niko-93 WAY overdone! It was an awesome idea. It could have been great. I wish that it had better acting, a more executed plot, and maybe a little less romance.It is not necessarily a bad movie it just isn't a good one if you are over the age of 9. The bad acting combined with the romance created the ultimate sob story.I wonder if the director was just trying to make a fool out of the actors.I liked it the first time but the second time I watched it, I couldn't even finish it. At first, the pig eating pizza was funny but the second time it was just annoying cheese.

dmills9 I found this film funny and a good time. There were a couple points that I thought weren't really suited to this leading man (Quaid), but other than that, the acting was great.I could feel chemistry between 'Mom & Dad' and also the tension between them. The kids also did a great job making the tension real as well as the affection they later have for each other (which we all knew was going to happen, but I'm not bothered by this sort of predictability as most films have many predictable moments and the ones that strive too hard to avoid it usually end up unsatisfying).Although I can't imagine a situation like theirs ever being successful in real life (two large, but vastly different families coming together), this film does very well in making you forget that just for a while.It's a clean film suitable for anybody. The charm, the characters, the story, the chemistry, the hijinks; all worthwhile reasons to watch this one.

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.

zardoz-13 When Hollywood remakes an old movie, they usually have to spice up the plot to accommodate contemporary audiences. The remake of the Lucille Ball & Henry Fonda family comedy "Yours, Mine, & Ours" toplining Rene Russo & Dennis Quaid eliminates scenes that today's audiences might find offensive. Indeed, the Motion Picture Association of America would have changed the remake's family friendly PG rating to a mature-oriented PG-13 had those scenes been duplicated. The 37 years between the original and its riotous rehash reveals much about what a G rating meant in 1968 and the PG rating that the MPAA gave the 2005 remake. For example, in the first "Yours, Mine, & Ours," the widower's three teenage sons concocted an alcoholic beverage for the Lucille Ball character that consisted of equal parts of gin, scotch, and vodka, and she gets deliriously drunk at dinner. Nowadays, movies that depict this kind of aberrant behavior garner an R-rating. Today's R-rated epics generate considerably less revenue than either PG-13 or PG films. In a politically correct climate that doesn't tolerate showing teens mixing up alcoholic drinks, Hollywood toes a tightrope. Meanwhile, the two "Yours, Mine, & Ours" movies differ fundamentally in other respects, too. Whereas the Ball/Fonda film rambled along at a leisurely 111 minutes, with a largely amiable but straightforward plot, the Russo/Quaid remake clocks in at 88 minutes with a far more farcical plot. Anybody who remembers the mild-mannered 1968 version should find the remake a vast improvement. Actually, the slapstick shenanigans in the remake resemble the typical tomfoolery that Lucille Ball specialized in on her landmark "I Love Lucy" (1951-1957) CBS sitcom.Far-fetched as this harmless hokum clearly is, "Yours, Mine, & Ours" owes its origins to Helen Beardsley's autobiographical bestseller "Who Gets the Drumsticks" published in 1964. In real-life, the widower and widow of two families consisting of 8 and 10 children respectively tied the knot and enjoyed special privileges at the U.S. Navy's commissary. Screen writing duo Ron Burch and David Kidd, who penned the Freddie Prinze, Jr. comedy "Head over Heels," have exaggerated the comedic elements and set apart both families by creating opposing lifestyles. The families in the previous "Yours, Mine, & Ours" appeared virtually identical compared with those in the remake. U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Frank Beardsley (Dennis Quaid of "The Alamo") runs a taut ship for his eight children of all ages. They've grown accustomed to the dysfunctional lifestyle of being transferred frequently from one military installation to another. When the Coast Guard relocates this middle-aged widower from San Diego to his hometown of New London, Connecticut, to serve as commandant of the Coast Guard Academy, he runs into his old flame, Helen North (Rene Russo of "Lethal Weapon 4"), a widow herself with ten offspring of all ages, at their 30th annual high school reunion aboard a cruise ship. Presto, Frank and Helen rekindle the chemistry that attracted them initially and make for the altar without inviting their kids in the wedding. The Beardsleys buy a dilapidated warehouse-sized domicile near the coast with a lighthouse and settle down to the humongous task of renovating it with every predictable but side-splitting pratfall known to slapstick comedy. Nevertheless, the love that Frank and Helen share doesn't compensate for the drastic differences in their child rearing practices. Frank's kids mind him, address him as "sir", and utter no complaints about the regimen that he has established for their daily chores and their morning bathroom logistics. However, Helen's free-spirited brood, four of whom form an adopted Rainbow Coalition of sorts in racial heritage, balk at Frank's rules and regulations. Basically, the children hate each other and fight among themselves, until they realize that the only way they can get back to normal is to break up their parents."Scooby Doo" director Raja Gosnell keeps things snappy, so that the story doesn't sink in its own sap. While the original plodded along for nearly 50 minutes before the principals exchanged vows, Quaid and Russo get married off-screen in the first 15 minutes. Gosnell never misses a chance to stage elaborate pranks with leading man Dennis Quaid. Quaid falls face down into a pool of paint during a madcap Home Depot shopping spree. The chief scene stealer is a personable pot-bellied pig that belongs to Helen's hippie-style kids. The pig takes a bath in the kitchen sink, dines at the breakfast table, and awakens the admiral with wet piggy kisses in the A.M. Sure, "Yours, Mine, & Ours" stoops a lot and qualifies as more predictable than surprising, but the sympathetic performances by Quaid and Russo keep this comedy afloat rather than scuttle it. Altogether , "Yours, Mine, & Ours" refuses to take itself as seriously as the original and ranks as far funnier than you may imagine for PG rated comedy.