Nick misunderstands: “What, you want to go to my apartment?” When she tells him she doesn’t think the budding romance is right because she’s a single mom, he counters, “But you’re a sexy momma.” Elsewhere, Nick and Suzanne kiss at the end of the movie. Nick leans in to kiss Suzanne in a supermarket, but she stops him. For example, at the sight of Suzanne taking off her coat, Satchel says, “Holy moly! Hubba-hubba, now that’s a woman.” He later tells Nick that Vancouver produces more Playboy Playmates than any other city before he starts to sing the song, “I’m Just a Gigolo.” From time to time, “Satchel” comes alive to prod Nick into doing the right thing-except when it comes to women. Nick is a sports memorabilia dealer, and he has a bobble-head doll of baseball great Satchel Paige on his dashboard. But when Nick learns Suzanne has children, he initially dismisses her as a “breeder.”ĭoubly disappointing is the role of a Jiminy Cricket, voice-of-conscience-type character. He first spots Suzanne when a breeze blows her coat open, which, in slow motion, reveals her very low cut dress. Nick drives down the street while ogling women is short skirts and tight blouses. This is the most disappointing aspect of this PG movie. Yes, forgiveness is good, but sometimes forgiveness is hard, as it should have been in this case.) (But it’s a bit lame within the context its given. Yet in the end he puts his arms around them and says they should be friends. Despite plenty of provocation-let’s face it, the kids are royal brats-Nick eventually forgives them and goes to great lengths to reunite them with their mom.įor a good portion of the film Kevin and Lindsey are monsters who basically ruin Nick’s life, causing him to be arrested and destroying his car. Nick, himself a child of divorce, is eventually able to see past his own selfishness to become a strong father-figure for the children. Kevin says with great hurt in his voice, “He used to look at me like that.”
ARE WE THERE YET WINDOWS
It’s at dad’s house that the lesson gets an extra kick: Lindsey and Kevin see through the front windows that dad, who was supposedly too sick to take them that weekend, is in fact enjoying the evening with his new wife and baby. The importance of marriage and the need for a reliable father come through strongly, since the split between Suzanne and her husband is what prompts Lindsey and Kevin to drive off suitors and to force the road trip into a detour toward their dad’s house.
What do you get when you put 350 miles of open road in front of two prank-happy youngsters and a man who is positively religious about the cleanliness of his car? A silly, slapstick flick that never seems to end. There’s nothing left but for Nick to drive the kids from Portland, Ore., to Vancouver.
ARE WE THERE YET SERIES
Of course, through a series of implausible circumstances, the trio misses their flight, and Plan B-taking the train-falls through as well. So when Suzanne has to travel to Vancouver, B.C., for business, and her ex is unable to supervise the kids, in steps Nick, who offers to fly with the children to Vancouver the next day so they can be with their mom. And to that end they do their best to drive off potential suitors using pranks worthy of that Home Alone kid, e.g., paint balloons, flying tomatoes and booby-trapped sidewalks. He forces himself to be tolerant of young Lindsey and Kevin for the sake of better getting to know their mom, Suzanne.īut the two youngsters are holding out hope that their divorced mom will get back together with their dad. He’s willing to change his mind, however, when he discovers that the cute lady who works across the street from his sports memorabilia store is a single mom. “Kids are like cockroaches, except you can’t squish them,” he says.
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