Yours, Mine & Ours

18 kids, one house, no way.

2005 • 90 min • Comedy · Family · Romance

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Synopsis

Admiral Frank Beardsley returns to New London to run the Coast Guard Academy, his last stop before a probable promotion to head the Guard. A widower with eight children, he runs a loving but tight ship, with charts and salutes. The kids long for a permanent home. Helen North is a free spirit, a designer whose ten children live in loving chaos, with occasional group hugs. Helen and Frank, high school sweethearts, reconnect at a reunion, and it's love at first re-sighting. They marry on the spot. Then the problems start as two sets of kids, the free spirits and the disciplined preppies, must live together. The warring factions agree to work together to end the marriage.

Our family guide

Best from age 6

Movie Knight Score

916 reviews

62 Audience · 916 · 100%

Widower Frank and free-spirited Helen, former high school sweethearts, impulsively marry after reconnecting. Their combined 18 children, with very different upbringings, struggle to blend into one household. The kids conspire to break up the marriage, leading to comedic chaos.

Violence & peril: 2/10
Language: 1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 1/10
Romance & sensuality: 1/10
Scary moments: 0/10

Heads up

Some slapstick comedic violence
Brief mentions of parents' past relationships
Kids initially try to sabotage the marriage

What it models well

Family togetherness
Compromise and understanding
Accepting differences

Talk about it after

Blended families often face challenges
Respecting different parenting styles
Working together for a common goal

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