Nate Johnson (Cedric the Entertainer), an insurance agent, thinks it would be a great idea to take his estranged wife and three children to his family reunion in Missouri by car from California. Nate's motives are sincere enough: He is separated from his wife, Dorothy (Vanessa Williams), who has custody of teenagers Nikki (Solange Knowles), DJ (Bow Wow) and Destiny (Gabby Soleil), and hopes the road trip will help them bond as a family and, with any luck, re-ignite that loving feeling with the
