Yours, Mine and Ours (2005)

A widowed Coast Guard Admiral and a widow handbag designer fall in love and marry, much to the dismay of her 10 and his 8 children.

Director:

Raja Gosnell

Writers:

Ron Burch (screenplay), David Kidd (screenplay),

Stars:

Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo, Sean Faris

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dennis Quaid	...	Frank Beardsley
Rene Russo	...	Helen North
Sean Faris	...	William Beardsley
Katija Pevec	...	Christina Beardsley
Dean Collins	...	Harry Beardsley
Tyler Patrick Jones	...	Michael Beardsley
Haley Ramm	...	Kelly Beardsley
Brecken Palmer	...	Ely Beardsley
Bridger Palmer	...	Otter Beardsley
Ty Panitz	...	Ethan Beardsley
Danielle Panabaker	...	Phoebe North
Drake Bell	...	Dylan North
Miki Ishikawa	...	Naoko North
Slade Pearce	...	Mick North
Little JJ	...	Jimi North (as Lil' JJ)

Storyline

Admiral Frank Beardsley returns to New London to run the Coast Guard Academy, his last stop before a probable promotion to head the Guard. A widower with eight children, he runs a loving but tight ship, with charts and salutes. The kids long for a permanent home. Helen North is a free spirit, a designer whose ten children live in loving chaos, with occasional group hugs. Helen and Frank, high school sweethearts, reconnect at a reunion, and it's love at first re-sighting. They marry on the spot. Then the problems start as two sets of kids, the free spirits and the disciplined preppies, must live together. The warring factions agree to work together to end the marriage.

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Plot Keywords:

admiral | marriage | coast guard | high school | widower | 

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Taglines:

Rock The House!

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Genres:

Comedy | Family | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some mild crude humor

Details

Official Sites:

Gaumont Columbia Tristar [fr] MGM [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 November 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Yours, Mine & Ours

Filming Locations:

Culver Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$45,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$69,919 (Chile) (2 June 2006)

Gross:

$243,414 (Chile) (30 June 2006)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Nickelodeon Movies

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min 88 min (cut)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Danielle Panabaker originally tried to get the part of Christina but was changed back and forth and eventually got the part of Phoebe.

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Goofs

When William gets the blue paint dropped on his head, it doesn't make that much of a mess on his head, but the next time we see him, he is completely covered in blue paint.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Frank Beardsley: Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Move it! Move it! Move it!
Ethan: Move it! Move it! Move it!
Frank Beardsley: That means you too, Ethan. Head ashore, Sailor.
Ethan: Aye-aye! Head ashore.

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Connections

References Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)

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Soundtracks

"Pump It"
Written by Will i Am (as Will Adams), Stacy Ferguson, Allan Pineda, Nicholas Roubanis and Thomas Van Musser
Performed by The Black Eyed Peas
Courtesy of A&M Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Contains a sample of "Misirlou"
Performed by Dick Dale and His Deltones
Under license from Dick Dale Enterprises

User Reviews

If you liked Cheaper By the Dozen...

According to Roger Ebert's 2005 review, he thought a lot of the movie was contrived. I disagree. Yes, it's predictable, but that is a given in this kind of family movie. For a while, I thought this was not going to be anything special, but all the expected things that could, and do, happen, make this entertaining. Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo are no Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt, but they do have chemistry, which Ebert thought they didn't have. This is basically the same movie as Cheaper by the Dozen, so what in the world was he (and most critics) expecting? If you are looking for another of that movie, you won't be disappointed.

*** out of ****