Yours, Mine & Ours
Added 1/12/2010
When Frank Beardsley, a widower with eight children, runs into his high school sweetheart, Helen North, it's as if thirty years never passed! Helen, also a widow with ten kids of her own that include the six she and her husband adopted, feels the attraction as well. It's no wonder they rush into marriage without telling their kids. True love can conquer all--right? Unfortunately for Frank and Helen, the families don't mesh quite as easily as the newlyweds had hoped. They probably should have seen the culture clash coming: the disciplined Beardsleys run things by the book; for the energetic and vivacious Norths, there is no book. Helen's kids aren't pleased about moving and sharing rooms with a bunch of uptight strangers. This movie is a good family movie, a very clean movie for the most part. It teaches all families who have either been divorced or past away how to work through the problems when a parent gets re-married. Its good for both kids and parents. I enjoyed the flow of this movie. There is never a dull moment.
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Very happy.
Added 10/18/2009
Dvd works great, in like new shape. Very happy with this buy, WONDERFUL price and fast shipping. Would buy from again definitly!
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just dont
Added 10/5/2009
i really disliked this movie. not only does the movie run on the stereotypical plot and themes of countless movies that have come before it... but it's based on a movie that was actually very good. i suppose i wouldn't mind this version so very much if i hadn't seen the lucille ball version first, it would have been just another crude attempt at mashing together a feel-good movie about family values to get people to pay money to go see it, like a lot of the other things playing in theaters. but since i've seen and enjoyed the original, watching this actually offended me personally. i would have preferred that they take these characters and make a new movie.. not attempt to ride on the success of the last one.
as for the movie itself, the mom was of course the with the big heart and the dad a heartless dictator, stereotypical gender roles ftw. the mom of course had to adopt a kid from every visually different racial category so that all races were represented... while making them play out their 'racial role', one chinese kid was an effeminate designer, the other tech savy, the indian kids went barefoot and liked gardening, the black kid was 'gangsta' and made a rap song for them all at one point, and of course all the white kids were the focus of the story ... so they reaaaallllyyyy tried hard to create dynamic and interesting characters here, and at the same time did a most excellent job of challenging the status quo and the stereotypes that influence kids to perpetuate racist stereotypes. honestly. there should be a committee or something for things like this. and of course the men made all the rules and the women had 'great personalities' aka 'strong' but did what the men said in the end. again, great film for the kids.
i'm getting a bit overly sarcastic now so i'll stop. suffice it to say i was not impressed.
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Fun and a bit thought-provoking
Added 2/23/2009
Here's a remake of the 1968 version that I've never seen. But in today's world where it's hard to choose something family-appropriate without being silly, Yours, Mine, and Ours really is for all of us. The plot is a pretty simple Brady Bunch mixed family, with some Dharma & Greg seasoning. If you want real thought, and beauty, go watch The Sound of Music. But if you want to get out of the video store with a DVD you can enjoy, and your young teen still talking to you, go for this friendly family love story. Free extra: in among the 16 kids are 2/3 of the stars of Drake & Josh.
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Good movie
Added 7/7/2008
I saw the original version of this film many years ago and I actually have that version of the film as well. I didn't enjoy the remake as well, but then again, how can you beat Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball? This version of the film was well done by Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo. It's definitely worth a watch. I have watched several times.
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Yours, Mine & Ours
Added 1/12/2010
When Frank Beardsley, a widower with eight children, runs into his high school sweetheart, Helen North, it's as if thirty years never passed! Helen, also a widow with ten kids of her own that include the six she and her husband adopted, feels the attraction as well. It's no wonder they rush into marriage without telling their kids. True love can conquer all--right? Unfortunately for Frank and Helen, the families don't mesh quite as easily as the newlyweds had hoped. They probably should have seen the culture clash coming: the disciplined Beardsleys run things by the book; for the energetic and vivacious Norths, there is no book. Helen's kids aren't pleased about moving and sharing rooms with a bunch of uptight strangers. This movie is a good family movie, a very clean movie for the most part. It teaches all families who have either been divorced or past away how to work through the problems when a parent gets re-married. Its good for both kids and parents. I enjoyed the flow of this movie. There is never a dull moment.
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Very happy.
Added 10/18/2009
Dvd works great, in like new shape. Very happy with this buy, WONDERFUL price and fast shipping. Would buy from again definitly!
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just dont
Added 10/5/2009
i really disliked this movie. not only does the movie run on the stereotypical plot and themes of countless movies that have come before it... but it's based on a movie that was actually very good. i suppose i wouldn't mind this version so very much if i hadn't seen the lucille ball version first, it would have been just another crude attempt at mashing together a feel-good movie about family values to get people to pay money to go see it, like a lot of the other things playing in theaters. but since i've seen and enjoyed the original, watching this actually offended me personally. i would have preferred that they take these characters and make a new movie.. not attempt to ride on the success of the last one.
as for the movie itself, the mom was of course the with the big heart and the dad a heartless dictator, stereotypical gender roles ftw. the mom of course had to adopt a kid from every visually different racial category so that all races were represented... while making them play out their 'racial role', one chinese kid was an effeminate designer, the other tech savy, the indian kids went barefoot and liked gardening, the black kid was 'gangsta' and made a rap song for them all at one point, and of course all the white kids were the focus of the story ... so they reaaaallllyyyy tried hard to create dynamic and interesting characters here, and at the same time did a most excellent job of challenging the status quo and the stereotypes that influence kids to perpetuate racist stereotypes. honestly. there should be a committee or something for things like this. and of course the men made all the rules and the women had 'great personalities' aka 'strong' but did what the men said in the end. again, great film for the kids.
i'm getting a bit overly sarcastic now so i'll stop. suffice it to say i was not impressed.
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