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Are We Done Yet?

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Are We Done Yet? (2007)

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Reviews Counted:91

Fresh:7

Rotten:84

Average Rating:3.3/10

Consensus: Are We Done Yet? plays it way too safe with generic slapstick and uninspired domestic foibles.

Rated: PG [See Full Rating] for some innuendos and brief language

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Childrens

Theatrical Release:08-06-2007

Synopsis: Rapper-turned-actor Ice Cube reprises his role as the Everyman-sports-fanatic Nick Persons of the road-trip slapstick comedy ARE WE THERE YET? (2005), evolving from bachelorhood to domesticated... Rapper-turned-actor Ice Cube reprises his role as the Everyman-sports-fanatic Nick Persons of the road-trip slapstick comedy ARE WE THERE YET? (2005), evolving from bachelorhood to domesticated family-man in the hilarious home-improvement farce ARE WE DONE YET? Now married to Suzanne (Nia Long) and stepfather to her kids, Lindsey (Aleisha Allen) and Kevin (Phillip Bolden), Nick decides to change careers, selling his half of a sports memorabilia store to launch a sports magazine. Just as he is about to get things started he finds out that Suzanne is pregnant with twins! Already cramped in his small city apartment, he decides its time to move to the country, where he can raise his new family in more wide open spaces. They are charmed, and duped, by local realtor Chuck Mitchell Jr. (John C. McGinley), who also turns out to be the local inspector and general contractor, to purchase a beautiful mid-1800's house, a "fixer-upper" on sprawling property, complete with pond and guest house. But their dream home becomes a never-ending nightmarish endeavor, and between Suzanne's pregnancy, Nick's magazine launch, and adapting to the country life, it's not clear who will implode first, the house or the family. Based on another RKO Radio Pictures film, MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE (1948), starring Cary Grant and Myrna Loy, ARE WE DONE YET? provides an entertaining look at how families cope, and eventually bond, through adversity, and the unexpected. Ice Cube (FRIDAY, BARBERSHOP) and McGinley (SCRUBS, OFFICE SPACE) have tremendous on-screen chemistry, even though their comedic styles are quite different, Cube with his pessimistic and grimacing double-take responses and McGinley with his overbearing energy and game-show-host grin. Despite all the tension, and some adult themes, ARE WE DONE YET? is a good, clean, fun-for-the-whole-family film. [More]

Starring: Ice Cube, Nia Long, Aleisha Allen, Philip Bolden

Starring: Ice Cube, Nia Long, Aleisha Allen, Philip Bolden, John C. McGinley

Director: Steve Carr

Director: Steve Carr
Screenwriter: Hank Nelken
Producer: Matt Alvarez, Ice Cube, Ted Hartley
Composer: Teddy Castellucci
Screenwriter: Eric Wald
Producer: Todd Garner
Studio: Columbia Pictures

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Dull and forgettable, relentlessly extending this family comedy franchise.

Full Review Source: www.susangranger.com | comment Comment
04/10/07
Susan Granger
Susan Granger
www.susangranger.com

It’s just awful. It’s beyond awful.

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment Comment
04/09/07
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper

As much a broken-down wreck as the house at the center of the plot.

Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion | comment Comment
04/09/07
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

Yeah, we're done.

Full Review Source: EURWeb | comment 1 Comment
04/08/07
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
EURWeb

There's lots of falling down, sloppy food messes and animals taunting the heroes. Cube does a good job mugging it up in his pratfalls. He shows he doesn't have to take himself seriously but can commit to the ridiculous with joy.

Full Review Source: Can Magazine | comment Comment
04/07/07
Fred Topel
Fred Topel
Can Magazine

It isn't gangsta, but it's winning all the same.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
04/07/07
Nathan Rabin
Nathan Rabin
AV Club

Even though the cinematic foundation of this cheap prefab fluff is a message of family togetherness, the building materials -- boneheaded behavior, overwrought conflict, treacly sentiment -- have classic dry rot.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
04/07/07
Stephen Garrett
Stephen Garrett
Time Out New York

Amid all the episodic muddle and din of Are We Done Yet?, you can feel assured of one thing: no one here is your guy.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
04/06/07
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters

They ought to take a bulldozer to this witless slapstick concoction.

Full Review Source: Maxim | comment Comment
04/06/07
Pete Hammond
Pete Hammond
Maxim

...ostensibly based on the old Cary Grant classic Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, but you'd never guess it.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
04/06/07
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

Ostensibly, the message...is the difference between an expensive house and a priceless home, but since the message is taught by a greedy psychopath, it rings a bit hollow.

Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
04/06/07
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

the cringe to laugh ratio is about 60/40 cringe.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Insiders | comment Comment
04/06/07
Eric Lurio
Eric Lurio
Entertainment Insiders

In answer to the cinematic question Are We Done Yet? one can only answer, 'Let's hope so.'

Full Review Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette | comment Comment
04/06/07
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | comment Comment
04/06/07
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Despite his trademark scowl, Cube can't keep himself from looking sheepish. That's where the title comes in.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
04/06/07
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

I've never even seen the old Cary Grant version, and yet I know that even if it was the worst film of 1948, it's still 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 times better than Are We Done Yet?

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
04/05/07
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

Starved for a laugh, the film drags on until finally the predictable life lesson is taught and the credits roll.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
04/05/07
Brett Register
Brett Register
Orlando Weekly

Fans of the first film can rest assured that a change in the director’s chair -- Dr. Dolittle 2 auteur Steve Carr taking over for the presumably indisposed Brian Levant -- has done little to curb the overall tone of slapstick desperation.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
04/05/07
Scott Foundas
Scott Foundas
L.A. Weekly

It's not as funny as it could be, but it's laudable that Ice Cube is making family-friendly movies.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
04/05/07
M. K. Terrell
M. K. Terrell
Christian Science Monitor

We were done in the first five minutes.

Full Review Source: San Antonio Express-News | comment Comment
04/05/07
Larry Ratliff
Larry Ratliff
San Antonio Express-News
 
 
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