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21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 58Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSeattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerThe 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.
- 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?
- 50The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenTpicture 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.
- 50New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickWhile the latest installment avoids the nonstop parade of potty jokes, it never rises much past the level of mediocrity.
- 50San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubSan Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubObvious, but at least it's clean.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceFans 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.
- 40VarietyVarietySupposedly 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.
- 40The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisAn ill-advised sequel to "Are We There Yet?" and a feeble fable of better parenting through home improvement.
- 38Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsCalling a sequel Are We Done Yet? is like calling it "Enough Already."
- 38USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigBeen-there-seen-that wannabe laughfest.