Critics Scoreboard
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Average Critic Score:
36
(21 sources)
36
(21 sources)
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58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The 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. Read Full Review » -
58
Baltimore Sun
There's a funny premise at the core of Are We Done Yet? Too bad the movie doesn't do much with it. Read Full Review » -
50
New York Post
While the latest installment avoids the nonstop parade of potty jokes, it never rises much past the level of mediocrity. Read Full Review » -
50
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50
New York Daily News
After allowing sadistic violence and whining children to invade his movie like a horde of termites, Carr tries to put one over on us by tacking on a sentimental ending. But as any homeowner could have told him, you can't disguise a weak foundation with a cheap finish. Read Full Review » -
50
The Hollywood Reporter
Tpicture 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. Read Full Review » -
50
Los Angeles Times
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? Read Full Review » -
40
The New York Times
An ill-advised sequel to "Are We There Yet?" and a feeble fable of better parenting through home improvement. Read Full Review » -
40
Village Voice
Fans 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. Read Full Review » -
40
Variety
Supposedly 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. Read Full Review » -
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38
Chicago Tribune
Calling a sequel Are We Done Yet? is like calling it "Enough Already." Read Full Review » -
38
TV Guide
The film desperately needs a stronger script; one with a few funny jokes would be nice. Read Full Review » -
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Washington Post
John C. McGinley from "Scrubs" gets to strut some of his comic stuff as the deranged builder, but he's the only passable feature in a property that should be condemned. Read Full Review » -
30
Chicago Reader
Director Steve Carr continues his streak of numbingly mediocre family comedies. Read Full Review » -
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25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
If all this sounds familiar, it should. Fathers seldom fare very well in family comedies. Read Full Review » -
20
Austin Chronicle
Nothing is very funny in this movie, and everything is predictable. Read Full Review » -
20
Empire
Even John C McGinley (Dr. Cox from Scrubs) can't save this lamest of comedies. Read Full Review »
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