![]() ![]() 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 Production: Revolution Studios, Cube Vision, 5914 Prods.Producers: Matt Alvarez, Ice Cube & Dan Kolsrod The traveling Kingston-Persons have come home, but it’s not necessarily the best place of all.Īirdate: 9-9:30 p.m. In the end, “Are We There Yet?” is a harmless little family comedy, and that’s about the best that can be said. At that point, the sheer dullness of the episode shines through, as they’re clearly up to speed on the tone (exaggerated) and timing of what are known as jokes. Things coast along soporifically enough during the first few minutes, which are full of celebrity name drops including Tyler Perry and Michelle Obama, and Will Smith becomes a running joke (his new film has “already made $100 million, and it’s not even out yet,” chirps the preteen daughter, who apparently reads The Hollywood Reporter’s boxoffice listings between jumping rope and Girl Scouts).īut there’s trouble ahead when Telma Hopkins (as Nick’s cougar mama) and Ice Cube (Suzanne’s older brother, the “sole member of an elite black ops unit”) make brief appearances. There’s something stilted about the whole exercise, and Crews certainly can do better than wrinkle his entire (bald) head in confusion every two minutes - not that you’d know it from the first episode. The kids pop up only to make Nick’s life more difficult (they throw a specially prepared breakfast in the freezer and call him “Dad” only when they want something). The pilot is a harmless if toothless, 20-odd minutes of bickering between Nick and Suzanne, who exhibit no chemistry, much less a liking for each other. ![]()
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