Are We Done Yet?

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Are We Done Yet?
Are we done yetmp.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Steve Carr
Screenplay by Hank Nelken
Story byHank Nelken
Based on
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Jack N. Green
Edited byCraig P. Herring
Music by Teddy Castellucci
Production
companies
Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date
  • April 4, 2007 (2007-04-04)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$28 million[ citation needed ]
Box office$58.4 million [1]

Are We Done Yet? is a 2007 American family comedy film directed by Steve Carr and starring Ice Cube. [2] The film is the second installment in the Are We There Yet? franchise, and the sequel to the 2005 movie of the same name. The plot of the movie is taken from Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948). The screenplay is by Hank Nelken. It was produced by Revolution Studios and RKO Pictures and distributed by Columbia Pictures.

Contents

The film was shot on location in Tsawwassen, British Columbia, Canada, but is set in Newberg, Oregon, United States.

Plot

Two years after the events of the first film, Nick Persons has married Suzanne Kingston and moved her children, Kevin and Lindsey into his apartment, as well as purchasing a Cadillac Escalade after he accidentally burnt up his Lincoln Navigator. He has also sold his sports memorabilia store to his friend Marty and adopted a Berger Picard named Coco. Kevin and Lindsey have both matured since the previous events.

While getting ready for an interview with Magic Johnson to launch a sports magazine, Suzanne tries telling Nick that she is pregnant. Later, during breakfast, Suzanne tells Nick about buying a 3-bedroom apartment right from their neighbors. Suzanne then reveals her pregnancy and later finds out that they will be having twins.

Needing more space, they try to move to the country and meet Chuck Mitchell Jr., a charming but deceiving local real estate agent/contractor, and after some talking, Nick decides to buy the house. The family then packs up their things and moves into the house, with Lindsey being against the move because she is far away from her friends, has no cell phone reception, and because they are no cute boys. However, as it turns out, Nick failed to get the house inspected first, and everybody scolds him as they soon find a mold infestation. While trying to resolve the mold issue, Chuck discovers even more problems with the house, and Nick becomes angry with him as he almost destroys it trying to fix them all while also being scolded by Suzanne and the kids after Nick goes fishing.

Meanwhile, Lindsey, still wanting to be treated like an adult, falls in love with one of Chuck's employees, Danny Pulu, a young adult and the youngest of the Pulu family, who is as equally smitten with her and happens to be from her math class in her old school. One night, Nick finds Lindsey's bedroom door wide open and suggests she has left the house, so he asks Kevin where she is and reveals that she went to a party at Danny's house. After finding her dancing with Danny, Nick grounds her while firing the Pulu brothers, causing her to resentful enough that she ignores him the next day.

When Nick gets a voicemail about an executive trying to move on with his idea if he can't get Magic, Nick finally decides to fire Chuck after he tells him that the house needs a whole new foundation during a yoga exercise where Suzanne scolds Nick for forgetting their practice from being busy working with the house. When Chuck reveals that he knew that there was more work to be done with the house, Nick tells Chuck to leave the house, which causes all those working on the house to quit out of loyalty to Chuck.

After everybody leaves, Suzanne scolds Nick again and tells him that he needs to hire Chuck back, but Nick refuses and tries to sell the house again so he can move back to his condo in the city. During their argument, Nick finally steps his ground and calls Suzanne out for her naiveté while also arguing that he would not be in the situation if it were never for her and the kids. Needing some time to think, Suzanne then proclaims that she and the kids will be staying in the guest house until she cools down.

After taking some time to think, Nick decides to fix the house on his own after having a talk with Kevin while fishing and Lindsey apologizing and promising to truly act mature from then on and also to apologize to Chuck, especially when he was told that his wife, a famous country singer, died a few years ago. Chuck responds by bringing his friends back to help; including Kevin, Lindsey, and Danny, who his brothers force him to apologize about the party.

After finishing the house, when Nick tries to apologize, Suzanne is in the middle of having contractions and starts going into labor. The family tries to go to the hospital, but since the hospital is half an hour away, the babies are coming quickly. With no choice but to have labor in the house, Nick, Kevin, and Lindsey have to deliver the babies. Chuck tries to get there, but his truck breaks down and he is forced to power walk down to the house. While she is still in labor, Nick gets a call from Magic Johnson. After Suzanne gives birth to identical twin boys, the movie ends six months later with a big BBQ in their backyard, at which Nick debuts his new magazine titled Are We Done Yet?, based on his experience building the house.

Cast

Production

The film is a remake of the 1948 Cary Grant comedy Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House and produced by Ted Hartley of RKO Pictures. [3]

Release

The film made $58.4 million worldwide. [1] The film was released in the United Kingdom on June 8, 2007, and opened on #3, behind Ocean's Thirteen and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End . [4]

Reception

Like its predecessor, Are We Done Yet? was panned by critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 8% based on 92 reviews, and has an average rating of 2.81/10. The site's consensus reads: "Are We Done Yet? plays it way too safe with generic slapstick and uninspired domestic foibles." [5] On Metacritic, the film has a higher score than its predecessor's, at 36 out of 100, based on 21 reviews, meaning "generally unfavorable reviews". [6] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale. [7]

Neil Smith for BBC.com gave the film 1 out of 5 stars and wrote: "McGinley, as it happens, is the film's only trump card, his madcap multi tasker stealing every scene he's in and leaving the movie's nominal star for dead." [8] In one of the few positive reviews, Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club gave the film a grade B, and praises McGinley and calls Ice Cube's performance "strangely charming". Rabin concludes: "It isn't gangsta, but it's winning all the same." [9]

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