Synopsis
Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt return as heads of the Baker family who, while on vacation, find themselves in competition with a rival family of eight children, headed by Eugene Levy,
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Cast
- Steve MartinTom Baker
- Eugene LevyJimmy Murtaugh
- Bonnie HuntKate Baker
- Tom WellingCharlie Baker
- Piper PeraboNora Baker-McNulty
- Hilary DuffLorraine Baker
- Carmen ElectraSarina Murtaugh
- Jaime KingAnne Murtaugh
- Taylor LautnerEliot Murtaugh
- Alyson StonerSarah Baker
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
What I liked the most about the second "Dozen," was another performance, the one by Alyson Stoner as their daughter Sarah. As a girl poised on the first scary steps of adolescence, she finds the kind of vulnerability and shy hope that Reese Witherspoon projected in "The Man in the Moon." - 70
Los Angeles Times
A family comedy that is actually involving, even believable, and manages to be pretty funny too. - 50
USA Today
Give Dozen a slight edge to the mournful "Yours, Mine & Ours" as a holiday season bottom-feeder, because Martin and Levy are better at slapstick than Dennis Quaid. - 50
New York Post
The point isn't really to make you laugh. The film is supposed to make people feel good about their families, and it does a fine job of it. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
A textbook example of how not to mess with success, Cheaper by the Dozen 2 is every bit as forced, synthetic, banal and mawkish as the first edition. - 40
Variety
Bland, canned but studiously professional sequel retains most of the principals from Fox's family-friendly 2003 hit, including the ever-reliable Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt. - 38
TV Guide Magazine
Ironically, one of the film's best-developed characters is a mouse: The four-legged "Chizzler" actually has a legitimate story arc with a genuine payoff. - 30
The New York Times
This messy blend of silly slapstick and oversentimentality probably won't please children, teenagers or adults.
