While Nick and the kids make more progress than they did on their road trip, there’s still plenty of labor needed to cement this crew into a family. Story: Newlyweds Nick and Suzanne decide to move to the suburbs to provide a better life for their two kids. Thomas Haden Church previously attached to co-star before the film was re-worked into a sequel. Journal of Information Technology Education, v6 p227-240 2007 Children in the back seat on a long trip are not the only ones asking the question 'Are we there yet' At Murray State University (MSU) and other universities starting new programs, the question becomes one of validation of the program. Sequel to 'Are We There Yet' (USA/2005) directed by Brian Levant and starring Ice Cube and Nia Long. Released in United States Spring April 4, 2007. Still, like remodeling a house, building relationships take a lot of work. Released in United States on Video August 7, 2007. And despite his often cranky and inept attempts at bonding with the children, Nick is at least trying to connect. Unlike so many kids’ rule scripts, adults in this story, at least occasionally, set boundaries for their children and follow through with the consequences. While the Persons’ misadventures should caution anyone considering a fixer-upper, there is a slight redemptive value to this film. Parents will also find some brief sexual innuendo, a handful of profanities, and occasional tension between family members. Throughout the movie, similar exploits are caused by handyman disasters like leaking roofs, broken floor joists and a belfry of bats that swarm the new homeowners. In the opening credits alone, a cartoon figure is electrocuted, falls through the floor, tumbles off a ladder and is attacked by a deer. Like the prequel, there is plenty of slapstick violence, most of it aimed at adults. Nick’s agitation increases even more when the dream house Chuck sold them starts requiring a nightmarish amount of money to repair. McGinley) who repeatedly shows up on their doorstep worming his way into the hearts of Suzanne and the kids. His biggest headache is their overly effusive real estate agent, Chuck Mitchell Jr. It’s the scowling stepfather who is throwing the tantrums now. But considering their out-of-control antics in the first film they seem to adjust surprisingly well to their new surroundings. Finding a stately, old house in the country, he loads up a rental trailer and transplants his family to a new locale.Īs is to be expected, there is plenty of whining and dramatics from the kids who don’t want to leave their friends behind. So when Suzanne announces she is pregnant, Nick knows it is time to move on. Packing a new wife, her children and a dog into the bachelor’s pad is enough to cramp any man’s style. Regardless of the dreadful road trip, Nick Persons (Ice Cube) has since married the children’s mother Suzanne (Nia Long) and set up wedded life in his tiny city apartment. The idea, then, of renovating a house with Lindsey (Aleisha Allen) and Kevin (Philip Bolden) in the film’s sequel seems anything but appealing. Taking a road trip with a pair of badly behaved children in Are We There Yet? was enough to tempt almost any adult into leaving the terrible twosome stranded along a deserted stretch of highway.

Are we there yet 2007