Synopsis
Newlyweds Nick and Suzanne decide to move to the suburbs to provide a better life for their two kids. But their idea of a dream home is disturbed by a contractor with a bizarre approach to business.
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Cast
- Ice CubeNick Persons
- Nia LongSuzanne Persons
- John C. McGinleyChuck Mitchell, Jr.
- Aleisha AllenLindsey Persons
- Philip BoldenKevin Persons
- Jonathan KatzMr. Rooney
- Linda KashMrs. Rooney
- Alexandr KaluginRussian Contractor
- Dan JoffreBilly Pulu
- Pedro Miguel ArceGeorgie Pulu
Recommendations
- 58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The unchecked enthusiasm of McGinley as the touchy-feely renovation guru gives slow-burn Cube the perfect foil and mellows the malicious comic tone. The rest is pure slapstick. - 50
Los Angeles Times
Although Ice Cube is still happy to haul out his old snarl when it serves his purposes, he's clearly trying to reinvent himself as a family entertainer. But the milder he gets, the less confident he seems. What's a reformed gangsta rapper to do? - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Tpicture delivers the requisite number of pratfalls, and the genial Ice Cube makes for a credibly hapless everyman, but the comedy still feels a little too safely soft around the edges. - 50
New York Post
While the latest installment avoids the nonstop parade of potty jokes, it never rises much past the level of mediocrity. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
Obvious, but at least it's clean. - 40
Village Voice
Fans of the first film can rest assured that a change in the director's chair has done little to curb the overall tone of slapstick desperation. - 40
Variety
Supposedly based on "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House," but has about as much to do with that frothy Cary Grant confection as a Yugo has to do with a 1948 Buick Roadster. - 40
The New York Times
An ill-advised sequel to "Are We There Yet?" and a feeble fable of better parenting through home improvement.
