Yours, Mine & Ours

Both Russo and Quaid have an energy between them, but they cannot redeem this film, with a paltry script and too many characters, so that the supporting cast remain that, and wasted! The film seems to work on the premise that bigger is always better, and the direction seems to go that way too. What could have benefited from some quieter, uncluttered subtlety, becomes an assault on one's senses, patience and believability.

This film could have been better had it been downscaled a bit, and had some honest attempt been made to show plausible character development. Although just released (in SA), it has a jaded feel about it.

This comedy might well be yours but it's not mine!

I have seen this several times. I never saw the original, but this is definitely a feel good movie. A few laughs, not as bleak or badly written as others say; I love this movie - very heartwarming! Just a fun time and entertaining for 90 minutes.

YOURS, MINE AND OURS (2005) ** Listless and arbitrary remake of the 1960s farce about two large families suddenly becoming one humongous one when former high school sweethearts Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo are reunited at their 20th class reunion and find themselves instantly getting married after rekindling their spark with the usual predictable results of 'hilarity ensuing' - 18 kids and miscellaneous animals (including a pig!) causing mayhem as they team up to try to get their new parents to break up. What is truly remarkable is that none of the aforementioned brood registers as being at all memorable! Although there are some moments of smiles here and there - largely at the slapstick expense of Quaid's career Navy man and Russo's carefree 'hippie' (yeah I didn't buy that one either) and a few life lessons that do ring true (i.e. family matters!) the entire thing feels regrettable forgettable altogether. (Dir: Raja Gosnell)

Since I've always wanted a big family with lots of siblings, I do enjoy movies featuring large families. I'm a die-hard Brady Bunch fan, and thought Cheaper by the Dozen was awesome-- both 1 and 2.

Having said that, the plot was totally unrealistic, with entirely too many chaos/disaster scenes that I guess were supposed to be funny. There was a lot of "fluff" and not much "stuff".

But because I really enjoy movies featuring large families, I "curved" this rating and gave it a 6-- Otherwise it would probably be a 1 or 2. Because from an unbiased point of view, it looked like something somebody slapped together this morning.

Now, granted, 2005 was not the best year for films and lately the family movies have been quite lame. But do you really think, to those who have seen the film, that this film deserves a 3.3? Come on! Where is your sense of humor? Also, I watched this film when I was babysitting my cousins, we were just laughing our heads off because this film had some good gags in it. Yes, it's unrealistic, but what movies are? Some have to be a little unrealistic in order to deliver what we want. That's the point of films, they help us escape reality and just enjoy ourselves for an hour and a half. So please, give this family comedy another chance and just let go and have fun!

6/10