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Summary: This is no family fun- it's parental torture!
Review: This movie is out at holiday time, so you'd think that it would be wonderful, heartwarming family entertainment. Be forewarned -it is mindless and loud to the point of being headache-inducing.
Nothing really objectionable except one scene with the fiance (played by Ashton Kutcher) and the family dog. And that scene is actually somewhat funny compared with the rest of the movie.
Hilary Duff and Tom Welling do not add any substance as the the teenagers in the family of fourteen. They both have inane dialogue, and I'm not a Hilary Duff fan (now less than ever!), but Tom Welling has done much better in the "Smallville" series on television. Steve Martin gets to act like a limp, wet noodle. Bonnie Hunt is agreeable in her role as the mother of the brood, but there is no substance or plot development in this movie. The kids rule the roost, and you actually wonder why the younger kids are as bad and irritating as they are, and how miraculously they become good, quiet, upstanding teenagers as portrayed by Hilary and Tom. When the chandelier crashes to the ground for the third (or was it fourth time, I lost count), you ask yourself why are they trying to milk this "crashing chandelier" scene? The only redeemable and very believable character in this movie is "FedEx" (his nickname), one of the children in the middle. He was sincere and warm and not just a cardboard character.
This may not be a complete review, but, trust me, if you like substance, you will be appalled by the shallowness of this movie and the lack of laughs or true emotion. It's made-for-TV fare at best.
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Summary: A fun film that you can watch again and again
Review: Cheaper By The Dozen is a hilarous comedy. If you have one movie to see around the holidays see this one. If you like Lizzie McGuire or Steve Martian, then go see this.Steve Martian has a lot of laughs in this film!!!!!!!! He is really funny. He's always funny, especially in Looney Tunes Back in Action (which was an awesome movie), and Bringing Down the House.
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Summary: Steve Martin still has it
Review: Saw this movie today with my wife and kids and we all loved it! I laughed out loud many times. Steve Martin is still one of the funniest guys on screen and this movie is the perfect vehicle for his brand of zany comedy. Mixing him up with the kids made it all the more funny. Bonnie Hunt is the perfect foil for Martin, and is terrific as his wife. Make sure you watch the outtakes at the end of the movie. Good family fun.
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Summary: Extra credit
Review: I think the person who wrote the review 'Cheaply made to make one sick' is confusing this with 'Bringing Down the House' in which Steve Martin plays a father whose son cannot read. 'Cheaper by the Dozen' includes a scene where Ashton Kutcher, playing the oldest daughter's boyfriend, playing a video game while the only television the children see shows an interview their father (Steve Martin) is giving. And there is no trashy magazine in this movie (unless I missed something). Actually, having these elements in the movie would not have offended me because having twelve children play video games might keep it quiet for a while...and if the oldest son was looking at porn this would be an honest portrayal of many teenage boy lives--though there is no need to add to the dysfunction of this big family. Hilary Duff plays a semi-Diva to perfection. And Tom Welling, just hoping that this fine actor continues beyond model looks and Clark Kent.
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Summary: Good family fare.
Review: Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt star as the Baker parents. Dad gets a job offer that he just cannot refuse-and the whole family moves to Chicago. Once there, Dad is never around. And things get worse when Mom goes to New York. Neither parent realizes how their children's lives drastically change. This movie has too many characters, but you love all of them for whatever reason. (I am trying to place where I have seen the girl who plays Sarah Baker before. She is the best.) Tom Welling (Smallville) and Hilary Duff (Lizzie McGuire) prove that they can play less sensitive roles, but their main purpose is to be seen...pretty good eye-candy for the teen crowd. Rated PG: Innuendo, Comic Violence.
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Summary: Great Family Holiday Film
Review: I went to see with my parents and one of my four sisters, along with one of my eight cousins. Needless to say I have a big family. This movie was a great holiday film for the whole family. Hunt and Martin are delightful as parents of twelve kids. The chaos of the family compares to chaos in my family especially when the whole family is together. I recommend going to see this movie with your family. It will make you appreciate them and the time you have with them.
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Summary: Charmingly witty for the "G-rated" family
Review: It appears the "Cheaply made to make one sick" reviewer is confusing this with another film. Cheaper is such a fine family film the Hollywood elite won't bother recognizing it as a movie worth lauding. It's refreshing to take children to such a picture. The standard obscenities and vulgarities were almost non-existent, which is encouraging in moviefare. I and my family thoroughly enjoyed this charming motion picture and encourage others to patronize such films in the interest of driving the money away from such wastes of celluloid as "Bad Santa"
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Summary: Cheaply made to make one sick....
Review: There are often times when a movie is made that is supposed to show a family in the daily business of living and this is one that shows how little Hollywood must think of the American family. A house full of kids who watch video games, tell sex jokes, pretent to be doing homework when they are actually reading an issue of playboy magazine, and where teens are supposed to be smarter then the parents. Please, it makes for nothing but cheap comedy and non-funny adult humor. I used to like Steve Martin, but boy as he fallen to new lows now.
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Summary: "Dad, don't hide in the closet! Take it like a man!"
Review: Okay, so it's not as good as the book. And actually, other than the title and the fact that it involves a family with twelve kids, it bears no resemblance to the book at all. But "Cheaper by the Dozen", which stars Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt as the parents of a REALLY big family, is sweet and sorta funny and carries a nice message about spending time with your kids. And in the end that was good enough for me. The Bakers never set out to have twelve children, it just sort of happened, and as the movie opens they are living in chaotic but harmonious discord in a rambling old house in the country. But then Dad gets the job of a lifetime, and the whole brood moves into the city/suburbs, where the kids don't fit in and are miserable and the parents begin to fight and everything starts to fall apart. And them Mom goes on a book tour. Craziness ensues. If you are a pre-teen, teen, or, like me, twenty-three and sad, you will recognize almost every kid in this movie from Disney and WB shows. Tween fave Hilary Duff isn't given much to do and is wasted, but "Smallville"'s Tom Welling is affecting as the oldest son, even if his plot line is a little ridiculous. (I mean, there is no high school, anywhere in America, where a guy as impossibly gorgeous as Welling would be an outcast. We know a hottie when we see one.) "Cheaper by the Dozen" doesn't have any really big laughs, but many small ones, and you may get teary-eyed at the end. A pretty good family flick and recommended for a Saturday matinee at the movies.
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Summary: Funny Movie With a Message
Review: Cheaper by the Dozen is a very funny movie. It is typical Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt is a good match for him. Most of the humor is slapstick and you can't help but laugh. The 12 kids especially the younger group are all good little actors and create an atmosphere of total chaos when mom leaves to go on a book tour and dad get tied up with his new coaching job. With all its laughs, the movie looks at some serious issues facing today's families. Mom and dad now have their dream jobs but are unable to balance caring for the kids and the demands of those jobs. They are torn between family needs and unsympathetic bosses. Oldest daughter Nora (Piper Perabo)has moved out and is living with her boyfriend Hank(Ashton Kutcher). The parents have to deal with her wanting to sleep with him when they come to help babysit. The kids have their own ways to handle the situation and with hilarious results. Hilary Duff is very believable as a vain teenager and Forrest Landis does a great job with Mark, the kid who seems to feel the most neglected. He reminds me of a cross between Mayberry's Opie and Harry Potter.
If you want an evening of laughter, by all means see this movie.
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