Cheaper by the Dozen

Pros: Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt. Funny scenes.
Cons: Few scenes dragged a little. Could be too silly for some people. A snake.

I have liked Steve Martin for years and have seen many of his movies. Some have been a bit silly, but Steve Martin is good at being silly. I have enjoyed some of his movies more than others, but I have enjoyed his movies. He makes me laugh. I have ...

Pros: Funny quite a few times, Steve Martin in good form...
Cons: ... far too obvious, not as funny as it should have been

Cheaper by the Dozen is a typical Steve Martin movie – funny enough to be worth watching, but not funny enough to be worth watching twice. The premise is pretty straightforward – Tom (Martin) and Kate (Bonnie Hunt) Baker had big dreams when ...

Pros: Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Ashton Kutcher
Cons: Formulaic and totally predictable

A family with twelve children has always been a bit of a variation from the norm. In today's society, where some couples focus on raising just one child, we find how much of an exception a large family can be in "Cheaper By The Dozen." Tom Baker (Steve ...

Pros: Bonnie Hunt was pleasant enough.
Cons: Unfocused, chaotic, sappy but with no payoff.

I really hate to do this. Maybe it's because I'm a little bit tired and I ate too many leftovers. Or maybe it's because of the 12 year old brat who sat behind me and popped her gum for 87 minutes. Whatever the reason, I cannot with a clear ...

Pros: Hunt, Perabo, Welling
Cons: Duff, craziness of some scenes

Two weeks ago, my cousin called me all upset with her mother and just needing to get out of the house, so I obliged her and we planned a movie night. We also decided to see if our other cousin wanted to go. She had also been upset (btw, they are ...

Pros: The under-17 members of the cast are terrific.
Cons: The older actors play it too safe.

Cheaper by the Dozen is a movie that feels stuck halfway between something bland and something terrific, between made-for-TV and movie classic, between Steve Martin's zany Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and his execrable Sgt. ...

Pros: not a whole lot.
Cons: i can think of 12 right off the top of my head...

I guess I have no one to blame but myself for watching the latest version of Cheaper by the Dozen. Though I might like to pretend otherwise, in retrospect, it was neither pushed nor forced upon me. Rather, I made the rather honest mistake of ...

Pros: Some funny and touching moments
Cons: Not nearly enough of them

Once upon a time, there was the Gilbreth family, who really did have twelve kids. Two of those kids wrote a book entitled Cheaper by the Dozen, which told about their family growing up. That book was turned into a 1950 film that has some very ...

Pros: Mindless entertainment that's good for a few laughs and a night at the movies
Cons: The Baker kids are absolute snots at times

Cheaper by the Dozen is, perhaps, one of the stranger films I've seen recently as the overriding moral of this tale is that family is more important than a career. Now, in 2004, we all know that's not true. Why, jobs are more important than ...

Pros: Steve Martin Style Comedy, Good For Entire Family!
Cons: None.

My family has always enjoyed movies starring Steve Martin. He is an all around funny guy and most of his movies are full of crazy antics and good for a few laughs. We recently decided to watch Cheaper By The Dozen 2 and thought it would be fun ...

Pros: Shows a large family managing to (mostly successfully) juggle child-raising and careers.
Cons: Too many characters to keep track of.

Cheaper by the Dozen is a remake of a 1950 film with a similar concept (but different characters). I haven't seen the original version, so I can't comment on whether the new one is better or worse than it. The concept is pretty simple -- a ...

Pros: I liked some of Martin and Hunt's chemistry, and Ashton Kutcher made me laugh.
Cons: The underage cast is unbearable, the gags flounder, the direction and script non-existent.

Cheaper By The Dozen is a remake of a 1950s movie starring Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy which was based upon a book by Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. Now, I have neither seen the original film or have read the original book, ...

Pros: Ashton Kutcher is amusing
Cons: Not funny, repetitive, formulaic, boring

When Tom Baker (Steve Martin) is offered the job of his dreams – coaching football at his alma mater - he leaps at the opportunity. It will however take a few adjustments on the part of his family, what with moving to the big city, finding a new ...

Pros: Hysterical, great cast, entertaining, and of course, it has Steve Martin
Cons: Your kids will learn come-backs that you don't want them to use!

I've got to admit, I was a little torn on whether to buy this movie or not. My kids were dying to see it, everyone in the neighborhood had grabbed a copy for themselves, and the Steve Martin imitations were hysterical. After a while, I couldn't help ...

Pros: Ebert and Roeper gave it "Two Thumbs Up."
Cons: "Two Thumbs Up?"

Not having read the book on which this film's based, nor seen the original 50's film, I can't say how faithful to its sources "Cheaper by the Dozen" may or may not be. I will question though why both Ebert and Roeper gave it "Two Thumbs Up." It's not ...