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Are We Done Yet?
Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Entertainment

Are We Done Yet? reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 36 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
4.7 out of 10
based on 21 reviews
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MPAA RATING: PG for some innuendos and brief language

Starring Ice Cube, Ice Cube, John C. McGinley, Aleisha Allen, Philip Bolden, Dan Joffre, and Alexander Kalugin

This follow-up to the 2005 family comedy "Are We There Yet" picks up where the last story left off. Now married to Suzanne (Long), Nick Persons (Ice Cube) has bought a quiet suburban house to escape the rat race of the big city and to provide more space for his new wife and kids. But where his new home quickly becomes a costly "fixer upper" and he finds himself at the mercy of an eccentric contractor, Nick's suburban dream soon becomes a riotous nighmare. (Revolution Studios / Columbia Pictures)


GENRE(S): Comedy  |  Family/Kids  
WRITTEN BY: Hank Nelken (also story)
Steven Gary Banks & Claudia Grazioso (characters)
Norman Panama & Melvin Frank (motion picture Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House)
 
DIRECTED BY: Steve Carr  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: August 7, 2007 
Theatrical: April 4, 2007 
RUNNING TIME: 92 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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75
The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin
It isn't gangsta, but it's winning all the same.
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58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
The unchecked enthusiasm of McGinley as the touchy-feely renovation guru gives slow-burn Cube the perfect foil and mellows the malicious comic tone. The rest is pure slapstick.
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58
Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach
There's a funny premise at the core of Are We Done Yet? Too bad the movie doesn't do much with it.
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50
New York Post Lou Lumenick
While the latest installment avoids the nonstop parade of potty jokes, it never rises much past the level of mediocrity.
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50
San Francisco Chronicle Peter Hartlaub
Obvious, but at least it's clean.
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50
New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
After allowing sadistic violence and whining children to invade his movie like a horde of termites, Carr tries to put one over on us by tacking on a sentimental ending. But as any homeowner could have told him, you can't disguise a weak foundation with a cheap finish.
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50
The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen
Tpicture delivers the requisite number of pratfalls, and the genial Ice Cube makes for a credibly hapless everyman, but the comedy still feels a little too safely soft around the edges.
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50
Los Angeles Times Sam Adams
Although Ice Cube is still happy to haul out his old snarl when it serves his purposes, he's clearly trying to reinvent himself as a family entertainer. But the milder he gets, the less confident he seems. What's a reformed gangsta rapper to do?
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40
The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis
An ill-advised sequel to "Are We There Yet?" and a feeble fable of better parenting through home improvement.
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40
Village Voice Scott Foundas
Fans of the first film can rest assured that a change in the director's chair has done little to curb the overall tone of slapstick desperation.
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40
Variety John Anderson
Supposedly based on "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House," but has about as much to do with that frothy Cary Grant confection as a Yugo has to do with a 1948 Buick Roadster.
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38
USA Today Claudia Puig
Been-there-seen-that wannabe laughfest.
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38
Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips
Calling a sequel Are We Done Yet? is like calling it "Enough Already."
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38
TV Guide Ken Fox
The film desperately needs a stronger script; one with a few funny jokes would be nice.
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38
Boston Globe Wesley Morris
The movie needs Richard Dreyfuss .
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30
Washington Post Ann Hornaday
John C. McGinley from "Scrubs" gets to strut some of his comic stuff as the deranged builder, but he's the only passable feature in a property that should be condemned.
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30
Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
Director Steve Carr continues his streak of numbingly mediocre family comedies.
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25
Entertainment Weekly Gregory Kirschling
Atrocious sequel.
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25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Stephen Cole
If all this sounds familiar, it should. Fathers seldom fare very well in family comedies.
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20
Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
Nothing is very funny in this movie, and everything is predictable.
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20
Empire Staff (Not credited)
Even John C McGinley (Dr. Cox from Scrubs) can't save this lamest of comedies.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 4.7 (out of 10) based on 19 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Ben B. gave it a0:
Worst comedy ever! What was the point in making this load of crap?

Jennifer G. gave it a2:
I hate this movie but some parts were funny and the rest was Horrible!!!

David K gave it a0:
i don't know why i went to see this i just wanted to watch a fun family comedy. this in a way was more of a horror as it was horrifically bad

[Anonymous] gave it a0:
The movie asks a good question about its genre. The question is asked in the films title.

Randy S. gave it a0:
Are We There Yet was a lot of fun for my whole family. This film was horrible. We couldn't wait for it to end.

Chris H. gave it a2:
This movie has a well thought out story line, but over all it's just not funny. Maybe it would be for about a 5-10 year old. Very immature humor.

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