Are We Done Yet? (2007)

Director:

Steve Carr

Writers (WGA):

Hank Nelken (screenplay)
Hank Nelken (screen story)
(more)

Release Date:

4 April 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Family

Tagline:

New house. New family. What could possibly go wrong?

Plot:

Newlyweds Nick (Ice Cube) and Suzanne (Long) decide to move to the suburbs to provide a better life for their two kids. But their idea of a dream home is disturbed by a contractor (McGinley) with a bizarre approach to business. |

Plot Keywords:

Contractor | Sandwich | Male Midwife | Animated Credits | Underwater

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Ice Cube	...	Nick Persons
Nia Long	...	Suzanne Persons
John C. McGinley	...	Chuck Mitchell, Jr.
Aleisha Allen	...	Lindsey Persons
Philip Bolden	...	Kevin Persons (as Philip Daniel Bolden)
Jonathan Katz	...	Mr. Rooney
Linda Kash	...	Mrs. Rooney
Alexander Kalugin	...	Russian Contractor
Dan Joffre	...	Billy Pulu
Pedro Miguel Arce	...	Georgie Pulu
Tahj Mowry	...	Danny Pulu
Jacob Vargas	...	Mike the Plumber
Brenda Prieur	...	Grandma Pulu
Hayes MacArthur	...	Jimmy the Bartender
Colin Strange	...	Persons' Twins
Gavin Strange	...	Persons' Twins
Chris Gauthier	...	Dancing Man (as Christopher Gauthier)
Tara Mercurio	...	Ellie Mitchel
Magic Johnson	...	Himself

Directed by
Steve Carr

Writing credits (WGA)
Hank Nelken		(screenplay)
Hank Nelken		(screen story)
Steven Gary Banks		(characters) &
Claudia Grazioso		(characters)
Norman Panama		(screenplay "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House") &
Melvin Frank		(screenplay "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House")

Produced by
Matt Alvarez	....	producer
Steve Carr	....	executive producer
Kevin Cornish	....	co-producer
Ice Cube	....	producer
Derek Dauchy	....	executive producer
Todd Garner	....	producer
Ted Hartley	....	producer
Neil A. Machlis	....	executive producer (as Neil Machlis)
Ronald G. Muhammad	....	associate producer
Aaron Ray	....	executive producer
Heidi Santelli	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Teddy Castellucci

Cinematography by
Jack N. Green		(director of photography) (as Jack Green)

Film Editing by
Craig Herring

Casting by
Susan Taylor Brouse
Lynne Carrow

Production Design by
Nina Ruscio

Art Direction by
Kelvin Humenny

Set Decoration by
Peter Lando

Costume Design by
Jori Woodman

Makeup Department
Yvonne Connor	....	assistant makeup artist
Jill Corp	....	department head hair stylist
Rebeccah Delchambre	....	makeup department head
Debra Denson	....	makeup artist: Ice Cube
Cindy L. Larsen	....	assistant hair stylist

Production Management
Julia Neville	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Peter Dashkewytch	....	first assistant director: second unit
Rachel Fortier	....	third assistant director
David Klohn	....	second assistant director
Jennifer Nelson	....	third assistant director
Donald Sparks	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Chris Beach	....	assistant art director
Nancy Anna Brown	....	assistant art director
Frank Haddad	....	head greensman
Craig Henderson	....	construction coordinator
Jon Jarema	....	uncredited
Aaron Jordan	....	head sculptor
Cherie Kroll	....	graphic designer
Max Matsuoka	....	first assistant property master
Joe May	....	assistant art director
Marilyn May McKay	....	sculptor
Jim Ramsay	....	set designer
Andrew Reid	....	assistant decorator
Michel Rheault	....	construction buyer
Sabine Schoppel	....	art department coordinator
Dean Sherriff	....	illustrator
Dan Sissons	....	property master
Michael Toby	....	set designer
Trinita Waller	....	assistant property master
Darcy Wyness	....	lead greens

Sound Department
Steve Bartkowicz	....	sound re-recording engineer
Andy Bishop	....	assistant sound
Howard Carle	....	adr mixer
David Husby	....	production sound mixer
Dave Lopez	....	sound recordist
Christian P. Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer
Charles O'Shea	....	boom operator
Kelly Oxford	....	supervising sound editor
Unsun Song	....	sound re-recordist
David Stanke	....	first assistant sound editor
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Jon Taylor	....	sound re-recording mixer
Karen Vassar Triest	....	sound effects editor (as Karen Vassar)
Carmen Verin	....	assistant sound
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist

Special Effects by
Douglas W. Beard	....	special effects technician
Chris Bignell	....	special effects underwater rigger
Dennis Briest	....	special effects technician
James G. Fisher	....	special effects coordinator
Mike Hyrman	....	special effects technician
Dennis Petersen	....	special effects coordinator
Chris Sturges	....	special effects technician
Robert Yeager	....	first assistant

Visual Effects by
Ann-Marie Blommaert	....	visual effects project manager
Landon Bootsma	....	digital compositor: Technicolor
Dan Brittain	....	digital compositor
John Cairns	....	digital compositor
Paul Chapman	....	digital compositor
Jon Cowley	....	visual effects supervisor: Technicolor
Pete Dionne	....	lead 3D artist: Technicolor
John Fukushima	....	lead compositor
David Geoghegan	....	digital optical compositor
Krista Maryanski	....	post production coordinator
Mathieu-Xavier Mauser	....	systems administrator
Erik Nordby	....	lead compositor
Bryce Rieger	....	digital compositor
Derek Wolfe	....	visual effects artist
Noel Wright	....	compositor
Marusha Xeros	....	visual effects producer
Thomas Mathai	....	data manager (uncredited)
Mitch Paulson	....	digital colorist assist (uncredited)

Stunts
Nicholas Auyeung	....	stunt double: Kevin
Dean Choe	....	stunt coordinator
Jon Kralt	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Jeffrey C. Robinson	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Dean Collins	....	key rigging grip
Darryl Foulds	....	grip
Bryan Gilbert	....	grip
Alexander Glua	....	second camera assistant
Dan Gorval	....	best boy grip
Peter N. Green	....	key first assistant camera
Braden Haggerty	....	underwater camera operator
Rod Haney	....	rigging grip
Douglas S. Holgate	....	aerial dp
Stephen Jackson	....	gaffer
Jeff Kuzyk	....	lighting technician
Andrew Learmonth	....	video assist
Don McCuaig	....	director of photography: second unit
Rob McEwan	....	still photographer
Ryan Monro	....	dolly grip
Paul T. Murakami	....	daily grip
Justin O'Shaughnessy	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Kim Olsen	....	key grip
Clayton Richard-Long	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Dave Roughley	....	rigging best boy
Troy James Sobotka	....	leadman grip

Animation Department
Corey Bramall	....	digital artist
Pam Cooke	....	animator
Bob Kurtz	....	animation director
Gary Mooney	....	animator
Kenneth C. Smith	....	animation producer
Dave Spafford	....	animator
Tim Szabo	....	animator
Shane Zalvin	....	animator

Casting Department
Larkin MacKenzie-Ast	....	casting associate
Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson	....	adr voice casting
Danny Stoltz	....	extras casting: photo doubles
Natasha Tony	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Zina Richardson	....	set costumer
Sandra Watson	....	costume set supervisor

Editorial Department
Lisa Cossettini	....	assistant editor
Thom Kyle	....	first assistant editor
Luis Lam	....	assistant editor
Melissa McCaffery	....	apprentice editor

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Spring Aspers	....	music supervisor
Sandy DeCrescent	....	music contractor
Matt Franko	....	music preparation
Ryan Gaines	....	music coordinator
Patrick Griffin	....	orchestrator
Tom Hardisty	....	score recordist
Richard A. Harrison	....	music editor
Kevin Kliesch	....	composer: additional music
Kevin Kliesch	....	orchestrator
Joseph Magee	....	production music mixer
Tom Mgrdichian	....	musician
Tom Mgrdichian	....	orchestrator
Shawn Murphy	....	scoring mixer
Victor Pesavento	....	music preparation
Justin Reeve	....	music coordinator
Peter Rotter	....	music contractor
Carl Rydlund	....	orchestrator
Dennis S. Sands	....	music scoring mixer
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
James Thatcher	....	musician: french horn

Transportation Department
Blue Angus	....	transportation coordinator
Tim Fortin	....	transportation captain
Mark Hoeppner	....	unit driver
Ian-Peter Jacobi	....	transportation
Rick Rasmussen	....	picture car coordinator
Blake Zickefoose	....	driver: cast

Other crew
Mike Aichholz	....	accounting clerk
Raymond W. Beal	....	animal trainer
Paul Becker	....	choreographer
Crystal Braunwarth	....	assistant: Mr. Machlis
Zoe Naomi Bridgeman	....	assistant: Ms. Long (as Zoe Bridgeman)
Bruce L. Brownstein	....	location manager
Kimberly Buckham	....	second assistant production coordinator
Andrew Buziak	....	payroll accountant
Charlene Callihoo	....	assistant accountant
Tracy L. Connors	....	production assistant
Jason Crosby	....	marine coordinator
Wesley Emms	....	production assistant
Brent Isaac	....	production assistant
Paul Jasper	....	animal trainer
David Katzenberg	....	assistant: Mr. Alvarez
Vicky Lambert	....	co-choreographer
Nancy Leiviska	....	assistant: Ice Cube
Rachel Lipsey	....	craft service
Janet Lonsdale	....	production accountant
Flemming Lund	....	assistant location manager
Rick Marcena	....	first assistant accountant
Elle Martini	....	production coordinator: Portland unit
Rod McDonough	....	glassworks
Amy Morrison	....	first assistant production coordinator
Nadine Moser	....	production assistant
Lee Anne Muldoon	....	unit publicist
Evan Parsons	....	production assistant
Laurent Piche	....	production assistant
Stephanie Rossel	....	script supervisor
Tyler Ruocco	....	office production assistant
Cherie Smid	....	deer trainer
Adrienne Sol	....	production office coordinator
Sally Jo Sousa	....	animal trainer
Linda Stewart	....	production assistant
Christine Stringer	....	assistant: Mr. Garner
Mark Tachovsky	....	second assistant production coordinator
Khene Tan	....	key set location assistant
Jason Taragan	....	assistant: Mr. Carr
Suzanne Tierney	....	legal services
Lauren P. Vosbein	....	production assistant
Linda Watters	....	stand-in
Marcus Woodruff	....	security: Ice Cube
Jim Bacon	....	epk producer (uncredited)
Scott Steyns	....	playback coordinator (uncredited)

Thanks
Saira Gallierba	....	special thanks
Blake Goudy	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Revolution Studios (presents)
• RKO Pictures
• Cube Vision
• Broken Road Productions
• Carr-Santelli
• Revolution Dream Productions

Distributors

• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• Columbia Pictures (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Revolution Studios (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2007) (Argentina) (all media)
• FS Film Oy (2007) (Finland) (DVD)
• Fox Network (2010) (USA) (TV)
• LK-TEL (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (UK) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (UK) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Veronica (2009) (Netherlands) (TV)

Special Effects

• Pacific Title (opticals)
• Technicolor Creative Services VFX Vancouver (visual effects)
• Hammerhead Productions (visual effects) (uncredited)

Other Companies

• BT Industrial Supply  expendables
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
• EFilm  digital intermediate
• Kurtz and Friends  main title animation
• Packair Airfreight  international logistics
• Pictorvision  aerial camera system
• Pivotal Post  Avid editing equipment provided by
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility (as Soundtrack Boston)
• William F. White International  grip and lighting equipment

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for some innuendos and brief language

Runtime:

USA:92 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Australia:PG | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | USA:PG (certificate #42760) | Ireland:PG | UK:PG | Germany:6 | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:6 | Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Nova Scotia/Ontario/Quebec) | Argentina:Atp | Portugal:M/6 | Finland:K-7 | South Korea:12 | Sweden:11 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Revolution Studios

Trivia:

Shipped to theaters under the name "Needs Work"

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Chuck talks about playing with Magic Johnson and the Lakers in the 1986 Finals. In fact, Boston played Houston in the 1986 NBA Finals.

Quotes:

Chuck Mitchell, Jr.:You've got dry rot.
Nick Persons:Dry what?

Movie Connections:

References Deliverance (1972)

Soundtrack:

Black Horse & The Cherry Tree

This movie wasn't that awful

I admit, I didn't see this film in the theater. I caught the first one (Are We There Yet) on cable and disliked it enough that I refused to see the sequel. However, flipping through the channels one day, I caught a couple of scenes of "Are We Done Yet" and frankly, I found myself laughing more than once. It was surprisingly enjoyable. John McGinley was brilliant, Ice Cube made me chuckle every time something went wrong. He was so likable even when he was the most frustrated. It was a lighthearted family film, that given the chance, rendered some bonafide giggles. This movie didn't deserve a 2.8. I'd easily give it a 6.