Read more about The Johnsons at: Wikipedia Official Site: Fox Searchlight Pictures Johnson Family Vacation is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Christopher Erskin. It stars Cedric the Entertainer, Vanessa Williams, Bow Wow, Gabby Soleil, Shannon Elizabeth, Solange Knowles, and Steve Harvey. The film is director Erskin's first feature film directorial project. Nate Johnson (Cedric the Entertainer) and his family have been invited to their big family reunion in Missouri. He sees it as an opportunity to reconnect with his estranged wife (Williams) and growing children, as well as a chance to show up his wealthier know-it-all brother, Mack (Harvey). Nate takes delivery on an expensive new SUV, persuades his recently separated wife Dorothy to tag along, and packs up his three kids — nubile teenager Nikki (Knowles), under-age wannabe rapper D.J. (Bow Wow), and precocious seven-year-old Destiny (Soleil) — for what he imagines will be a leisurely drive from Los Angeles to Missouri. However, between his wary wife, arguing kids, angry police officers, a bizarre hitchhiker (Shannon Elizabeth), bad diner food, and an unfortunate run-in with a cement mixer, getting from point A to point B proves to be just short of a nightmare. Reviews were generally poor for the film. It earned a 6% rating on Rotten Tomatoes , making it one of the sites worst-reviewed movies of 2004. At Metacritic, the film was given a 29% rating by the critics, and received 23% from Users. The critics gave it a C- rating at Yahoo! Movies , however, Yahoo! Users gave it a higher B rating. Most critics generally believed the movie was a bland rip-off of the popular Chevy Chase film, National Lampoon's Vacation. One critic in particular went so far as to call the picture the worst film of the year. The film did however go on to earn a $25 million USD take in its first three weeks of release in the U.S., which made the $12 million dollar picture a success. By its closing date, September 9, 2004, the film had grossed over $31 million dollars, making nearly triple its production cost in profit. 2004 BET Comedy Awards |
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