Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Mary, and the couple's 12 children to make a major adjustment. The transition works well until work demands pull the parents away from home, leaving the kids bored -- and increasingly mischievous.
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Surprisingly incoherent and boring
Fresh and Exciting
Captivating movie !
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
With his wife doing a book tour, a father of twelve must handle a new job and his unstable brood. Cheaper by the Dozen is packed with terrific humor from it's talented cast but also a heartwarming message about the true meaning of family and friendship. The overall perfomances were excellent by everyone especially Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt and to be honest? i even liked Ashton Kutcher's perfomance as the dumb boyfriend for Piper Perabo's character when on the same time i was even impressed by Tom Welling (who played Clark Kent in Smallville). This isn't a film that deserves a 5.8 in my opinion but then again we can't always agree with everything right? (A+)
Seen this so many times on DVD and I actually enjoyed this movie.The story is about a man and his wife played by Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt who are parents to not ONE but TWELVE kids (Hilary Duff,Tom Welling,Alison Stoner,Kevin G Schmidt(who looks so unrecognizable, etc)who move from their childhood home into the big city of Seattle. But none of the kids are happy about the move as they miss their old childhood home but had to move because Tom Baker(aka Martin) was promoted a job.The cast is great,the humor is nice and its a entertaining movie. Also keep an eye out for an uncredited Ashton Kutcher as Nora's boyfriend. Im giving it a 7/10
This movie was okay. It showed some good lessons on family values. It taught how one decision can affect a whole family. It shows how important it is to respect each other. There are a couple touching scenes that bring tears to my eyes and make you be thankful that you have a family such as when Tom and Kate have an argument and one of their daughters asks: "Daddy, are you and mommy gonna divorce?" When Mark runs away and shares an emotional moment with his father and they are both crying is also very touching. Ashton Kutcher is great and really funny. There wasn't enough of him in this film. I think they should have given Kutcher the opportunity to show more. Anyone watch "Two and a half men?" Anyway, it's an okay movie. Watch it once or twice but no more than that. second movie is much better!
Steve Martin much like Eddie Murphy has had a second lease of life by doing this sort of family comedy fare and actually makes a decent job of playing a father surrounded by 12 very different children.There isn't really that much in the way of plot and many of the children blend into the background with Hillary Duff and Tom Welling being the only standouts and instead this film lets Martin play to his strengths as a big and physical comedian wife on screen wife Bonnie Hunt merely just playing the straight woman to his buffoonery.This film has far more laugh out loud moments than the sequel that followed it and is well worth hunting out to see a good performance from Martin and some nice family entertainment.