Man of the House

Taking a seasoned pro like Tommy Lee Jones and teaming him up with a group of young, scantily dressed cheerleaders who like to jiggle does give the film plenty of opportunity for fun and frivolity and, even though Herek once again fails to really get anything out of this potentially funny material, he does hit on a couple of not so bad moments. ... Full Review

By the time the credits wrap, you've got the feel-good ending that provides the necessary closure, but doesn't leave you quoting any lines afterward. The entire (and entirely predictable) theme of the movie is that people can learn things from each other. ... Full Review

For the most part, the cheerleaders do a good job in the movie and never become so annoying that you want to shut it off. Man of the House does bring some laughs thanks to Tommy Lee Jones' ability to play the serious action hero no matter what the situation ... Full Review

In order that the divorced Jones can look his best when he has a date with a literary professor, his charges give him a makeover and instructions in the arts of love. It's a perfunctorily written comedy-thriller, with few jokes and no suspense, in which the workaholic Jones comes to appreciate the importance of being a cheerleader and the girls learn to take their academic studies more seriously. ... Full Review

All the fooling is left to Cedric the Entertainer, who's been hired to ensure laughs while playing an ex-con turned preacher, the bubbly kind who crashes into furniture and tries to outdance the cheerleaders. There's no logical reason for his character to be here, beyond the suggestion that folks who like Tommy Lee Jones and those who like Cedric the Entertainer might not be the same people, thereby doubling the audience. ... Full Review

Man of the House," rated PG-13 for violence, sexual content, crude humor and a drug reference. Director Stephen Herek keeps things moving and throws in some lively action sequences but keeps the emphasis on the amusing and affectionate relationships between Jones and the girls. ... Full Review

Director Stephen Herek ("The Mighty Ducks," "Holy Man") wasn't the right choice for this film in the first place....In addition, his footage looks suspiciously like it was added a year after the rest of the picture was shot..... ... Full Review

Man of the House" is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). Cedric the Entertainer , in a small role as an ex-con pastor, fails for once to live up to his name. ... Full Review

The many personalities of "Man of the House" have long since grown tiresome. From a fairly violent modern urban thriller, it's just mutated, in the space of four minutes, into that cute cheerleader thang. ... Full Review

Director Stephen Herek, a Disney veteran, seems more comfortable with House 's humanizing and gentle humor than its crime scenes, which he plays out as if they were from a different movie. Though predictability runs all through this House, it works up a modest charm thanks to the emergence of likable, individualized characters. ... Full Review