Are We There Yet? (film)
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| Directed by | Brian Levant |
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| Music by | David Newman |
| Cinematography | Thomas Ackerman |
| Edited by | Lawrence Jordan |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $32 million |
| Box office | $97.9 million |
Are We There Yet? is a 2005 Canadian-American family comedy film directed by Brian Levant, written by Steven Gary Banks, Claudia Grazioso, J. David Stem, and David N. Weiss based on a story by Banks and Grazioso, and starring Ice Cube alongside an ensemble cast featuring Nia Long, Aleisha Allen, Philip Daniel Bolden, Jay Mohr, and Tracy Morgan.
Produced by Revolution Studios and distributed by Columbia Pictures, the film was released theatrically on January 21, 2005 to generally negative reviews from critics. However, the film grossed $98 million worldwide and sold 3.7 million DVDs. A sequel, Are We Done Yet?, was released in 2007, to even worse reviews than its predecessor, and a television series featuring the film's main characters premiered in 2010.
The film opens up on Christmas night in Portland, Oregon, where a man appears outside of a decorated house with flowers. On his way to the door, however, he falls into several traps and is left a mess. The culprit of these traps are revealed to be a girl and boy named Lindsey and Kevin Kingston (Aleisha Allen and Philip Daniel Bolden), whose mother has divorced their father. The two are determined to keep her single until the two reconcile.
The film then introduces Nick Persons (Ice Cube), a 35-year-old child-hating bachelor/businessman, as he purchases an expensive Lincoln Navigator SUV and boasts with his beloved bobble-head of Satchel Paige (voiced by Tracy Morgan), who comes to life at its own will – though only Nick can see/hear him. When he reaches his Fine Sports Collectibles shop, he witnesses the woman of his dreams, Suzanne Kingston (Nia Long). On his way to talk to her, however, he is disgusted to find that she has two kids, Lindsey and Kevin. Later that night, he runs into her on his way home, asking for a jump start as her car had broken down. After receiving an electric shock, he agrees to take her home, and once there, agrees to transport her wherever she needs to go. On New Year's Eve, he brings her to an airport to go to Vancouver for a business meeting, but her ex-husband calls to say he's sick and cannot bring the children to the airport, leaving her to put her trust in Nick.
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