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Summary: Dads can't cope
Review: Another in a string of movies and TV shows where the father figure is portrayed as incompetent when it comes to domestic duties. The mother figure, by contrast, is in control and unflappable.While the movie has some enjoyable bits you can't help but wonder why, when Kate (the mother) goes on a book tour, the teenage children don't do more to help out. They're not even asked to do more. Instead they get to whine about how much better life was back in their old town and to point out to dad what a lousy job he's doing. What's meant to be an amusing descent into chaos (because dad can't cope with running the family while mom is away for two whole weeks!) just gets more grating, right up to the "crises" when the Woody Allen looking kid runs away. At that point the family pulls together in a 'awww' moment and puts aside their differences for the higher good. Talk about ham fisted audience manipulation. By the end of the movie you just wish these brats would suck it up and pull their own weight. But then we wouldn't have a movie.
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Summary: Good, but not great
Review: I love Steve Martain. I loved the trailors that played on TV. Maybe I got my expectations up, but I feel this movie wasn't as good as the previews entailed. It had its funny moments but the movie had many boring movies. Warning:Don't spend $15 dollars to buy the movie, rent it. Don't waste your money.
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Summary: Hilarious
Review: Okay, I'm gonna review this as two different people: a movie critic and a Hilary fan.
I originally saw this movie expecting a bunch of bad poop jokes and stupid unlovable kids. But I was wrong. This was a great movie. It was funny and while you sort of know the ending, that doesn't seem to matter because the whole movie is so fun! The kids are mostly cute and I love it when they make the doggie bite Ashton Kutcher's character.(I don't like him very much to say the least) I bet that scene made Hilary Duff happy since he punked her.:)
But anyway, now my review as a Hilary fan. There was not enough Hilary in the movie. As I said, when I originally saw the film i didn't expect much so I saw it for the sole reason of Hilary being in it. The movie was advertised as a Hilary movie but she's hardly in it. Cheaper By the Dozen focuses on just some of the kids. There are 12 of them so I guess it's pretty hard to fit her in. At least all of her scenes(which isn't many) are good. Oh well. The movie is still great!
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Summary: A John Hughes comedy without John Hughes ain't much...
Review: This kinda movie makes you realize just what a Master the Great John Hughes was at family comedy. The Home Alones, Uncle Buck, Weird Science, Ferris Bueller, etc... Everything the guy touched turned to gold. Whatever happened to him anyway? They sure coulda used him here. This movies tries hard to be a Hughes type of film but all I could think while watching was how it could have been better scripted, acted, directed, scored, and better jokes. A lame directorial attempt made worse by the lame comedic timing of Ashton Kutcher, a lack of Steve Martins trademark physical comedy, and too many Nike endorsements among others. How many scenes was that one kid wearing that same Old Navy shirt?!? For those looking for a decent later years Steve Martin effort, Bringin Down the House was way better than this schlup, if there is such a word.
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Summary: Great family entertainment!
Review: All 6 in our family ranging from age 2-40 laughed throughout the movie. This will definately be a buy it movie to have at home always! Highly recommend.
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Summary: A Very Funny Family Movie
Review: Cheaper By The Dozen is a really funny family movie. I am a teenager but I still love these family movies. I think all people of all ages should see this movie.
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Summary: A Dozen Points
Review: This is a family movie, so you can buy (or rent it) without really flinching about dirty words or inappropriate behavior. Here are a dozen reasons why it's OK and not so OK. 1) (Good) Steve Martin is perfect for these kind of roles. He remains the personification of the unflappable leading man that he's portrayed in films like "Parenthood" and "Father Of The Bride." 2) (Bad) Bonnie Hunt is wasted. She comes off well, but ultimately the kids and Martin have to carry the film. 3) (Good) The kids are likable, and, at times, very touching (Especially Mark/Fed Ex). None of them utter curse words or make smutty jokes. 4) (Bad) That the kids frequently flagrantly disobey house rules without any kind of discipline. (Although the pants and meat gag is the film's best joke.) They plot and scheme sadistic traps ala "Home Alone" lite, and spend a fair amount of time saying how badly the parents' work is interfering with their lives, never minding the fact that Dad's new job is putting them into a higher standard of living then they've ever known before. (Tom Welling in particular.) 5) (Good) Nice to see parents who are willing to try to live their dreams, not shut everything else out of their lives and do so without resentment towards each other. 6) (Bad) Does anyone really believe you could practice a College football team in a back yard? 7) (Good) Despite having twelve kids on screen (OK, so Nora, the oldest, is living on her own), each kid gets some time to chew the scenery and does so without getting overtly cute or sugary. 8) (Bad) The DVD sports a serious lack of extras. Fox couldn't fit a trailer on the disc but found space to promote the upcoming "Garfield?" Boo and hiss. 9) (Good) Ashton Kutcher playing right into type as Nora's narcissistic boyfriend. 10) (Bad) I am getting really tired of all things Hillary Duff. 11) (Good) Any soundtrack that features 10,000 Maniacs and Fountains of Wayne is all right by me. 12) (Ultimate Good) The final messgae is that families can ultimately be happiest if they stay honest to themselves. Even in a movie as slight as "Cheaper By The Dozen," it is a message that is usally ignored or, even worse, mocked by most current Hollywood fare, here it is movie's strongest core statement. That alone makes "Cheaper By The Dozen" worth at least a viewing.
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Summary: BEST MOVIE EVER!!!
Review: I don't see why this movie is rated 3 1/2 stars on this site. I've read some of the negative reviews and I think they're a bunch of lies. This movie is so funny from Kyle and Nigel all the way to Hank and Nora. This is a must buy!!! Don't listen to those negative reviews. Those people don't know good movies. Buy it! It's hilarious!!!!!!!
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Summary: The original version was a true story....this is cheap humor
Review: The original 1950's version was based on a true story, written by two of the actual children portrayed in the movie. The remake (if you can even call it that), follows it's own plot, complete with distracted parents and out of control children. Watch the original, which in my opinion is a class act.
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Summary: Steve Martin does this family film proud.........
Review: ......as does Bonnie Hunt as parents played in a movie that tells the slapstick tale of one huge family - obviously fictional. "Mom" Bonnie Hunt authors a book on the story of her abundant family and gets published but also has to promotionally tour which gets us to the point. "Dad" played by Steve Martin is left solo to manage this enormous tribe of children and simultaneously handle his new job as a football coach. Note the irony? He can coach a band of bravado football players but has trouble using similar techniques to "control" his children. Hilary Duff is adorable as a teenage daughter and the remaining entourage of grade schoolers is well cast and hilariously well directed. It's rather silly at times but that's part of the charm and only Steve Martin's timing could pull off the slapstick but it's a family flick without stress or news of war or to simply escape the mundane for parents and kids together.
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