Johnson Family Vacation Page #8

Synopsis: AAA can't help the roadside emergency that is the JOHNSON FAMILY VACATION. Even the on-board navigation system has a meltdown on Nate Johnson and his family's cross-country trek to their annual family reunion/grudge match. Reluctantly along for the ride are Nate's wife, who's only in it for the kids; their rapper-wannabe son; their teenage daughter who's fashioned herself as the next Lolita; and their youngest, whose imaginary dog Nate just can't seem to keep track of. Can the Johnsons survive each other and all the obstacles the road throws at them to make it to Caruthersville, Missouri? Can they find Missouri?
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Christopher Erskin
Production: Fox Searchlight Pictures
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
4.4
Metacritic:
29
Rotten Tomatoes:
6%
PG-13
Year:
2004
97 min
$31,038,582
Website
1,268 Views


Who beat me?

What is he doing?

Oh, my God.

- Stan, what are you doing here?

- Yeah!

Dorothy, you said...

you wanted

to be with me forever.

I said our professor

was lecturing forever.

- Man, are you the dude drivin' the truck?

- Stan, you are crazy.

We only studied together twice.

And one of those times

was over the phone!

- I have a husband!

- Yeah, she has a husband!

You ruin my family reunion

with this nonsense?

If that's the case, then why do you two

live in separate houses?

Yeah.

Why do you live

in separate houses?

Mama, Dorothy and I have been

separated for about three months.

Ohh!

I knew it.

I knew it!

Look, it's all my fault why

we're not together. All right?

I just haven't supported her

in her dreams.

She's a beautiful,

intelligent woman...

and the copilot of my plane.

Nate got a plane?

Mama, where did Nate get a plane?

Mack, will you hush, please.

And, Mama, look, I've let you drive a wedge

between me and my wife for all these years.

Furthermore, she's the mother

of your grandchildren.

So I suggest you get used to her,

because I'm not letting her go anywhere.

Ah!

- And neither am I.

- You know what? That's about enough of you.

- Uh-uh! No, no, no, no!

- Dad, don't do that!

Would you leave, Stan? Please!

Wait! Don't do it, son.

- Let me!

- Ohh!

Mama cracked him!

Mama say c-crack!

Mama was your dessert!

That's what the Johnsons do!

She's still got it.

You know what?

I ain't never heard you

talk about Dorothy that way.

And you know what else?

It's about time.

- Thank you, Mama.

- That's right, Dad.

All right, I gotta get my family outta here.

We gotta head back home.

But you just got here.!

I know, but...

my wife has a test to study for.

- Kids, let's go change. Bye, Mama.

- Bye, baby.

- Dorothy.

- All right, now, little brother.

- Bye, Grandma.

- Bye, D.J.

- Y'all come back! Don't stay gone so long.

- All right.

Oh, man.

- Yeah.!

- Nate! Nate!

It's Nate Johnson! All day!

Trophy and my little brother?

And I'm Mack Johnson!

That's all week.!

I wonder... I wonder if Uncle Earl

know how to fix this.

I'm gon' ask... Uncle Earl!

Hey!

Huh!

Huh! Yeah!

- Reenie?

- Yeah, baby?

Get in here, girl!

D.J., is that our door?

Oh, no, no, no, no.

Is this our bumper?

- This is the bumper from the truck.

- Looks like it, but...

And... these are the seats.

Oh, my God. These seats

come right out of the truck.

Dorothy, that is the door.!

Looks like the door.

We don't know.

You ain't got nothin' on that Robot.

You know, I do the Robot.

Oh, my God!

Move somethin;!

- That's my kid!

- Look.

Okay. Okay.

Uncle Earl!

Uncle Earl!

Uncle Earl!

Oh, hey there, nephew.

Y'all caught me off guard.

Caught me doin' my little thing...

Look at Dorothy.

Girl, you look good.

Girl, if you don't look like

a hot cup of soup, and I got the flu...

- This my baby, Tangerine.

- Hi!

Yeah, don't she look like you?

She look just like you. I tell her all

the time, "You look just like Dorothy. "

You know what, Dorothy?

This could've all been yours. All this...

Reenie, come on, now.

Quit playin'.

You know I'm p-I-M-p.

If you don't mind, it's been a long trip

and we wanna get back home...

so, did you fix the truck yet?

Oh, yeah, it's ready.

Truck is ready. That's what I do.

Yeah, come on out.

Yeah.

Yes, indeedy!

Now, I'm gon' have to tell you...

the only thing I had to do here that was

really special... want you to be aware of...

I had to run a coat hanger

through the middle of the vehicle.

It came up around the chassis,

broke off on each side...

and go into your wheel well.

Now, the only thing I suggest is

that you don't make no sharp turns.

- Okay?

- Great.

A sharp turn, and you can

hang it up.

- "You can hang it up. "

- Yeah.

- I tell ya.!

- Funny.

Okay, here we go.

Ohh-ho-ho.!

Cool!

That looks great, Uncle Earl!

- That look good, don't it?

- All right!

- All right!

- I retooled your engine.

I flushed the engine out

with a toothpaste flush.

- Fluoride toothpaste. Best thing for it.

- Earl!

Hold it. There's something... You know what

this car doesn't have in it? An eight-track.

A pretty car like this

ain't got no eight-track!

I put an eight-track in. Gon' be real nice

for y'all to listen to on the way home.

Look at Dorothy.

Look at Dorothy.

Girl, if you don't look like a free case

of motor oil... 30-weight.

All right, I told you

about coveting my wife, now.

Hey, Destiny,

where's Sir Barks-A-Lot?

He doesn't need me anymore.

He's gonna stay in Missouri.

He'll be okay.

I'm sure he will, sweetie.

Nate, did you really mean

all the things you said...

about supporting my dreams?

Every word.

Oh, baby. Mmm!

Goodness!

Oh, boy.

- Home, sweet home, huh?

- Yes.!

I cannot wait to change these clothes

and take a shower.

I wasn't gonna say nothin',

but, whoa!

- Come on, guys. Inside.

- It's all up here.

We gon' do it again.

I tell you...

- Oh, Daddy, our car!

- Ohh!

Oh, Earl! Come on, Earl!

take this truck back now.

Oh, Nate, stop worrying about the truck.

You've got more important work to do.

After all, it's been... three months.

You serious, Dorothy?

Huh!

- You serious?

- Ninety days!

Uh, Nate gon' play!

Yea-eah! Open the door!

Ain't that the girl?

Ain't that the only girl?

She a pretty girl.

- Girl, you as pretty as paneling.

- Ohh.!

Pretty as wood paneling.

And, Dorothy,

you know you ain't changed.

You just as pretty as...

Look at you.! Lord, have mercy.!

Ooh, you just draw me in.!

Dorothy, I tell you... I tell you, girl,

you know, you is gorgeous.!

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