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:

Passenger Train | Violence | Number 70 | African American | Single Mother

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

Color:

Color

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:

Actor Ice Cube stated on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" that this film was originally intended as an 'Adam Sandler' vehicle.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Nick is playing basketball with his friends, Nick leaves to pick up Suzan but Marty starts arguing with him raising both hands. In the next frame Marty is holding a bottle of water in his left hand, still clearly standing in the same place.

Quotes:

Nick Persons: Kiss my 330 cubic inches of V8 power, sucker!

Movie Connections:

References "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)

Soundtrack:

Winter Wonderland

Real laughs from clean comedy and a cute story line

What is up with the low ratings? This movie had us laughing all the way through it! Clean, somewhat predictable but in a fresh way. These kids did great in the movie; we enjoyed it a lot! Could easily lend itself to a sequel and another "road trip" kind of scenario. I see it as engaging and charming as "Home Alone" was so many years ago. I did think the mother's reaction at the end was a little extreme and that could have gone differently, but I didn't expect an Oscar-winning storyline with this fun, punchy, movie. I guess if there had been more swearing, sex, and violence it would have caught on better; seems to be where our culture likes to go these days. I say kudos to the writers and actors...you done good with this one and guess what...we're going to watch it again today!