![]() Long is barely in the film, appearing sporadically that anyone could have played her part. ![]() The jokes are lame and he appears one time too many. Tracy Morgan, a comedian who at times is bearable, is at his worst playing a bobbing doll of baseball great Satchel Page. There are other gags in the film that simply wasn't funny at all. Besides damaging his car and making him look like a kidnapper, he has to endure the long trip with them. The trip becomes hell for Nick as the kids do their best to annoy him with stunt after stunt. When Nick drives Suzanne to the airport for a New Year's Eve event and the kid's dad reneges on a promise to be with them, Nick offers to drive the kids to see their mom. While Nick does his best to stay away from Suzanne, her smile and charm are too hard to resist. Since mom is separated or divorced from their dad, they do their very best to deter anyone from preventing a reconciliation of their parents. Her kids, Lindsey (Allen) and Kevin (Bolden) are not likeable kids. Seems like Nick doesn't kids for they are a distraction. For a few minutes, things start to look good until she mentions she has two kids and he runs back into his store. When he spots Suzanne (Long) who across the street, he can't but go over to her and charm his way into her life. In "Home Alone", one could root for the kid to do his thing, but in this film, the kids are so obnoxious that the message the film is trying to send out is wrong and unsuccessful.Ĭube plays Nick, a sports memorabilia dealer who fancies himself as a ladies'man. This is a clichéd film that features black folks. Unfortunately, while there are a few laughs, "Are We There Yet?" has one too many gags that should have been edited from jump start. ![]() With that said, the both of them are teaming up once again to do something that kids and parents can enjoy. Nia Long, who was featured with Ice Cube in "Boyz N the Hood" as well as "Friday", is coming back in the business after taking some time off from the big screen and becoming a mother as well as being part of the TV show, "Third Watch" on NBC. From the "Friday" films and the "Barbershop" franchise, he has reinvented the game and produced hit after hit and introducing us to a new talent in each film such as Chris Tucker, and Mike Epps. Ice Cube has been a pioneer in this business by creating all sorts of genre that it's hard to imagine that he hasn't done a film for the entire family. Screenwriters: Steven Gary Banks & Claudia GraziosoĬast: Ice Cube, Nia Long, Aleisha Allen, Phillip Bolden, Jay Mohr, & Tracey Morgan It could have been a whole lot better if Cube brought along his protégé from the first "Friday" film as one of the kids uncles,you know like Chris Tucker? It could have made this film a lot more entertaining.Producers: Matt Alvarez, Ice Cube & Dan Kolsrod Still it is a shame that Ice Cube chose this clunker of a vehicle for his first-ever family film. ![]() From there,they bring on two of the most misbehaving,obnoxious kids ever to sully the screen,exhibiting misbehavior to such an extreme that it goes beyond the point of normality which to say goes way beneath rude and disrespectful. First they bring on two of the stars from the first original "Friday" movie(Ice Cube and a suddenly aged Nia Long),and put them in a film that is supposed to be family oriented material,since the film uses every cliché from several films to bring this to the point of ridiculous mayhem. ![]() Here he is not only muggin the camera at its worst,it is also the most pathetic display of sympathy by a actor in recent months. He is a winning presence with an appealing deadpan comic shtick in the "Friday",and "Barbershop" movies as well as here,but he is hampered by the subpar work of the writers who are totally responsible for this mayhem of family dysfunctional values. And the movie which is basically a children's vehicle for rapper/actor/producer Ice Cube who is starring in "Are We There Yet?" is not worth the ride nor the price of admission. The year 2005 has already started out with some bad turkeys to begin the flock of one of the worst family films of the year. ![]()
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