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Actors: Dennis Quaid, Lindsay Lohan, Linda Hunt
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Dennis Quaid is Admiral Frank Beardsley, a fussy widower who drags his eight “charming” brats from one town to another as he travels with his job in the Coastguard. Their latest move takes the Beardsleys to Frank's hometown, where the Admiral is surprised to run into old high-school flame Helen North (Russo), now a liberal-minded artist with ten “charming” brats of her own. The pair swiftly fall in love again, get hitched and move into one massive house together. The fussy brats and the liberal-minded brats begin to abhor each other. Chaos ensures.
Well, the good news is that Your, Mine & Ours isn't as monstrous as the Cheaper by the Dozen movies. And the bad news is, well, it comes pretty close. The plot is kept afloat by a succession of unfunny pitfalls set to a migraine-inducing level of noise. Worse though is the sentimentality – group hugs, ‘talking sticks', some sniveling, the inevitable moral in the tale…All too often this is Hollywood soppiness at its worst.
To be fair Russo and Quaid both put in admirable efforts (the latter managing to retain a strange dignity even as he stomps into paint pots or crashes into waiters), and most of the child actors come across as vaguely personable rather than obnoxious – miraculous considering just how annoying their characters are. There's also support from seasoned veterans Rip Torn and Linda Hunt, who at least appear to be having a good time in their advancing years.
In conclusion, Yours, Mine & Ours (a remake of the 1968 movie of the same name) is a harmless, old-fashioned tale that may hold some appeal to kids who aren't too fussed about childhood wizards or the drunken exploits of Lindsay Lohan. Otherwise viewers could be in for a reasonably painful experience.
--afia ahmad, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Kind of comedy
- taking care of zany kids
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- homemaker/wife
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Slightly see-through clothes
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- homemaker/wife
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
unclothed?
- partially transparent clothes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Water?
Yes
Water:
- pleasure/love boat
Misc setting
- beach
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- frustrated
If this isn't a movie...
- Play
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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