Nia Long as Suzanne Kingston, a divorced single mother.Ice Cube as Nicholas "Nick" Persons, a smooth-talking, child-hating bachelor and the main protagonist.After Suzanne realizes how much Nick has grown to care for Kevin and Lindsey and vice versa, Suzanne realizes that Nick is the one for her and kiss on New Years during the fireworks at Lindsey's suggestion. After encouragement from Satchel, Nick goes to Suzanne's hotel to tell her and the kids farewell for good. Witnessing the event, Suzanne believes trusting Nick was a mistake. Nick rushes to his aid with the inhaler and is able to revive him. During the fight, Kevin suddenly gets an asthma attack and collapses. But luckily the kids attack Al and beat him up in the truck and they escape, leading to a chase that ends when in Vancouver, where Nick fights Al, along with several men dressed as snowmen. The trio try to hitch a ride from Al Buck, but he leaves Nick behind and drives off, still thinking Nick is a kidnapper. He angrily blames the kids but calms down, reinstates it and apologizes immediately afterwards. However, their bond is ultimately tested when Nick's navigator is set ablaze and explodes. Along the rest of the trip, the three still find themselves in several mishaps, but each setback only strengthens their relationship. Discovering their father's betrayal and abandonment, they warm up to Nick, as he does with them, when he tells them that he, too, was abandoned by his father. Once they get there, however, they learn that their father has not only moved on, but has made a new family with a baby whose age seems to outmatch their parents divorce. Gainey) that they have been kidnapped by Nick (resulting in heavy damage to his car startling Nick), and ultimately running away to visit their father. They then show much less restraint and cause mayhem throughout the trip hijacking Nick's car, injuring Nick, signaling to truck driver Al Buck ( M. At a truck stop, the two learn from one of Nick's friends that he not only hates the two, but lied about not having feelings about their mother. Believing Nick is only a friend to their mother, the kids are tamed, but still misbehave and show Nick little respect. This results in them losing their luggage. They then decide to use a train, where the two kids jump off the train to collect a missing item from Kevin's doll just as Nick boards. They go to the airport, when Kevin accidentally damages Nick's car door, where Nick is beaten after Kevin learns that corkscrews are illegal to bring on planes and ditches the item in Nick's jacket pocket. Once at her house, he meets Kevin and Lindsey for the second time and gives them "gifts" (a pizza coupon for Lindsey and a corkscrew for Kevin). On New Year's Eve, he brings her to an airport to go to Vancouver for a business meeting, but her ex-husband calls to say he's sick and cannot bring the children to the airport, leaving her to put her trust in Nick. After receiving an electric shock, he agrees to take her home, and once there, agrees to transport her wherever she needs to go. Later that night, he runs into her on his way home, asking for a jump start as her car had broken down. On his way to talk with her, however, he is disgusted to find that she has two kids, Lindsey and Kevin. When he reaches his Fine Sports Collectibles shop, he witnesses the woman of his dreams, Suzanne Kingston ( Nia Long). The film then introduces Nick Persons ( Ice Cube), a 35-year-old child-hating bachelor/businessman, as he purchases an expensive SUV (a 2004 Lincoln Navigator) and boasts with his beloved bobble-head of Satchel Paige (voiced by Tracy Morgan), who comes to life at its own will – though only Nick can see/hear him. The two are determined to keep her single until the two reconcile. The culprit of these traps are revealed to be a girl and boy named Lindsey and Kevin Kingston ( Aleisha Allen and Philip Daniel Bolden), whose mother has divorced their father. On his way to the door, however, he falls into several traps and is left a mess. The film opens up on Christmas night in Portland, Oregon, where a man appears outside of a decorated house with flowers. A sequel, Are We Done Yet?, was released in 2007, and a television series featuring the film's main characters premiered in 2010. The film, while set in Portland, Oregon, Vancouver, BC and other parts of the Pacific Northwest, was mostly shot on location in and around Vancouver, including a view of the Lions' Gate Bridge, the financial district skyscrapers and the downtown scene near the film's conclusion. Although it was panned by critics, it grossed $82 million in North America alone and sold 3.7 million DVDs. It was produced by Revolution Studios and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Are We There Yet? is a 2005 American–Canadian road family comedy film directed by Brian Levant and starring Ice Cube.
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