Goofs Before the car catches fire Nick pulls the alarm system out of the car but when he find his keys and unlocks his doors we hear the alarm system bleep. Quotes Nick Persons : [on a horse next to a moving train] I'm gonna have to hop on! Records Inc. By Arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing. User reviews Review. Top review. Just for the Kids. Nick Ice Cube is a born "playah," who takes on a arduous task to convince divorced Suzanne Nia Long to go out with him.
Since she's stuck working in Vancouver and misses her kids, he agrees to drive them up from Portland, but if he thinks her kids are going to let him mack on their mom without a fight, he has another thing coming.
The premise held some potential to be good but the film turned out to be average at best. The jokes are just too mean spirited to be funny and most of the funny jokes were used in the trailer. The jokes are mean spirited because the kids in the film are pretty vicious. They attack Nick because they don't want any guy getting close to their mom. They want their parents back together. I understand that the kids will hate Nick but some of the stuff they do to him is so over the top and unnecessary.
I felt sorry for Ice Cube because he was pretty much killed from all the stuff that happened to him. The acting is okay, nothing special. Ice Cube gives a good performance and he's a pretty good sport for letting all that stuff happen to him. Nia Long was just "meh", nothing special at all.
She doesn't get a lot of screen time though. Aleisha Allen and Philip Bolden both give good performances as really annoying kids. The former was the worst of the two and I hope she doesn't pursue a singing career. Jay Mohr is in the movie for about ten minutes despite being mentioned in the previews.
Despite all this violence happening to Nick, the film is actually kind of dull. However, since the movie is only 90 minutes long, it isn't too much of a punishment to sit through. Brian Levant directs and he does an okay job. Usually, his family films bore and annoy me but this one is better than most of his movies. Another problem with the movie is that it's not very original. As a family film, the kids should enjoy it while adults will most likely be asleep or annoyed. There were a few laughs just not enough for the film to expand its audience.
Is Are we there yet? In the end, this is a nice rental for the kids to watch but everyone else should skip it. FAQ 1. What kind of locomotives are pulling the freight train? Details Edit. Release date January 21, United States.
United States Canada. Columbia Tristar France Sony Pictures. Portland, Oregon, USA. Revolution Studios Cube Vision. Box office Edit. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 1 hour 35 minutes. Related news. Aug 1 Den of Geek.
Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content. Some viewers may be upset by brief shots of a dead deer. And some may be disturbed by the portrayal of absent fathers. Add your rating See all 9 parent reviews. Add your rating See all 37 kid reviews. He tries to resist when he finds out that she has two children, but when he rescues her on a rainy night after her car breaks down and she knows the stats on his favorite player, Satchel Paige, he's a goner.
Even though he does not like children, he will do anything to get close to her. Suzanne needs someone to take her children to Vancouver on New Year's Eve, and after they get into trouble at the airport and miss the train, Nick has to drive them in his beloved and pristine new SUV. Predictably, everything goes wrong on the trip, from an encounter with a kick-boxing deer to projectile vomit. The longest, naggiest, car-sickiest travel with children cannot be any more tedious than this weak and dragged-out generic fluff that wastes the talents of four performers who should know better.
There are about three good minutes of material in this film, all of which appear in the trailer. The funny parts aren't funny, and even worse are the parts that are supposed to be touching.
Nick and the kids have to find some way to like each other, but this aspect of the movie is not just unimaginative and tedious; it is so insincere and condescending that it is affirmatively unpleasant. It's a shame to see the beautiful and talented Nia Long, given so little to do. Ice Cube seems to enjoy his interaction with his young co-stars but never seems fully engaged.
Even with the voice of Tracey Morgan, the talking Satchel Paige bobblehead is tiresome. The performer who comes across the best is Aleisha Allen of School of Rock , who has a fresh and appealing presence. Families can talk about why Kevin and Lindsey tried to sabotage her dates and what made Nick begin to feel some sympathy and respect for the children. They may also want to talk about some of their own car trips and what kinds of things families can do to make sure that the trips are enjoyable for everyone.
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