Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)

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

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External Reviews

If you’re goal is to get some laughs and to be somewhat entertained, even with some very generic story material and some sigh-inducing moments, then the movie could win your vote. C+

It's an awfully sad day when Ashton Kutcher is the best thing about a movie. 

--David Nusair (Reel Film Reviews)

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With no CGI, no muppet-puppetry and not a single tie-in toy in sight, Cheaper By The Dozen is just as penny-pinching as its title suggests. 

--Jamie Russell (BBC Films)

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Well-acted, watchable Hollywood comedy that pushes all the right buttons but never really hits great comic heights. 

--Matthew Turner (ViewLondon)

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Cast

Steve Martin Bowfinger, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, The Prince of Egypt Bonnie Hunt The Green Mile, Monsters, Inc., Rain Man Piper Perabo Coyote Ugly, The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle, The Cave Tom Welling The Fog, Cheaper by the Dozen 2 Hilary Duff A Cinderella Story, Human Nature, Raise Your Voice Paula Marshall Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth, Thursday, A Family Thing Alan Ruck Speed, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Twister [more]

You'll long for the Steve Martin of old. Ah yes, those were the days. 4/10 --Gary Panton (Movie Gazette)