Finally, a light-hearted family flick with
sadistic children wreaking havoc on their
mothers prospective beau during a
never-conceived-before
wannabe-comedic road trip. In a
career-killer, Ice
Cube stars as Nick, a
sports-memorabilia store owner who
uses his
playboy moves on a damsel in distress
(Nia Long) who soon puts the
relationship into "just friends" mode when
the divorced mother of two discovers his
animosity toward kids. When the
ex-husband
cancels his New Years Eve plans with
his kids, good ol St. Nick offers to take
the two tykes on a 300-mile journey to
meet their mother in Vancouver. From
faked asthma attacks and kidnappings to
public urination on an unsuspecting
woman and other misdemeanors that
would lead them to juvenile hall, the
devilish pair makes Nick and viewers
scream, "Are we done with this movie
yet?"