Are We There Yet?
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) | Release Date: January 21, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
27
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
13
Negative:
15
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
It's been a while since we saw a bad John Hughes comedy, and Are We There Yet? more than fits the bill (even though Hughes had absolutely nothing to do with it). Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Won't make your day, but it won't kill it either. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Cube is cute and Long is lovely, but the youngsters are too brash and smug to bear. At least there's a heartwarming end to the excursion. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
This is not the plot of your typical Ice Cube movie. It does, however, combine the plots of at least three John Hughes movies. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
I would have loved to see a genuine love story involving Ice Cube, Nia Long, and the challenge of a lifelong bachelor dating a woman with children. Sad that a story like that couldn't get made, but this shrill "comedy" could. Read full review
40
VarietyScott Foundas
Are We There Yet? traps the affable Ice Cube in a dismal kiddy slapstick saga that even his considerable charisma can do little to enhance. Read full review
40
Village VoiceMark Holcomb
Levant and his screenwriting posse attempt to wring maximum hilarity from this setup, but it's just too schizoid. Read full review
40
Dallas ObserverMelissa Levine
It's all a big, boring failure of slapstick and degradation. Of course, that's not to say your kids won't like it. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
Surely the only thing more excruciating than being trapped in a car with a bratty child is having to sit through a road-trip movie that features two of them. Read full review
40
The New York TimesDana Stevens
The always charismatic Ice Cube makes Are We There Yet? watchable. Read full review
40
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Ice Cube tries his hand at family comedy in this phony story. Read full review
40
Film ThreatPete Vonder Haar
All the excessive slapstick and juvenile antics keep the audience from making any kind of connection with the characters and prevents Are We There Yet? from being anything more than another disposable January release. Read full review
40
SalonStephanie Zacharek
I can't recall ever having seen a single bad Ice Cube performance, and his utter charm even in flimsy material like this only reaffirms his gifts. Read full review
38
USA TodayClaudia Puig
Not worth the ride. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Runs 96 minutes but feels like so much more. There is only one gag. Read full review
30
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
I started out this journey actually liking children. By the end of the movie, I wasn't so sure. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Gets nowhere. Its star Ice Cube remains characteristically amiable, but this thuddingly miscalculated comedy is way beneath him. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Have we such short memories that we have already forgotten last year's feeble "Johnson Family Vacation?" Read full review
30
Washington PostTeresa Wiltz
The humor's a tad too raunchy for the kids, and the predictable plot won't win over any of the parents. Read full review
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Sour slapstick assault with a tin heart and counterfeit sentimentality. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
The affable Ice Cube is all that makes this forced, unfunny film watchable, and, frankly, it's hard watching him waste his efforts on a movie so woefully cynical. Read full review
25
New York PostLou Lumenick
A vulgar, grating alleged "family" comedy. Read full review
25
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
Will have most audiences asking, "Can we leave now?" Read full review
25
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
This gnarly and illogical little sitcom is bound to make any adult reconsider that next outing with the kids. Read full review
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Leah McLaren
Uh oh, pull over, I think I'm gonna be carsick. Read full review
20
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Repetitive, predictable comedy. Read full review
0
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
All too effectively conveys the claustrophobic horror of being shackled in a small space with two whiny, hateful children. Read full review
0
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Four screenwriters are credited with this sloppy piece of work. Divide the embarrassment into quarters. Read full review
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