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Are We Done Yet? DVD (2007)

Ice Cube's slapstick kiddie flick Are We There Yet? grated on critics' nerves, but scored well with half-term moviegoers when it opened in 2005. The sequel, Are We Done Yet?, was inevitable and "no less irritating than the first." Cube once again stars as the reluctant family man, tormented by his wife's kids in this "so-called comedy". And wouldn't you know it, some people did actually pay to see it.

What's Doing?

We're given a kid's-eye-view of the film set in Kidding Around. The pint-sized stars of the film Philip Daniel Bolden and Aleisha Allen are your guides in a whistle-stop tour that takes in the wardrobe trailer, the hair and make-up department and the craft services table. Those bowlfuls of cheesy crisps might explain the hyperactivity of these two tykes, who also have a bash at kayaking before retiring to their respective trailers for boring, old Spanish class.

Are We Done Yet? DVD

The only other peek we get behind the scenes is a brief showcase for supporting player John C McGinley. He's perhaps best known for playing a doctor with an anger mangement problem in TV sitcom Scrubs, but here the actor shows off an array of talents including cookery, fire dancing and baby whispering. Of course what we really want to see is McGinley chucking his toys out of the pram - he'd put those kids to shame.

Done And Dusted

Perhaps the funniest moment on this disc is in the blooper reel. That's where Cube accidentally lapses into an impression of Gary Coleman in Diff'rent Strokes ("What choo talkin' 'bout..."), and even that's only mildy amusing. Rounding off the extras menu is a quiz testing your knowledge of the film. Frankly though, we can't see too many kids sitting still long enough to see this through to the end.

EXTRA FEATURES

  • Kidding Around On Set: Making Are We Done Yet? featurette
  • Chuck Mitchell Jr., Jack Of All Trades featurette
  • Blooper reel
  • Are We Done Yet? Film Quiz
  • Trailers
  • Are We Done Yet? DVD is released on Monday 24th September 2007.

    Technical Information

    REGION SOUND MENUS RATIO
    2 Dolby Digital 5.1 Animated, with music 1.85: 1 (anamorphic)
    CHAPTERS SUBTITLES AUDIO TRACKS
    28 English, Italian, Hindi English, English audio description, Italian
    CAPTIONS EXTRAS SUBTITLES CERTIFICATE
    English The special features are subtitled.

    End Credits

    Director: Steve Carr

    Writer: Hank Nelken

    Stars: Ice Cube, Nia Long, John. C McGinley

    Genre: Comedy, Family

    Length: 88 minutes

    Cinema: 8 June 2007

    DVD: 24 September 2007

    Country: USA