Yours, Mine & Ours (2005)

6% of critics liked it
(105 reviews)
64% of users liked it
(379,579 ratings)

Two big families merge into one super-sized brood in this comedy. Frank Beardsley (Dennis Quaid) is a naval officer who has been raising eight children on his own after the death of his wife, and while he loves his kids, he rules his household with military precision. Frank has been alone just long… More Two big families merge into one super-sized brood in this comedy. Frank Beardsley (Dennis Quaid) is a naval officer who has been raising eight children on his own after the death of his wife, and while he loves his kids, he rules his household with military precision. Frank has been alone just long enough that he decides it's time to start dating again, and he agrees to be set up on a blind date for a social function. To his surprise, his date turns out to be Helen North (Rene Russo), a girl he dated years ago when they were both in high school who, like Frank, lost her spouse not long ago. The old chemistry clicks anew for Helen and Frank, and he asks her to marry him. However, there's just a bit of a problem -- Helen is caring for ten children of her own, six of whom were adopted, and her artistic temperament makes for a very different household than Frank and his kids are used to. Frank and Helen decide to give this grand experiment a try, but the 18 siblings don't get along at all well at first, until they decide to set aside their differences and unite against a common foe -- their folks. Yours, Mine & Ours is a remake of a 1968 comedy of the same name, which starred Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball as the newlywed parents. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: PG, 1 hr. 28 min.
Directed By: Raja Gosnell
Written By: Ron Burch, David Kidd
Genres: Kids & Family, Romance, Comedy

In Theaters: Nov 23, 2005 Wide
On DVD: Feb 28, 2006
Studio: Paramount Pictures

Critic Reviews

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
I'm partial to Quaid and Russo, but there are limits.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Not a fresh insight or genuine laugh in sight. Nothing here, in fact, for you, him, her, yours, mine, theirs or anybody's.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
It's terrible.
Matt Singer, Village Voice
[A] shrill family comedy.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
... it loses a good deal of humour along with its social relevance.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Watching Dennis Quaid falling face down into vats of goop, getting kissed by a pig and talking baby talk in Yours, Mine and Ours is one of those experiences that causes you to question your faith in Hollywood's motives.
Cole Smithey, Daily Radar
Regardless of a distinct lack of romantic chemistry between Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo, the able-bodied actors fulfill the slapstick demands of this run-of-the-mill family comedy based on the 1968 movie with Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball.
Stella Papamichael, BBC
Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo follow wearily in the footsteps of Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball in this asinine remake.
Ethan Alter, Film Journal International
The secret to the film's modest success can be summed up in five words: Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo.
Philip French, Observer [UK]
I'd have a fit if I was ever again to hear Russo shout, 'Group hug!'
Peter T. Chattaway, Christianity Today
The film is directed in typically dull, overblown, idiotic fashion by Raja Gosnell, the man responsible for Big Momma's House and both of the Scooby-Doo movies.
Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central
Eighteen adorable reasons to open our wrists and tie our tubes.
Anna Smith, Time Out
Another pointless remake with a cast who should know better.
Jim Lane, Sacramento News & Review
This sloppy, gooey, indigestible holiday pudding is guaranteed to make you long for the gritty realism and hard-hitting domestic drama of The Brady Bunch and Eight Is Enough.
Xan Brooks, Guardian [UK]
Raja Gosnell's direction follows the first rule of slapstick: If actor stuck with nothing to do, have them fall in vat of goo.
Simon Braund, Empire Magazine
A movie that somehow manages to be both irritatingly familiar and instantly forgettable.
Matthew Turner, ViewLondon
You know you're in trouble when even the trailer doesn't contain any laughs [and this] is a disaster from beginning to end ...
Clint Morris, Moviehole
12 times better than "Cheaper by the Dozen"...one of the better family films in a long time
Urban Cinefile Critics, Urban Cinefile
As full of corn as a wheatfield in Kansas, Yours Mine and Ours is simply not good enough as a movie for 6 %u2013 12 year olds, and not only is it boring for them, it is boring for their parents or aunts or grannies who take them along.
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
While it seems obvious that small children will delight to the relentlessly broad hijinks, the film is essentially a dead zone of comedic set-pieces and contrived situations.

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Featured Audience Ratings

Bob S

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Cassie H

A really fun family movie. It's like Cheaper By The Dozen but you multiply the number of kids. :) Just a really great movie for the whole family :) Dennis Quid and Rene Russo are great as well as all of the kids :) I love Mrs. Munion too lol "It has a certain smell like… More
A really fun family movie. It's like Cheaper By The Dozen but you multiply the number of kids. :) Just a really great movie for the whole family :) Dennis Quid and Rene Russo are great as well as all of the kids :) I love Mrs. Munion too lol "It has a certain smell like paprika with a hint of wet dog." lol :) :) :) :)
Brad W

A huge ripoff of Cheaper by the Dozen, a terrible film and so cliche and stupid.
Alexander D

I liked YOURS, MINE & OURS when I first saw it, but now, it just appears as a cross between a family film and a disaster film. A TOTAL disaster.
Bethany M

A cheap remake of 'Cheaper By The Dozen' and not that good.
Spencer S

Not as good as the original, and a bit too strange.
Richard C

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KJ P

A complete rip off of cheaper by the dozen, however it is a laughable, enjoyable and fun family film!
Chris G

Typical family fair with two families colliding after a quick marriage by the parental units. Kids will like it and that's all this one was built for. Oh, there's a pig too.
Dan S

Awful, just awful. Dennis Quaid, your better than this!
Lewis C

Sort of all over the place, but still a decent indie movie.
danny d

this was a decent family flick
Dean M

Good family comedy like TV's "The Brady Bunch" meets "Cheaper by the Dozen".
Leigh R

Cute.
Jose Z

well this movie its ok, kinda funny and its great to see it with the family. just one thing, i think this story have been made way too many times, and maybe this can tired the people
Bradley W

A huge ripoff of Cheaper by the Dozen, a terrible film and so cliche and stupid.
Dannielle A

Corny but cute.
Juan C

i don't want to waste all my energy on this one movie that i completely dispise as a person with a mind, so i'll cut to the chase, it's seriously dosen't have a brain or a sense of an ordinary family film, it's one of the worst films i've seen in years! F
Naughtia N

This is a great movie for a family nigh in, it has great actors and a funny story. Although I couldn't help thinking that everything was made out to be much more chaotic than it had to be (for instance the paint fight). Otherwise this movie was very entertaining. This movie is… More
This is a great movie for a family nigh in, it has great actors and a funny story. Although I couldn't help thinking that everything was made out to be much more chaotic than it had to be (for instance the paint fight). Otherwise this movie was very entertaining. This movie is about a widow and a widower who have a big flock of children each. When these two meet again at a class reunion they fall in love and decide to get married and this creates a great conflict because the two large families must merge together to become one even larger family. I love Dennis Quaid and this was a great performance from his side.
Yinalí R

It was good.

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Cast

            Dennis Quaid as Frank Beardsley

            Rene Russo as Helen North

            Rip Torn as Commandant Sherman

            Linda Hunt as Mrs. Munion

            Jerry O'Connell as Max

            David Koechner as Darrell

            George Lopez
            
            Drake Bell as North child

            Tyler Patrick Jones as Beardsley child

            Danielle Panabaker as North child

            Katija Pevec as Beardsley child

            Miranda Cosgrove as North child

            Sean Faris as Beardsley child

            Dean Collins as Beardsley child

            Haley Ramm as Beardsley child

            Brecken Palmer as Beardsley child

            Bridger Palmer as Beardsley child

            Ty Panitz as Beardsley child

            Miki Ishikawa as North child

            Slade Pearce as North child

            Lil JJ as North Child

            Andrew Vo as North child

            Jennifer Habib as North child

            Jessica Habib as North child

            Nicholas Roget-King as North child

            James 'Lil'JJ' Lewis
            
            Josh Henderson
            
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