Rating: PG
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 12/25/2003(USA)
Release Date: 11/22/2005
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/Espanol/French
Sound: DD5.1/DS
Run Time: 98 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
Shawn Levy directs the
family-oriented
comedy Cheaper by the Dozen, a loose remake of the 1950 film starring
Clifton Webb and
Myrna Loy, which was itself based on a novel.
Tom (
Steve Martin) and
Kate Baker (
Bonnie Hunt) have made many sacrifices in their professional lives in order to raise their 12 children. When
Tom is offered a job as a Division I college football coach, he moves the entire pack to a suburb of Chicago. This move shakes up the whole family, especially when
Kate's memoirs get published and she takes off on a book tour. The lack of parental guidance creates problems for all the Baker kids, particularly handsome jock
Charlie (
Tom Welling), fashion plate
Lorraine (
Hilary Duff), and grown child
Nora (
Piper Perabo).
Ashton Kucher stars in a cameo role as
Nora's actor boyfriend,
Hank.
~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
