Cheaper By The Dozen (2003)
A father of twelve children is struggling to take care of all of them because of his new job, whereas the mother is on her book tour.
11 August 1993, Toledo, Ohio, USA
19 July 1990, Fresno, California, USA
16 April 1994, San Marcos, California, USA
9 May 1953, Deadwood, South Dakota, USA
20 March 1957, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
31 October 1976, Dallas, Texas, USA
25 August 1931, New York City, New York, USA
9 August 1994, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
28 September 1987, Houston, Texas, USA
22 March 1981, Gainesville, Georgia, USA
October 18, 2008
What a lovely surprise: beyond the gloss of this formulaic Hollywood comedy about the importance of family, lies a heart-felt and hilarious treasure chest filled with home truths.July 16, 2004
Good comedy is derived from the characters, but this film doesn't establish its characters well enough to be effective on that level.December 25, 2003
Martin and Hunt give the production a mellow warmth. And Levy has cast an appealingly diverse bunch of kids to play the young Bakers.May 17, 2004
Life in the Baker house is as chaotic as life in the original 1950 Cheaper Gilbreth house was well-ordered and organized. I think I like the in-name-only remake better.December 25, 2003
We are not only asked to find the barbarian Baker brood a model of familial loyalty and unconditional devotion, we're also asked to regard with contempt everyone else who does not share the Bakers' unbridled consumerist anarchy.December 25, 2003
This is a movie that knows its audience and realizes it doesn't need much of a story to hit that audience, literally, where it lives.December 22, 2010
Remake bears no resemblance to the 1950 original.December 25, 2003
So calculatedly cast with popular kid stars that it seems a focus group was guiding all the choices.January 27, 2007
The children (including creepy Hilary Duff) are 12 shades of dreadful.December 26, 2003
It's not just a feel-good holiday movie, though audiences, especially youngsters, will certainly walk out of it feeling good.June 27, 2004
It's not that Cheaper by the Dozen is awful. Worse than that, it's just plain dull.