Are We Done Yet (WS) - UPC 043396199262

Plot Outline: Newlyweds Nick (Ice Cube) and Suzanne (Long) 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 (McGinley) with a bizarre approach to business.
Having decided to ditch the city in favor of the suburbs, a newly formed family purchases a quaint "fixer-upper" that proves to be more trouble than they could have ever anticipated in a rollicking family comedy that's half sequel to Are We There Yet?, and half remake of Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. Nick (Ice Cube) and Suzanne (Nia Long) have tied the knot, and now the couple is looking for a suitable home in which to raise their family. What better place to bring up adolescents Lindsey (Aleisha Allen) and Kevin (Philip Daniel Bolden) than a quiet house in the suburbs? Despite their outward excitement at the prospect of moving into their very own home, the family soon discovers that dreams don't come easy as eccentric contractor Chuck Mitchell (John C. McGinley) clashes with the head of the family while forming a frustratingly close bond with his wife and two step-children. As the promising fixer-upper begins to pose a serious threat to the burgeoning family's bank account, Nick gradually begins to realize that the suburban dream doesn't come cheap.

Certification: Singapore:PG Argentina:Atp Germany:6 Australia:PG Canada:PG Ireland:PG Canada:G UK:PG Netherlands:6 USA:PG

Comments:
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. More importantly, as much effort as the house will require, the Persons are going to find that it will take even more work to make the house a home.

Nick Persons' (Ice Cube) style is a little cramped these days, along with his rented condo. With new wife, Suzanne (Nia Long), her two growing children, eight-year-old Kevin (Philip Daniel Bolden) and 13-year-old Lindsey (Aleisha Allen), and the family dog, Coco, taking up every last inch of what used to be Nick's bachelor pad, finding space to think and write up the cover story for the first edition of his new venture, Sports Page magazine, is proving an exercise in futility. Still, Nick is trying his best-to write and to adapt.

The situation goes from cramped to critical when Suzanne announces she's pregnant - with twins! There's no option left but to move. As Nick quickly - too quickly? - falls in love with a magnificent home in need of some TLC, the charismatic local realtor, Chuck Mitchell, Jr. (John C. McGinley), sells them on the house's finer attributes... and before she knows it, Suzanne is giving in to Nick's ridiculous vision of fixing up the house himself and creating the perfect environment for their expanding family.

When Nick nearly electrocutes himself on his first do-it-yourself project - after a chandelier falls from the ceiling! - Nick gives in, calls the contractor, and...Chuck shows up? It appears that, in addition to being the local realtor, Chuck is also the resident contractor. Nick is furious... and then, when the babies start kicking and only Chuck can calm them down, it's more than Nick can bear.

His pride hurt, Nick becomes even more determined not to hire Chuck and instead hires a local cowboy builder. The choice proves first dangerous and then expensive as the local inspector - you guessed it, Chuck again - arrives to shut down the illegal wiring. A thousand-dollar fine later, Nick is forced to accept defeat.

Now Chuck can get right to work. Yet even with Chuck on the job - or perhaps because he's on the job - things quickly go from bad to worse. The problems mount - dry rot, corroded plumbing, animal infestation! - and soon, Chuck has moved into an airstream trailer in the Persons' yard. As Chuck continually says, "It's gonna get ugly before it gets pretty."

As the interior of the house is rapidly torn apart, tensions increase and Nick finds his relationships deteriorating at the same rapid pace - and wherever Nick fails, his nemesis succeeds. Chuck bonds with Kevin, who abandons his emulation of Nick to mimic Chuck's dress and mannerisms. Chuck even manages to connect with Lindsey, encouraging her to pursue a relationship with Danny, the cute 15-year-old dry rot specialist she has developed a crush on. Things come to a head when Nick discovers Lindsey has sneaked out to a luau at Danny's house; Nick crashes the party and, despite Chuck's attempts to get Nick to lighten up on the teen, marches a humiliated Lindsey home.

Worst of all, even Suzanne has fallen under Chuck's spell: she starts natural childbirth classes with Chuck as her partner. Already annoyed, Nick is sent over the edge when Chuck cheerfully announces the house needs a new roof. Nick goes ballistic, wreaking vengeance with a piece of mahogany trim as Chuck ducks and darts to avoid Nick's wrath. Chuck survives the attempt on his life but his job is gone. It proves a costly move to Nick: he is quickly abandoned by the other tradespeople, their loyalty firmly with Chuck.

Suzanne - angered by Nick's temper tantrum - decides that the best thing to do is to give her husband some distance. She and the kids move out, but not far, taking up residence in their lakeside cottage.

Ice Cube	...	Nick Persons
Nia Long	...	Suzanne Persons
John C. McGinley	...	Chuck Mitchell, Jr.
Aleisha Allen	...	Lindsey Persons
Philip Daniel Bolden	...	Kevin Persons
Jonathan Katz	...	Mr. Rooney
Linda Kash	...	Mrs. Rooney
Alexander Kalugin	...	Russian Contractor
Dan Joffre	...	Billy Pulu
Pedro Miguel Arce	...	Georgie Pulu
Tahj Mowry	...	Danny Pulu
Jacob Vargas	...	Mike the Plumber
Brenda Prieur	...	Grandma Pulu
Hayes MacArthur	...	Jimmy the Bartender
Colin Strange	...	Persons' Twins

Are We Done Yet? (2007)