Are We There Yet? (film)
- Are We There Yet is also the title of John Reuben's first album.
| Are We There Yet | |
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| Directed by | Brian Levant |
| Written by | Steven Gary Banks, Claudia Graziolo |
| Produced by | Matt Alvarez, Ice Cube, Dan Kolsrud |
| Starring | Ice Cube, Nia Long, Jay Mohr, Tracy Morgan |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates | January 21, 2005 |
| Budget | $32,000,000 |
Are We There Yet? is a 2005 comedy film, directed by Brian Levant. It was Columbia's second biggest movie of 2005. It grossed $82 million and sold 3.7 million DVDs. It featured a largely African American cast, and was mostly shot in Vancouver, Canada. It was a popular family movie suitable for children, with broad appeal and the feel of a live-action cartoon.
Plot
Nick Persons (played by Ice Cube), a bachelor who specializes in sports collectibles, finds himself attracted to the beautiful Suzanne Shaw (played by Nia Long), until he realizes she has two children (played by Aleisha Allen & Philip Daniel Bolden). Suzanne's children strongly believe that the only man suitable for her is their estranged father.
When Suzanne is stuck in Vancouver due to a business trip, she is left miserable and missing her kids. Furthermore, the children's dad who was supposed to be looking after them for the weekend has cancelled at the last minute saying that he was sick. This turned out to be a lie (Lindsey and Kevin passed his house later in the movie discovering he moved on with a new wife and a kid). This left them heartbroken because they really missed him so. Lindsey and Kevin do their best to make Nick's trip as nightmarish as possible. Seizing the opportunity to win Suzanne over (which he does at the end), Nick offers to transport them from Portland to Vancouver, despite the fact that he despises children.
The road trip seems to be a disaster from the outset, as Nick faces numerous mishaps in quick succession, which isn't going to be easy.
Tagline: 24 hours. 350 miles. His girlfriend's kids. What could possibly go wrong?
Main cast
- Ice Cube — Nick Persons
- Nia Long — Suzanne Kingston
- Aleisha Allen — Lindsey Kingston
- Philip Daniel Bolden — Kevin Kingston
- Jay Mohr — Marty
- M.C. Gainey — Al Buck
- C. Ernst Harth — Ernst
- Nichelle Nichols — Miss Mable
- Henry Simmons — Carl
Filming locations
- Campbell River, British Columbia
- Vancouver International Airport (disguised as Portland International Airport)
- Portland, Oregon
- Most shots are in Vancouver, British Columbia: scenic drive north to Whistler, Dragon's gate bridge from Stanley Park, bridges, train station
Wheels
Ice Cube's vehicle is a new Lincoln Navigator with spinners, but later with wrong-sized wheels.
Quotes
- Kevin: Mom says we have to be polite to her dates. And we will if he makes it to the door.
- Nick: Aw damn! Boy didn't you hear what I just said.
- Lindsey: Oooh you swore.
- Nick: You damn right I swore. That's a $400 worth a damage to my new car!
- Lindsey: You forgot the magic word.
Trivia
- Kevin is seen playing the game Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem on the Nintendo Gamecube.
- Kids ask Ice Cube for Yu-gi-oh! cards at the beginning of the movie.
- The movie features the characters travelling from Portland, Oregon to Vancouver, BC. However, this is ironic since the portland train station, airport and most of the other filming locations were in Vancouver, while the Portland is across the Columbia river from the other Vancouver in Washington state.
- The train featured in the movie is VIA Rail. In reality, VIA Rail travels only in Canada. The Amtrak route is the Amtrak Cascades which goes through Seattle.
- Lindsey can be seen with braces throughout the movie.
- Several references to the caps that Ice Cube wears: Cleveland Cavaliers is a reference of the character Nia Long played on the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in which her character is from Cleveland, OH. Another is the Detroit Tigers cap that Ice Cube wore for his character "Doughboy" in Boyz N The Hood.
- Actor Ice Cube stated on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" that this film was originally intended as an 'Adam Sandler' vehicle.
- When Nick names off all the things he doesn't have,one of them was Spongebob.