plays it way too safe with generic slapstick and uninspired domestic foibles.

Rated: PG [See Full Rating] for some innuendos and brief language

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Childrens

Theatrical Release:Apr 4, 2007 Wide

Box Office: $49,631,958

Synopsis: Rapper-turned-actor Ice Cube reprises his role as the Everyman-sports-fanatic Nick Persons of the road-trip slapstick comedy ARE WE THERE YET? (2005), evolving from bachelorhood to domesticated... Rapper-turned-actor Ice Cube reprises his role as the Everyman-sports-fanatic Nick Persons of the road-trip slapstick comedy ARE WE THERE YET? (2005), evolving from bachelorhood to domesticated family-man in the hilarious home-improvement farce ARE WE DONE YET? Now married to Suzanne (Nia Long) and stepfather to her kids, Lindsey (Aleisha Allen) and Kevin (Phillip Bolden), Nick decides to change careers, selling his half of a sports memorabilia store to launch a sports magazine. Just as he is about to get things started he finds out that Suzanne is pregnant with twins! Already cramped in his small city apartment, he decides its time to move to the country, where he can raise his new family in more wide open spaces. They are charmed, and duped, by local realtor Chuck Mitchell Jr. (John C. McGinley), who also turns out to be the local inspector and general contractor, to purchase a beautiful mid-1800's house, a "fixer-upper" on sprawling property, complete with pond and guest house. But their dream home becomes a never-ending nightmarish endeavor, and between Suzanne's pregnancy, Nick's magazine launch, and adapting to the country life, it's not clear who will implode first, the house or the family. Based on another RKO Radio Pictures film, MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE (1948), starring Cary Grant and Myrna Loy, ARE WE DONE YET? provides an entertaining look at how families cope, and eventually bond, through adversity, and the unexpected. Ice Cube (FRIDAY, BARBERSHOP) and McGinley (SCRUBS, OFFICE SPACE) have tremendous on-screen chemistry, even though their comedic styles are quite different, Cube with his pessimistic and grimacing double-take responses and McGinley with his overbearing energy and game-show-host grin. Despite all the tension, and some adult themes, ARE WE DONE YET? is a good, clean, fun-for-the-whole-family film. [More]

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

Starring: Ice Cube, Nia Long, Aleisha Allen, Philip Bolden, John C. McGinley

Director: Steve Carr

Director: Steve Carr
Screenwriter: Hank Nelken
Producer: Matt Alvarez, Ice Cube, Ted Hartley
Composer: Teddy Castellucci
Screenwriter: Eric Wald
Producer: Todd Garner
Studio: Columbia Pictures

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An acknowledged remake of the old Cary Grant movie Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. As far as I could tell, that's because everyone involved was inspired by the syllable "Bland" in the title.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
05/28/07
Bob Strauss
Bob Strauss
Dallas Morning News
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It’s just awful. It’s beyond awful.

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment Comment
04/09/07
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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Following up on his execrable 2005 semi-hit Are We There Yet?, Ice Cube once again turns the world off with a scowl in Are We Done Yet?

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
04/05/07
Ann Hornaday
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post
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Atrocious.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
04/05/07
Gregory Kirschling
Gregory Kirschling
Entertainment Weekly
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Director Steve Carr continues his streak of numbingly mediocre family comedies.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
04/05/07
J. R. Jones
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
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The new movie is good-natured and sometimes funny. It also doesn't make a lick of sense.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
04/04/07
John Monaghan
John Monaghan
Detroit Free Press
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The actors are all likable, the film moves at a brisk pace and there are even one or two jokes that appear to be original.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
04/04/07
Peter Hartlaub
Peter Hartlaub
San Francisco Chronicle
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If you've seen the brilliantly edited trailer, you've seen just about every single laugh in the movie.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment 1 Comment
04/04/07
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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If only someone had thought to fix the script.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
04/04/07
Claudia Puig
Claudia Puig
USA Today
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Are We Done Yet? may be remarkable only for the fact that its star was ever once actually considered a threat to civic stability. If movies came any safer than this, they'd be given honourary police citations for keeping the peace.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
04/04/07
Geoff Pevere
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star
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For all his scowling bluster, Ice Cube long ago turned into a bit of a teddy bear. (Is this really the guy who rapped on N.W.A.'s 'Straight Outta Compton'?)

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
04/04/07
Stephen Whitty
Stephen Whitty
Newark Star-Ledger
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Carr tries to put one over on us by tacking on a sentimental ending. But as any homeowner could have told him, you can't disguise a weak foundation with a cheap finish.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
04/04/07
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
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Are We Done Yet? isn't much more than a middling middle-class fantasy, but it has a few sweet admonitions nestled amid the tomfoolery.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment 1 Comment
04/04/07
Amy Biancolli
Amy Biancolli
Houston Chronicle
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Careers are funny, unpredictable things, and Ice Cube wouldn't be the first charismatic, threatening entertainer to don a chastity belt for a safe ride in Hollywood. Think Elvis Presley or Eddie Murphy.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
04/04/07
Stephen Cole
Stephen Cole
Globe and Mail
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'I can fix that,' Nick says each time a new problem arises in the house. How are we supposed to believe that when the filmmakers couldn't fix this poorly constructed sequel from its prefab origins?

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
04/04/07
Teresa Budasi
Teresa Budasi
Chicago Sun-Times
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The problem with the new film is that Ice Cube is too cool for the plot's nonsense. The faulty house and McGinley's behavior never inspire him to blow his top.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
04/04/07
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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The rapper Ice Cube returns to the multiplex with Are We Done Yet? a feeble fable of better parenting through home improvement.

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04/04/07
Jeannette Catsoulis
Jeannette Catsoulis
New York Times
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This fixer-upper family comedy is still a notable improvement over the previous Ice Cube outing.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
04/04/07
Michael Rechtshaffen
Michael Rechtshaffen
Hollywood Reporter
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Although Ice Cube is still happy to haul out his old snarl when it serves his purposes, he's clearly trying to reinvent himself as a family entertainer. But the milder he gets, the less confident he seems. What's a reformed gangsta rapper to do?

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
04/03/07
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
Los Angeles Times
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This is the kind of movie that gives family films a bad name.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
04/03/07
Randy Cordova
Randy Cordova
Arizona Republic
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