Yours, Mine & 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, Jerry O'Connell

2 wins & 4 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:

blended family | family relationships | stepfamily | large family | marriage | 

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Taglines:

Rock The House!

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Genres:

Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some mild crude humor

Details

Official Sites:

Gaumont Columbia Tristar [France] MGM [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 November 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Yours, Mine and Ours

Filming Locations:

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

Box Office

Budget:

$45,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$17,461,108, 27 November 2005

Gross USA:

$53,412,862, 16 February 2006

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$72,028,752

Company Credits

Production Co:

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

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The party band in the movie is a Christian alternative rock band called Hawk Nelson.

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Goofs

Michael throws down his white shoe into the paint to start a fight between the different families. When Michael runs downstairs with William, both of his shoes are back on and in perfect condition.

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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 The Brady Bunch (1969)

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Soundtracks

Defeated
Written by Danny Smith
Performed by The City Drive
Courtesy of We the People/Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment

User Reviews

Not like the Original

This "re-casting" of the family favorite of Yours, Mine, and Ours can't even shake a stick at the original with Fonda and Ball. Granted while the original was contemporary for the day that it was made the dialog, and the family situations dealing with a large family are either ad voided or watered down to a point of non-existence. Koodos for Quaid for his role of the bewildered father. Quaid tries to make the role work with the weak script that he got, but for what he got he did an outstanding job. The 2005 "re-casting" of the situations was nothing more than politically correct mumbo jumbo that missed the mark of the comedic timing. All of it was turned into a slapstick dribble with obvious setups from the production team. They took a great crafted movie and watered it down to a dribble that only family with young kids will like. Yes, the original is dated, but we can still connect with the themes and the characters while the 2005 VERSION OF YOURS, MINE, AND OURS WILL BE LONG Forgotten WHILE THE ORIGINAL REMAINS FRESH.