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Avg. Critic Score: 36 out of 100 Generally unfavorable reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
8 OK for kids 8+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 50
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    After allowing sadistic violence and whining children to invade his movie like a horde of termites, Carr tries to put one over on us by tacking on a sentimental ending. But as any homeowner could have told him, you can't disguise a weak foundation with a cheap finish. Read full review

  • 50
    The Hollywood Reporter | Michael Rechtshaffen

    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. Read full review

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle | Peter Hartlaub

    Obvious, but at least it's clean. Read full review

  • 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? Read full review

  • 40
    The New York Times | Jeannette Catsoulis

    An ill-advised sequel to "Are We There Yet?" and a feeble fable of better parenting through home improvement. Read full review

  • 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. Read full review

  • 38
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    Been-there-seen-that wannabe laughfest. Read full review

  • 38
    Boston Globe | Wesley Morris

    The movie needs Richard Dreyfuss . Read full review

  • 30
    Washington Post | Ann Hornaday

    John C. McGinley from "Scrubs" gets to strut some of his comic stuff as the deranged builder, but he's the only passable feature in a property that should be condemned. Read full review

  • 25
    Entertainment Weekly |

    Atrocious sequel. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says OK for kids 8+ Ice Cube's do-it-yourself sequel is too formulaic.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this sequel to Are We There Yet? follows a blended family in which there's significant tension between the stepfather and kids. Like most family comedies, there are dozens of sight gags and pratfalls. Three blind plumbers and two obese Hawaiian subcontractors are competent workers -- which makes their unnecessarily stereotypical depictions even more obvious. A 13-year-old girl is portrayed as boy crazy and wears revealing outfits in a couple of scenes. She also flirts and sneaks out to party with an older teenage construction worker. Mom Suzanne has a discreet homebirth, although her husband passes out after checking to see whether the baby has crowned.
  • Families can talk about how the media portrays blended families. Is Nick's relationship with his stepkids realistic? What kinds of issues do blended families face in real life? Families can also discuss the media's take on kids' transition into full-blown adolescence. How is Lindsey similar to and different from 13-year-olds you know? Why is Nick so upset about the way she dresses? Parents and kids can also talk about stereotypes. How does the movie portray Hawaiian people and the blind? Is it funny or offensive? Why?
The good stuff
  • message true0 Positive messages: Three blind plumbers are shown mistaking the woods for the house, but in another scene they work correctly on the pipes. A diverse group of neighbors visit Nick and Suzanne with welcome gifts. When a tattooed, Goth-looking family visits, Nick says: "Thanks, and leave before I call the cops." Several Hawaiian characters are obese. The movie's overall theme is that a "house is not a home." When Nick embraces his new role as stepfather and father-to-be, his family and his home come together.
What to watch for
  • violence false0 Violence and scariness: Loads of pratfalls and other cartoonish physical gags.
  • sex false3 Sexy stuff: A 13-year-old wears tight, revealing, clothes. She sneaks out of her house to go to a party with an older boy. They dance, hug, and hold hands. Nick and Suzanne hug and kiss in bed after she alludes to "breaking in the house." Suzanne gives birth to twins at home, and Nick faints after checking under her skirt.
  • language false0 Language: Not much: "sucka," "weird," "I hate you."
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Minor: Nick wears various college jerseys and T-shirts; Suzanne has a Louis Vuitton bag.
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Nick does two shots and downs a beer at a bar when he finds out he's having twins. People drink mixed drinks at a party.
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