Show Run for your lives its it's a another er bad remake t J f y 1 M WI u 4 4 o G E co cE c cco E D. D co Dennis Quaid takes on the role of Frank Beardsley father of 8 children and step father to 10 more When the kids scheme to break up the happy union Quaid gets stuck in some gross predicaments Stacie Peart The Globe Do yourself a favor dont don't see this Yours Mine and Ours Go to the local video rental store and get the original Trust me you'll thank me when you dont don't waste money for you and your entire family on a poor attempt to rehash a v This years year's Yours Mine and Ours rips off the classic Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda film mm that depicted two single parents who marrying and combine combine combine com com- bine their already large families If youre you're thinking this is a big goofy story that would only happen in hi Utah you might be shocked to discover that the original film is based on a true story of an enormous blended family In this rendition of Yours Mine and Ours Rene Russo is Helen North the lively spirited free-spirited mother of 10 chil chil- dren She's a messy handbag designer with an agent Jerry OConnell O'Connell crushing crushing crushing crush crush- ing on her Dennis Quaid plays her high school sweetheart Frank Beardsley a coast guard Admiral who runs a tight ship with his own eight children This remake has the two high school sweethearts impulsively getting hitched after they hook up at their high school reunion After the elope elopement nt the North- North Beardsley family buys a lighthouse to to hold their brood Instantly the two families fam families begin to clash with each other Predictably the Norths North's unique lifestyle conflicts with the Beardsley's strict military brat upbringing While the original never brings in inthe inthe inthe the possibility of divorce if the situation situation situation situa situa- tion doesn't work this remake has the children heartlessly plotting to break breakup breakup up their parents so they can be rid of their new siblings The older children begin initiate their scheme by playing on their parents pet peeves Predictably in their plans to thwart their parents' parents idea of a blended family the kids begin to stick up for each other and work together in harmony The North kids teach the Beardsley's how to have fun and let loose while the Beardsley kids teach the Norths North's how to sail If audiences do venture out to this film be prepared for no surprises what so ever This unimaginative family flick will be entertaining to the y younger younger unger crowd with th S k stunts I including a huge paint fight which ends I with a painted blue-painted pig and a wallpaper wall wallpaper wallpaper paper paste covered Dennis Quaid Younger kids can enjoy the cartoon antics while parents can be assured that the film will not scar their children As Asfor Asfor Asfor for the parents and older children Yours Mine and Ours is only a ploy to rake in more dollars at t the box office Yours Mine and Ours is rated PG |