Will he also get an education and the girl? This comedy drama focuses on the trials and tribulations that a family goes through, always reconnecting over Sunday, possibly Christmas, dinner. If you value your money at all, you'll wait till this comes out on video.Looking for some great streaming picks? 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. Was this review helpful to you? When DJ alerts Nate to what he's done, Nate turns around, not paying attention to the road, and accidentally drives through a construction site, hitting a cement truck, causing wet cement to pour all over the grill and hood of his SUV. Destiny's birthday is the day after they leave, and after Nate tells Destiny what he will do for her birthday, a man named Stan Turner shows up calling for Dorothy. Nate and his family get into their truck, and once he and Dorothy share a reconciling kiss, they head home with no issues. Once they leave the hotel and resume their trip, they run into a hitchhiker, Chrishelle, and when Dorothy shakes her head at Nate, he quotes to her “what would Jesus do” to justify him stopping for the attractive young woman. Nate Johnson, and his son, DJ, arrive at an auto body shop in Los Angeles to pick up his Lincoln Navigator, and much to Nate's chagrin, there has been a mix up, and his truck has gone from needing a simple 8-track to being pimped out with hydraulics and spinning rims. AAA can't help the roadside emergency that is the JOHNSON FAMILY VACATION. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. The family stops at Bun World for lunch, and Destiny's birthday celebration, and when Nate asks Chrishelle to bless the food, she begins to roll her eyes and hiss strange phrases, which frightens the family and they all refuse to sit near her once they get back in the car. An amnesiac wakes up in a hotel room next to a dead FBI agent and $250,000. 2 of 2 people found this review helpful. They get to Dorothy's house, and when Nate hits the lock button on the car remote, the truck completely falls apart in the drive way. Well, I was without a doubt, highly disappointed.
Nate steps in, explains that he is Dorothy's husband, and threatens and scares Stan off. Is he a spy or a cleaner? A married woman becomes attracted to a young man after she takes the ashes of her nanny to Hawaii. Nate is able to spin his vehicle out of the truck's way, and everyone, including Nate, is visibly shaken up. Nate punished her and took away her cell phone. When Chrishelle gets into the truck, she steals cereal from Destiny, and drops a reefer pipe in the back seat. Once Nate and DJ arrive home, Nate gets a phone call from his mother, Glorietta, who disapproves of his marriage to his wife, Dorothy, and the phone call is taken over by Nate's older brother, Mack, who always tries to one up Nate by appealing to their mother's material needs. An ex-convict (Tyrese) gets tangled up with a gang after his car is hijacked with his son inside. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist.Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. The driver turns out to be Stan, still stewing over the fact that Dorothy isn't as interested in him as he assumed, and he reveals in front of their whole family that Nate and Dorothy live in separate houses. That evening, they all go to a hotel to rest, and Nate is woken up by a small alligator in his and Dorothy's bed. The cop arrests all of them, due to Nate littering, and because the cop found Chrishelle's reefer pipe in the back seat. Back on the road, Nate runs out of gas, and he goes to find a phone to call his Uncle Earl. 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 story revolves around the Johnson family going on a road trip to attend a family reunion in Missouri and the numerous hijinks they occur along the way. The family gets in the car, and they start off on their road trip. Night time comes, and they stop at a hotel, where Dorothy pretends she is interested in rekindling her and Nate's estranged romance, but really she just wanted to get out of the truck and relax. Nikki flirts with the indian tour guide, Nate didn't like. A comedy adventure about a misfit family trying to survive outrageous obstacles (includeing each other) on a cross-country trek to their annual family reunion.
Buckle up for the wildest road trip of the year. As the family celebrates, the same semi truck that ran Nate off the highway shows up, barreling through the park, tearing decorations down and almost hitting Nate's relatives.
The road trip seems to be going smoothly until they reach a long stretch of highway where a semi truck is trying to run them off the road. A New York advertising executive travels to a small Southern town to collect an inheritance but finds he must create a gospel choir and lead it to success before he can collect. However, Nate has to take his truck as is because he and his family are due in Missouri for a family reunion.
When it is time for Nate and DJ to leave, it is revealed that Nate is separated from his wife, Dorothy, and she lives in a different house down the street, as well as their two daughters, Nikki and Destiny. While Nate and DJ wait for the girls to come out, Nikki is locked in her room chatting on her cellphone, while her little sister, Destiny is trying to get in so she can get her stuff for her invisible dog, Sir Barks-a Lot.