Ice Cube shows a whole different look in his latest movie Are We There Yet? This movie is a family comedy which differs from his typical movies. Originally Ice Cube began his career as a gangster rapper. In this movie, he plays a generally charming guy.

Nick, played by Ice Cube, the owner of a sports memorabilia store in Portland, Ore., has a crush on Suzanne, played by Nia Long, a divorced mother of two kids. Her work requires her to leave for Vancouver after Christmas. Nick offers to bring her kids to Vancouver on New Year’s Eve when her ex-husband breaks a promise to baby-sit. After they get into trouble in the airport and miss the train, Nick is forced to drive them in his brand new SUV.

The SUV he drives in this movie is really cool and that is a tragedy. The SUV begins to lose its attraction step by step because of the kids.

The two kids cause a lot of trouble on their way to Vancouver. Even though Nick loses his temper many times, he put up with many unbearable situations to get close to Suzanne.

As the kids travel with Nick, they start to notice that Nick is a nice guy and, in turn, Nick will eventually see the kid’s good sides. They start to like each other.

Finally, they reach Vancouver and Suzanne sees Nick ruining the party she has organized. She gets mad at Nick and leaves him. Nick visits the hotel room where Suzanne is staying and asks to say good-bye to the kids. She lets him in and sees that Nick really cares about her kids and the kids really like Nick. At the end, Nick asks Suzanne whether she can still be a friend of his. She refuses it and she tells him she wants to be more than friends.

I would say that the performances the two kids were not up to par. Every movie in which children play an important role relies heavily on the talent of the children. For example in the movie Home Alone, Macaulay Culkin did an excellent job with his character. Unfortunately, Aleisha Allen and Philip Bolden do not, but they are adorable.

Ice Cube’s performance in this movie is really amazing. For his fans, it might be interesting to see another Ice Cube you have never seen before. The presence of Ice Cube himself in this movie is very interesting. Are We There Yet? surely makes you laugh. I give it four stars.