Mediocre movie. You can rent it, it is upbeat, but the movie doesn't go very far.
Here, Dennis Quaid is an admiral with 8 kids. Rene Russo is a purse designer with 10 kids. They were high school sweethearts, they meet again and get married. For a total of 18 kids. The movie is about bringing a large and diverse group of people under one roof. One group is all about love, the other group is all about rules.
We have a very important type of gay content here. One of the kids, who is around 8 I would guess, played by Andrew Vo, displays some very characteristic traits, easily associated with the gays. Check out the description of his character on the movie's official website:
Do we need more evidence? The movie never mentions whether he is indeed gay or not, but come on.
I thought it was great. Even greater because of the stereotypical gay manners. Visibility is key people. Without the queens, we'd be nothing. Seriously. Oh, and I have seen kids like that. If that's not gay gene, I don't know what is.
In the first scene with Andrew Vo, right in the beginning of the movie, Rene Russo asks his opinion on a purse she designed. Of course he has a witty homo remark. Something about Gucci and better in gold. His mom says something like: "Oh, how can someone say he is not my son?" You tell them Rene.
Later on our little Ryan Seacrest gets all tough to protect his even smaller brothers. Super cute. 100% queen. 100% attitude.
There were a few negative episodes but I think they were countered by the great portrayal of the gay son. In one bad scene, one of the 18 kids is plotting an end to their parents relationship so that the kids can go back to separate, less crowded and less diverse, houses. In his plot, he says they should do something really gross, like have some sibling make out session (that would be Sean Faris with a girl). They go "ew." Then the same kid keeps on elaborating on his plot and says they should actually do something even grosser, have two sisters make out. Not nice. It should have been just as gross as the straight brotherly love. Not sicker.
Also, when going through a laundry basket, a kid finds some sexy panties and asks a brother whether the panties were something he (the other brother) forgot in the basket. That was not nice either.
Finally, in one scene, two little brothers drag together and parade in front of daddy Dennis Quaid, and he looks a little riled up. This was also part of the plot to get Rene Russo to fight with Dennis Quaid and split. But come on Dennis, let your boys dress the way they want too. So that was not so bad, but it was bad.
Again, I'm sticking to the positive light from Andrew Vo, but reducing the LightShed score, which would have been higher without the negative remarks.
A few more pics after the jump (yes, shirtless Dennis Quaid).
He brushes his teeth:
Goes to bed:
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