Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Ice Cube back with another inoffensive comedy

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Ice Cube builds his dream house in "Are We Done Yet?" which essentially takes the "Are We There Yet?" characters and grafts them into the basic plot line for the RKO Cary Grant comedy "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House."

While the refurbished version would never be taken as an improvement over the original, it makes for a generally inoffensive hour-and-a-half, and with a certifiably gonzo John C. McGinley providing the bulk of the laughs, it is definitely less obnoxious than those "Cheaper by the Dozen" remakes.

It also is better than the 2005 Ice Cube comedy that still managed to gross a highly respectable $82 million. Given the new film's pre-Easter weekend release strategy, it should play well with kids and home improvement fanatics, though others could find themselves relating to the title on more than one occasion.

Full article www.reuters.com

Source: www.reuters.com

No comments: