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:

16 kids. 2 families. 1 force of nature.

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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

This was the first film to be co-produced by Paramount and MGM. The original 1968 film was produced by Desliu Productions, which merged with Paramount the year before, so the film's copyright was renewed by Paramount. However, United Artists (owned by MGM since 1981) has retained full distribution rights to the 1968 film to this day (United Artists once owned the rights to Paramount's "Popeye" cartoons, and a few early Paramount sound features that had been sold to Warner Bros. for remakes). Columbia (which collaborated with Paramount on another 2005 remake, "The Longest Yard") became involved once its parent company, Sony, purchased a stake in MGM.

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Goofs

When Christina catches Phoebe kissing a boy, there is some sort of strap on her arm, in the next shot it is gone.

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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 Rescue Heroes (1999)

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Soundtracks

When the Kids Go Go Go Crazy
Written by Jeff Alexander
Performed by Groovie Ghoulies (as The Groovie Ghoulies)
Courtesy of Green Door Recording Co.
Under license from Sunflower Entertainment Company, Inc.

User Reviews

At least it was short

When Admiral Frank Beardsley returns to his hometown after years of Coast Guard service, he meets his old flame Helen North at a high school reunion. Both recently widowed, the two find the old sparks again immediately and marry on a whim. There's one catch. Frank has eight children and Helen has ten children (many adopted).

Someone should tell the writers of Yours, Mine and Ours that chaos does not equal funny. Two parents, eighteen kids, one crazy nanny and one pig all live under the same house, so hilarity is supposed to ensue right? Well, not in this film. All of the laughs are few and far in between and when the movie is over, all you're left with is one big headache. Kids will most likely eat this one up but they deserve better films than this. It's no surprise that this film is a dud since its directed by Raja Gosnell. He is your typical bland director and he doesn't have much imagination. He always puts the lamest jokes and pratfalls into his films like Dennis Quaid falling face first into a bucket of paint.

Dennis Quaid plays the uptight father and he pretty much makes a fool of himself here. He seems to be trying so hard to get a laugh from the audience but he fails. I'm surprised he took this role since this is a little out of his usual element but I guess Tim Allen was busy. Rene Russo plays his wife and she was okay but a little bland. After this film and Two for the Money, she needs a new agent because she actually is talented. There were so many kids that it was hard to keep track of them. Most of them were either bland or they played annoying characters. There were a few that showed a little potential for the future but I wouldn't hold my breath. In the end, a weak story, very few laughs, weak acting and bad direction equals a poor film and this movie is better left on the shelf. Rent the original instead. Rating 3/10