Yours, Mine and Ours (2005 film)

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Yours, Mine and Ours
Directed by Raja Gosnell
Produced by Robert Simonds
Written by Ron Burch,
David Kidd
Starring Dennis Quaid
Rene Russo
Sean Faris
Drake Bell
Distributed by Paramount Pictures (USA)
Sony Pictures Releasing (non-USA, some countries through MGM, others through Columbia)
20th Century Fox (Mexico, theatrical)
Warner Bros. (Philippines, theatrical)
Buena Vista (Switzerland, theatrical)
Release date(s) November 23, 2005 (USA)
Running time 90 min
Language English, also available in French on the DVD
Budget ~ US$45,000,000
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Yours, Mine & Ours is a 2005 film starring Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo.

It was directed by Raja Gosnell and was released on November 23, 2005. It is a remake of the 1968 film of the same name, starring Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda.

Unusually, three major studios were involved in the film's production: The film is a Paramount Pictures release of a Paramount, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Nickelodeon Movies, and Columbia Pictures presentation of a Robert Simonds production.

Taglines:

  • 18 kids. 2 families. 1 force of nature.
  • Rock The House!
  • 18 kids. One house. No way.

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[edit] Synopsis

Frank Beardsley is a widower US Coast Guard Rear Admiral and superintendent of the United States Coast Guard Academy raising 8 kids. Helen North is a widowed fashion designer raising 10 kids. When the two, who were high school sweethearts, meet up again at their school's thirty-year reunion, they fall in love and promptly marry, causing much displeasure within their suddenly-mixed family of 18 children. The children team up to separate their parents in a variety of inventive ways.

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[edit] Reception

When faced off on Thanksgiving against family films (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line) it almost failed to find an audience. It opened at number three, with an opening weekend of $17,461,108 in the US. Its final US gross is $53,359,917, and a worldwide gross of $68,759,917. With a production budget of $45,000,000 , the film proved to fare well.

The remake was panned by critics worse than the original. Roger Ebert, a fan of the original bashed the remake badly. Other critics felt a remake was not needed, and that Rene Russo was nowheres near the league of Lucille Ball. Though some critics agreed that it did follow the basic plot of the original, it was still lacking in terms of the comedy the original had. On Rottentomatoes, the remake stands at 5% against 50% that the original holds. Both of them, however, are considered "rotten." Some positive reviews stated how it was nice to be refreshed with a remake, similar to how Cheaper By The Dozen was remade. That film, however, did a lot better financially and critically. It is currently unknown if a sequel of the remake is planned, similar to how there was a Cheaper By The Dozen 2.

[edit] Trivia

  • Drake Bell and Miranda Cosgrove also act as brother and sister on the Nickelodeon show Drake & Josh.
  • Sean Faris was immediately cast as William Beardsley because of his "upright military posture".
  • The house when both families collide under one roof is shot at the Disney Ranch. All the trees on the right side were digitally removed and the water was digitally added.
  • Mrs. Munion, Linda Hunt, is digitally added by green screen at the beginning when Frank asks her how New London is.
  • Christian alternative rock band Hawk Nelson played the role of the party band in the film.
  • The original Yours, Mine and Ours was released by United Artists, currently sister studio to MGM and Columbia after the Sony-led partnership bought MGM (of which UA was a subsidiary) in 2005.
  • There are also many similarities between Yours, Mine and Ours and Cheaper By The Dozen, except one has 12 children and another, 18. In fact, it was released in some countries as Cheaper By The Dozen 3. [citation needed]

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