04/15/06 Yours, Mine And Ours

Yours, Mine And Ours (2005), directed by Raja Gosnell

watched w/ Tim, Sarah, Rebecca, Mom & Dad; DVD rental (Blockbuster) @ parents' house (Southern Pines, NC)

There's an old saying, I think by Benjamin Franklin, that states that in this world "nothing is certain but death and taxes." Being that it is Tax Day, I thought the quote to be appropriate...but I wanted to add to the saying, if I may so take the liberty. "Nothing is certain but death and taxes, and Hollywood finds it completely justified and necessary to pump out more crappy remakes of originally bad ideas in order to give aging actors & new fresh-faced brats jobs as well as steal more money greedily from the pockets of sucker families looking for just one ounce of wholesome entertainment that all can enjoy and spend so-called quality time together in doing so." How's that for a quote, and a run-on sentence? Seriously, the best part about this movie was sitting down with my family over the holiday break, and literally berating the film & talent with barbs and witty retorts. Ah, the family that is sarcastic together, stays together. I lover my family, but if I had a family like the one portrayed here in the film...let's just say, I can see why more people are killed over the holidays than other times of the year! OK, so updating the old Peter Fonda & Lucille Ball roles of the original, we slap Dennis Quaid in as Coast Guard admiral dad who's by the book with regimen, and Rene Russo in as hippie tree-hugger mom who's free-spirit comes through her artwork & her United Nations of adopted children. Dumb dialogue, stupid slapstick comedy, and retread plot. Yeah, sounds like fun. It's so much like any reality show you could find on TV nowadays anyway. "Surreal Life" anyone? Shoot me now.

1 out of 5 stars