Perry Kate
Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
AboveDeepBuggy
Some things I liked some I did not.
GarnettTeenage
The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.
Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin
The movie really just wants to entertain people.
Nobody-27
Let's be honest here: there are films which are pretty much an art form such as "Seven Samurai" or "The Grand Illusion" and then there are "just movies": action movies, comedies, sci-fi, recent slew of comic strip/toy movies (least favorite to me) and one badly underrepresented category, which incidentally makes the most money in Hollywood (they did not get the memo though): family movies. Notice I did not call them "films", although to be able to entertain the whole family without blood, gore, sex, violence, war, darkness and such, is quite an achievement today worthy of the name "film".Family movies are meant to entertain the whole family but in an entirely positive, relaxed and children safe way. This film achieved all of those, while many family favorites, we have to admit, do have scenes that make us cringe and are not really appropriate for children (E.g. Indiana Jones series).Within that domain of family entertainment, "Yours, Mine and Ours" is one fine movie. Making a film with 20 kids is bordering with madness - the old adage of Hollywood is "No animals, no children." Making it funny and interesting to watch without resorting to cheap thrills of fast car rides, sex scenes/nudity, guns or simply shallow behavior is commendable. They managed to pull it off with no less than 20 children and a few pets to boot. That in itself deserves praise.The film is a romantic comedy wrapped around tons of kids doing their shenanigans, a new house, pets, and so on. Again, if you are aware that this is a family film, and lower your guard, rather then expect 20 kids to earn Oscars, you will enjoy it.Both Rene Russo and Dennis Quaid were excellent, and truly funny. The kids were funny too (and older ones obviously acted better than their younger "siblings" which is to be expected given the age difference).If you have a child, and would like to have a film to watch, than this would be the one. Children laugh through the entire film, and there is still more than enough for adults to enjoy.For being a daring, well executed and thoroughly enjoyable family fun, I give it 10 stars. Let's hope we get to see more of similar movies in the future.
aesgaard41
Dennis Quaid is a Coast Guard Commander with eight kids raised with rules and schedules. Rene Russo has four kids and six adopted kids with no rules and a freethinking lifestyle. Faster than you can say "Brady Bunch," these two former loves take a hunch and decide to merge their families. The resulting movie is pretty much as expected, a lot of fighting, arguing and expected destruction. This movie is much more than an update to the Henry Fonda/Lucille Ball; like "The Parent Trap" before it, it's both a reboot and update, something that doesn't always work, but there's also a nice love story behind the kids conspiring to break up their parents marriage and as a result, bond over their duplicitous action. It's quite predictable, but the end result is still worth a look-see. After all, even if you know where you're going, you still want to see the trip that gets there. The only drawback to the movie is that there is not a recognizable face among the kids except for Danielle Panabaker (CSI, Phil Of The Future
) and comedian David Koeschner (Hannah Montana) who appears an acquaintance of the father. It's a small nitpick, but its not enough to bar anyone from renting this movie.
Steve Pulaski
Besides having two punctuations in one simple title, Yours, Mine, and Ours has to be one of the most annoying remakes I've seen in recent years. Friday the 13th was a pretty annoying one, but because of context not content. How can anyone stay sane when there are eighteen kids running around, hyper speed for ninety tedious minutes? Jo Frost would lose her mind in this ruckus.Yours, Mine, and Ours is a remake of the 1968 film of the same name. Having never seen the original, from what I understand both films have eighteen kids, and the only major differences are the actors. Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda are replaced with Rene Russo and Dennis Quaid along with the kids which I won't take time explaining. But lets just say that coming from a teenager who doesn't want kids, this film was absolutely frightening.Frank Beardsley is a US Coast Guard Admiral widower who is managing eight kids. Helen North works as a designer and she has ten kids. Frank and Helen where sweethearts in High School, and are reunited after 25 years. After learning about each others kids they come up with the brilliant idea to marry and raise a family of eighteen. My first thought would be get the f**k out! Of course when raising eighteen kids of all different age groups the first thing that should come to your mind is let the kids meet and see if they form a tight bond. If not, maybe marriage isn't going to work. Nope. Not necessary. Without even consulting the kids (if you call a five minute estimated family talk when no kids can change the folks mind a consulting then okay) they make the indulgent move of marrying anyway. What a fun house. No one but the parents have any say in something that will effect their own life.So naturally, when the kids first meet everything goes haywire and fighting, bickering, hitting, beating, and arguing come constantly. The biggest problem is that Frank is shipshape (pun intended) and Helen lets the kids have freedom. Disciplined kids, free kids. Not seeing a very good connection. Maybe they should've RECONSIDERED marriage, and production on this film as well.The plus for the film was seeing both Drake Bell and Miranda Cosgrove in it. They worked for years on Drake & Josh and I've always favored both of them. I lost touch and interest with Drake Bell after he quit Drake & Josh , and as far as Miranda Cosgrove goes, once the first ten or so episodes of iCarly aired...lets leave it at that.One thing that angered me more than the film itself was Cartoon Network, the network I watched the film on. Not the fact that it was loaded with commercials, but how two big "C" and "N" mascots were popping up during the commercials. We're led to believe these bulky, headless annoyances are watching the movie with us and just getting off track? Why not make it believable and have the mascots actually say something that happens in the movie rather than have them ranting about turkey leftovers and football. Also the number of commercials making the viewers aware about "exercising" and "eating a healthy meal" uncountable and an even bigger annoyance than the mascots. Has childhood obesity become that much of a big deal that commercials alerting viewers of it's occurrence need to be on every kid's network. If kids are watching a movie on Cartoon Network, do you think they'll drop everything (in the middle of the movie" and dash outside to the nearest park and play a game? Logical, like the mascot's heads, is absent Yours, Mine, and Ours is what you would expect of a remake. A loud, overly cliché, annoying state of affairs that has Dennis Quaid being hit off a boat, in the head, or into a can of paint one too many times to be passable. I've been known to enjoy slapstick like the works of Carrot Top and Chris Farley, although I have standards set for where I want my slapstick. Being hit in the head five times or more in a single movie is way past my standards.Starring: Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo, Sean Faris, Jerry O'Connell, Drake Bell, Miranda Cosgrove, Lil' JJ, Danielle Panabaker. Directed by: Raja Gosnell.
southsalembandgeek
This movie was excellent, it one of very few family movies that are suitable for all ages. Many people say they didn't like it, and gave it bad ratings probably because, there's no sexual humor or sex scenes. These days, If there's sex in a movie, then that makes it interesting and good. Hardly anyone understands that family movies are for families, they're not meant to be nasty to watch, it should be enjoyable for everyone. Movies can be great without that garbage. The humor was good and you can really feel the compassion in this movie. Its great for kids. I loved the way things happened, like the physical humor and the kid actors/actresses were so adorable. The only thing I didn't like about it was the fight over a boy that the two older girls had. I think it was stupid and unnecessary. Drake Bell did a really good job on his part. He was witty and full of drama with the different situations throughout the movie. Everyone did a great job. I give it a 8 out of 10.