
Juggling career and family can be a lot. Tom and Kate Baker, the proud parents of not one but 12 children, have chosen family over career aspirations. However, their lives suddenly change when small-town coach Tom is offered his dream job, and Kate's book has been accepted for publication. Now, with Kate promoting her book, it is up to Tom to look after the children, take care of the house, and handle a new job. Can Tom bring order out of chaos?... (Full plot summary below)
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Juggling career and family can be a lot. Tom and Kate Baker, the proud parents of not one but 12 children, have chosen family over career aspirations. However, their lives suddenly change when small-town coach Tom is offered his dream job, and Kate's book has been accepted for publication. Now, with Kate promoting her book, it is up to Tom to look after the children, take care of the house, and handle a new job. Can Tom bring order out of chaos?
Leave your thoughts about Cheaper by the Dozen.
| Apollo GuideBrian WebsterIt's not that Cheaper by the Dozen is awful. Worse than that, it's just plain dull. |
| FilmStew.comLarry CarrollThis remake is perfect holiday fare for all those families who can't get enough of According to Jim, My Wife & Kids and Yes, Dear. |
| Salt Lake TribuneSean P. MeansDirector Shawn Levy tries to alternate between slapstick humor and life-lesson pathos, and the blend is just too sweet. |
| PremiereSara BradyCheaper entertains a broad audience by recalling an age of family filmmaking when that term wasnt synonymous with crap. |
| San Francisco ChronicleRuthe SteinIt's not just a feel-good holiday movie, though audiences, especially youngsters, will certainly walk out of it feeling good. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertLighthearted fun, providing little character bits for all of the family members. |
| Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionEleanor Ringel GillespieAn uneven attempt to replicate the modest charms of an earlier Martin movie, Parenthood. |
| Internet ReviewsSteve RhodesA fun family film that'll have your brood laughing no matter what their ages. |
| Movie Reviews in CroatianVictoria AlexanderA disgrace. A spineless eunuch of a father allows his children to yell at him and bully him. They destroy a mansion. Their mother must be on heroin. |
| Baltimore SunChris KaltenbachEqual parts fantasy and cautionary tale, a film that manages to be uplifting and off-putting simultaneously -- fortunately, more the former than the latter. |