Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Piper Perabo
In modern America, where the average family has 1.87 children, Tom Baker and wife Kate have decided that life is better--if not cheaper--by the dozen. The Bakers live in a small Illinois town where Tom coaches the local college football team. The family's day-to-day life is marked by equal parts lov... (read more) In modern America, where the average family has 1.87 children, Tom Baker and wife Kate have decided that life is better--if not cheaper--by the dozen. The Bakers live in a small Illinois town where Tom coaches the local college football team. The family's day-to-day life is marked by equal parts love and chaos pet-frog-landing-in-the-breakfast eggs type of chaos. When Tom is offered his dream job--coaching a squad at a large university--he and Kate uproot the family, much to the displeasure of all 12 children. At the same time, Kate learns that her memoirs are about to be published. Her agent whisks her away to New York to promote the book, leaving Tom home alone to handle the increasingly unhappy and hectic household, as well as his demanding new job. With all hell breaking loose at home, Kate on the road, and Tom's job on the line, the Baker family ultimately chooses not to have it all, but to love what they do have.
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PG, 1 hr. 55 min.
Directed by:
Shawn Levy
Release Date: Dec 25, 2003
DVD Release Date: Apr 06, 2004
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Another drawling, insipid mess with Steve Martin in it. Sometimes I think they make these films with the sole intent to annoy me. They don't seem to furfill any other purpose.
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So calculatedly cast with popular kid stars that it seems a focus group was guiding all the choices.full review
You don't so much watch this witless, charmless, pointless fiasco as sit hostage, waiting for it to end.full review
Lighthearted fun, providing little character bits for all of the family members.full review
The only thing more outdated than Cheaper by the Dozen's soundtrack is its hokey life lessons concerning the importance of family over career.full review
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