Are We There Yet?
Nick Persons (Ice Cube) is the affable owner of a sports memorabilia store and a shiny new 4WD, which is his pride and joy. He has also just spied something else he likes very much – sexy divorcee, Suzanne Kingston (Nia Long) who runs an event management service just across the street, but as he makes a beeline for her, he freezes when he notices that Suzanne comes with two attachments – kids. Nick doesn't like kids and these two, Lindsey and Kevin (Aleisha Allen and Philip Bolden) are first-rate brats whom we have already seen pulling some tortuous Home Alone-type tricks on an unsuspecting guy who has come calling on their mother.
Lindsey and Kevin are under the mistaken impression that their parents will get back together, so any potential boyfriend for mum is given the treatment. Against his better judgement, Nick does become friends with Suzanne after rescuing her on a rainy night when her car breaks down and Lindsey and Kevin instantly consider him the enemy. When Suzanne has to go to Vancouver for a job and her ex pulls out of his promise to baby-sit, reckless Nick, hoping to score some big points, offers to follow her to Vancouver with the kids.
Special Features:
- Audio commentary by director Brian Levant
- Never-before-seen deleted scene
- Blooper reel
- Behind-the-scenes features on the making of the movie with cast and crew interviews
- Storyboard to final film comparisons
- “Mess Up My Ride” and “Road Trip” DVD-Rom games
Critic Reviews:
- " Does a good job of capturing the aspect of child-parent and child-adult relationships. And although funny, the movie does touch on a few social issues. " – Damon C. Williams
- " The strength of Ice Cube's performance is his willingness to show vulnerability. When he says he doesn't like kids, he means it. But when he cares, you feel it. " – Nancy Churnin
- " A silly comedy that provides plenty of laughs for those in the audience who are in the single digits or who can make like they are. " – Steve Rhodes