| | | New House. New Family. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), English, Subtitled, French, Spanish, Dubbed & Subtitled
Are We Done Yet? is a follow-up to Revolution Studios' hilarious 2005 family comedy Are We There Yet? and picks up where the last story left off. Now married to Suzanne (Nia 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 Lindsey and Kevin (Aleisha Allen and Philip Daniel Bolden). But when his new home quickly becomes a costly "fixer-upper" and he finds himself at the mercy of an eccentric contractor (John C. McGinley), Nick's suburban dream soon becomes a riotous nightmare.
"It isn't gangsta, but it's winning all the same." Nathan Rabin, The Onion A.V. Club
"...best of all, the movie has no more sexual innuendo than an episode of "The Brady Bunch"..." Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle
"Perfect family entertainment!" Shawn Edwards, Fox-TV
Editor's Note
Rapper-turned-actor Ice Cube reprises his role as the Everyman-sports-fanatic Nick Persons of the road-trip slapstick comedy ARE WE THERE YET? (2005), evolving from bachelorhood to domesticated family-man in the hilarious home-improvement farce ARE WE DONE YET? Now married to Suzanne (Nia Long) and stepfather to her kids, Lindsey (Aleisha Allen) and Kevin (Phillip Bolden), Nick decides to change careers, selling his half of a sports memorabilia store to launch a sports magazine. Just as he is about to get things started he finds out that Suzanne is pregnant with twins! Already cramped in his small city apartment, he decides its time to move to the country, where he can raise his new family in more wide open spaces. They are charmed, and duped, by local realtor Chuck Mitchell Jr. (John C. McGinley), who also turns out to be the local inspector and general contractor, to purchase a beautiful mid-1800's house, a "fixer-upper" on sprawling property, complete with pond and guest house. But their dream home becomes a never-ending nightmarish endeavor, and between Suzanne's pregnancy, Nick's magazine launch, and adapting to the country life, it's not clear who will implode first, the house or the family.Based on another RKO Radio Pictures film, MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE (1948), starring Cary Grant and Myrna Loy, ARE WE DONE YET? provides an entertaining look at how families cope, and eventually bond, through adversity, and the unexpected. Ice Cube (FRIDAY, BARBERSHOP) and McGinley (SCRUBS, OFFICE SPACE) have tremendous on-screen chemistry, even though their comedic styles are quite different, Cube with his pessimistic and grimacing double-take responses and McGinley with his overbearing energy and game-show-host grin. Despite all the tension, and some adult themes, ARE WE DONE YET? is a good, clean, fun-for-the-whole-family film.
| Features | Audio: English, French, Spanish, Portugese Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Dubbed: French, Spanish, Portugese | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Mandarin, Korean |
| Entertainment Reviews
 | Are We Done Yet? - DVD Review By: Christopher Null - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 7/27/2007 11:14 PM | | Often vilified as one of the worst films ever made, Are We Done Yet? is far better than its pedigree would suggest. Mining the home improvement milieu has been done before, and if you've seen The Money Pit you know exactly what's going to happen here. Nick and co. will move into what looks like a dream house, but it will fall apart before their very eyes. A group of incompetant repairmen and contractors will attempt to save it. Nick will have a lot of drywall fall on his head....read the full review |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Sony Pictures |
| Release Date: 1/27/2009 |
| Running Time: 95 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2007 | | Catalog ID: 17743 | | UPC: 00043396177437 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Korean, Chinese, Mandarin | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew | Aleisha Allen | | Ice Cube | | John C. McGinley | | Nia Long | | Claudia Grazioso - Based On Characters Created By | | Craig Herring - Editor | | Hank Nelken, et. al. - Screenplay | | Ice Cube - Producer | | Jack N. Green - Cinematographer | | Kelvin Humenny - Art Director | | Nina Ruscio - Production Designer | | Steve Carr - Executive Producer | | Steve Carr - Director | | Steven Gary Banks - Based On Characters Created By | | Teddy Castellucci - Original Music By |
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| | Professional Reviews | DVD Talk 7 of 10
Unlike "There," Ice Cube is much more comfortable for the sequel. Instilled with a newfound confidence to play the broad comedy, Cube manages some laughs as he tumbles around the property battling CornNut-hoarding raccoons, sprinting from a family of bats, and falling through floors. Director Steve Carr ("Next Friday") is hardly challenging anyone with his vision for "Done," but the director and star make a good team and Cube seems to be enjoying himself in the film instead of merely surviving it..."Are We Done Yet?" has its fair share of clunkers, and the McGinley factor blares throughout the entire film, but there's a marked improvement in quality between the two pictures that's tough to ignore. "Done" is a softer picture aimed more at home repair guffaws and comic anxiety rather than a soul-sucking endurance test of misery. The upgrade is appreciated if not completely enjoyed. - Brian Orndorf
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