YOURS MINE AND OURS [2005] review

I heard sometime last year somewhere that YOURS MINE AND OURS was one of the best movies of 2005. I can’t remember where. And I had no idea of the plot, other than it was some kind of family drama, a serious one presumably. So when I heard the opening music I was puzzled, and then even more so when the Nickelodeon logo flashed on the screen. I kept on watching though and before my eyes unfolded a kind of whacky family movie based on a strict coast guard military dad run family joining and colliding with a hippie mother run family.

I enjoyed it and went along for the ride.

Later I realized I was totally mistaken as it was ranked very low on IMDB and Roger Ebert’s review was not good either. I faltered a bit in my feelings toward it, but I’d still recommend it as a purely feel-good movie. All the kids performances were energetic and always gave you something to look at. I really appreciated the rules and system Dennis Quaid as the strict military dad put in place with his own 8 kids and later tried to put in place with his new wife’s TEN kids. Got to have order.

Is the movie totally predictable? Of course. But I felt good after it, and I don’t even like kids.

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