- Film Review
- Reviewed By Sloan Freer
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2 out of 5
A child-hating bachelor encounters two insufferable brats in this amiable comedy from Jingle All the Way director Brian Levant. A family-friendly mix of sassy dialogue, slapstick and sight gags, it combines the manic road-trip style of Planes, Trains and Automobiles with the adult-baiting laughs of Home Alone. Cast against type, Ice Cube plays a love-struck singleton who's desperately trying to woo attractive divorcee Nia Long. But when he offers to transport her two monstrous children to see her on a business trip, everything that could go wrong invariably does. The eye-watering clashes and cartoon-style violence that ensue are enjoyable, with Cube's deadpan reactions particularly amusing. But the film founders when it becomes overly sentimental, which sits awkwardly with what's gone before. The youngsters are also too obnoxious to be engaging, and passing off their outrageous behaviour as a product of paternal neglect is hard to swallow.
Plot Summary
Comedy starring Ice Cube and Nia Long. Love-struck bachelor Nick is desperate to woo divorcee Suzanne. Seeing an opportunity to impress, he offers to drive her two children to meet her at a Vancouver business conference. However, the youngsters don't want him dating their mum, and use the trip as a way of getting rid of him.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Nick Persons
- Ice Cube
- Suzanne Kingston
- Nia Long
- Marty
- Jay Mohr
- Al
- M C Gainey
- Lindsey Kingston
- Aleisha Allen
- Kevin Kingston
- Philip Daniel Bolden
- Satchel Paige
- Tracy Morgan
- Miss Mable
- Nichelle Nichols
- Carl
- Henry Simmons
- Car dealer
- Ray Galletti
Crew
- Director
- Brian Levant
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