Are We There Yet? (2005)

Nick Persons is a selfish player who owns a collectables sports shop in Portland, Oregon. Everything in his life is perfect until he meets Suzanne Kingston, a business woman who has ... See full summary »

Director:

Brian Levant

Writers:

Steven Gary Banks (story), Claudia Grazioso (story)

Stars:

Ice Cube, Nia Long, Aleisha Allen

1 win & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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
Tim Perez	...	Basketball Player (as Timothy Paul Perez)

Storyline

Nick Persons is a selfish player who owns a collectables sports shop in Portland, Oregon. Everything in his life is perfect until he meets Suzanne Kingston, a business woman who has something Nick hates - children: Lindsey and Kevin. Nick and Suzanne become friends and share good moments with each other. But Nick's peaceful life gets altered when Suzanne asks him to drive her kids to Vancouver. After the 3 miss a plane and then, train, they drive. Unfortunately, Kevin and Lindsey hate Nick, and he has to try to make it to Vancouver, unaware of the terror and torture he is in for.

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Plot Keywords:

braces | new year | children | highway travel | road movie | 

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Taglines:

To win over their mother, he's driving them across country. What could possibly go wrong?

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for language and rude humor

Details

Official Sites:

Columbia Tristar [France] Sony Pictures

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 January 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Quieren volverme loco

Filming Locations:

Pacific Central Station, 1150 Station Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$32,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$18,575,214, 23 January 2005, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$82,674,398

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$97,918,663

Company Credits

Production Co:

Revolution Studios,Cube Vision

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

(at around 40 mins) Kevin said his mom (Nia Long) thinks Nick is better looking than Taye Diggs. Nia Long and Taye Diggs played love interests in The Best Man.

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Goofs

When Nick is by the river, he gets so mad that he throws his hat into the river (the hat is clearly seen floating in the water). In the next scene, when he climbs into the car again, the hat is back on his head.

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Quotes

[Nick's car is burning up]
Nick Persons: Oh man! I never even got to read the manual!

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Connections

Referenced in Total Drama: Are We There Yeti? (2007)

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Soundtracks

Telephone Blues
Written by Bruce Garnitz
Performed by Bruce Garnitz and Steve Donovan
Courtesy of Bruce Garnitz Music

User Reviews

How does something like this get approved for production.

Sometimes we can be over critical of a movie and call it the worst EVER made. but this is one film that i couldn't be critical of enough.

it's a family film i guess but it's not even slightly funny on any level. the performances of all the cast is woeful, Ice Cube snarls and does his usual thing so i suppose he does fine, but the leading lady and children act like they have been plucked off the street. its embarrassingly bad at times, then again i guess the abysmal script doesn't help. C'mon who writes this rubbish. Fart gags, puking gags, and i need a pee gags. it really is terrible.

If someone suggests renting this out from the video store i'd run a mile. avoid at all costs this is TERRIBLE.