With his wife doing a book tour, a father of twelve must handle a new job and his unstable brood.
20 November 1989, Lewisville, Texas, USA
25 August 1931, New York City, New York, USA
13 November 1997, Los Angeles, California, USA
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31 October 1976, Dallas, Texas, USA
26 April 1977, Putnam Valley, New York, USA
19 July 1990, Fresno, California, USA
1 November 1971, Berkeley, California, USA
13 November 1956, Spearman, Texas, USA
14 September 1970, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
7 February 1978, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
20 June 1993, Los Angeles, California, USA
4 May 1947, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
14 August 1945, Waco, Texas, USA
2 January 1975, Milford, Michigan, USA
19 July 1982, San Antonio, Texas, USA
12 June 1964, Rockville, Maryland, USA
28 September 1987, Houston, Texas, USA
4 January 1964, Los Angeles, California, USA
23 July 1968, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 July 1956, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
3 September 1932, Los Angeles, California, 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.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.December 25, 2003
So calculatedly cast with popular kid stars that it seems a focus group was guiding all the choices.December 26, 2003
It's not just a feel-good holiday movie, though audiences, especially youngsters, will certainly walk out of it feeling good.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.June 27, 2004
It's not that Cheaper by the Dozen is awful. Worse than that, it's just plain dull.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.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.January 27, 2007
The children (including creepy Hilary Duff) are 12 shades of dreadful.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.