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| Director
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Brian Levant |
| Starring
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Ice Cube, Nia Long, Aleisha
Allen, Philip Bolden |
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| The plot of
Are We There Yet? |
On
New Year's Eve, with his new girlfriend (Long)
holed up in Vancouver, British Columbia, Nick
Persons (Cube), offers to drive her kids up to
from their home in Portland, Oregon so they can
all be together for the holiday. But it's not
the weather that Nick needs to look out for --
it's the kids, who have never liked any of the
men their mom has dated. |
| Are We There
Yet? Movie Review |
Reviewed by
Bill Beyrer :
Amidst the avalanche of big holiday releases and expanding
Oscar bait, studios tend to treat January and early
February as a cinematic trash can, dumping all the leftovers
into a big heap just hoping we’ll all go digging
for scraps. After two back to back clunkers this time
last year, Ice Cube is back, this time taking an all
too familiar formula and forming a family friendly film
that won’t have you asking Are We There Yet? But
rather, is it over yet?.
more..
Review By LOUIS B. HOBSON -- Calgary Sun :
Chevy Chase should be feeling vindicated, if
not down-right smug. Back in the 1980s, there were those
who scoffed at his National Lampoon Vacation movies.
Now studios are rushing to make rip-offs. We've already
had everything from Cedric the Entertainer's Johnson
Family Vacation to the teen sex romp Eurotrip. This
weekend, Ice Cube takes us on a road trip with Are We
There Yet? If you try to tackle this one without a kid
or two in tow you'll be asking yourself precisely the
same question. It's a loud, brash, silly, crude piece
of slapstick for preteens that makes those old Home
Alone movies look insightful and sensitive. Ice Cube
plays Nick Persons, a former professional athlete who
runs a store selling sports collectibles. More..
Reviewed by Todd Gilchrist :
‘Hollywood on ice’ is the nickname for this
month’s Sundance Film Festival; ‘Ice making
nice’ is the kindest way to describe this mild
January diversion.
The release slate for January has always been defined
by two polar extremes of the cinematic experience: at
one end are platform Oscar flicks, finally seeing the
light of day in markets not immediately tied to Los
Angeles and New York; at the other are B-level disasters,
too insignificant to held until the dog days of August
and too costly to be outright dumped.
more..
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