Review of Are We There Yet? (2005) by Matt S — 17 Mar 2011

A funny and entertaining family movie. The three actors have great chemistry and they worked well with each other. I would have loved to see a genuine love story involving Ice Cube, Nia Long, and the challenge of a lifelong bachelor dating a woman with children. Sad that a story like that couldn't get made, but this shrill "comedy" could. Delivers on some pretty basic childhood fantasies -- chiefly, kids seeing themselves in control, and watching adults in comical pain. This is not the plot of your typical Ice Cube movie. It does, however, combine the plots of at least three John Hughes movies. The screenplay was kind of lame, but everything makes up for it. It has moments of comedy as well as moments of sincere heart-string tugs.

VERDICT: "Matinée" - (Mixed reaction). These kinds of movies are usually movies that had some good things, but some bad things kept it from being amazing. This rating says to pay matinée prices to see at a theatre or buy an ex rental or a cheap price the DVD to own.