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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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+)
I bought 1 dozen from cheaper by the Dozen . Sign on delivery but only 6 bottles were delivered, Despite the coiurier advising that only 6 were delivered and the missing 6 were located and the OFT contacted them they refused to refund or replace . Very disatisfied
I have next to no love for this movie. It's just a sappy load of...ugh. They try to fit so many characters in and it's just an ugly, overwhelming piece of work. One of my least favorite characters is Tom Welling's character. I just find him angry and annoying. I guess I can chalk it up to bad casting (not that Tom Welling's acting is bad, but because he was simply too old for the part). The storyline is at least interesting in how much conflict there is, but it wraps up really poorly with them staying at a house they hate.If I were you, I'd stay away from this movie. It's one of my least favorite movies on this planet.
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.