Synopsis
Admiral Frank Beardsley returns to New London to run the Coast Guard Academy, his last stop before a probable promotion to head the Guard. A widower with eight children, he runs a loving but tight ship, with charts and salutes. The kids long for a permanent home. Helen North is a free spirit, a designer whose ten children live in loving chaos, with occasional group hugs. Helen and Frank, high school sweethearts, reconnect at a reunion, and it's love at first re-sighting. They marry on the spot. Then the problems start as two sets of kids, the free spirits and the disciplined preppies, must live together. The warring factions agree to work together to end the marriage.
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Cast
- Dennis QuaidFrank Beardsley
- Rene RussoHelen North
- Sean FarisWilliam Beardsley
- Danielle PanabakerPhoebe North
- Miranda CosgroveJoni North
- Drake BellDylan North
- Katija PevecChristina Beardsley
- Dean CollinsHarry Beardsley
- Tyler Patrick JonesMichael Beardsley
- Haley RammKelly Beardsley
Recommendations
- 70
Variety
Generally pleasant family-friendly fare. - 60
The A.V. Club
Pretty painless by kiddie movie standards. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Unable to decide whether it wants to be a rambunctious family comedy or a tender romantic comedy, the Dennis Quaid-Rene Russo vehicle strains to be both and ends up falling short of both marks. - 50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Quaid and Russo outshine the script with their presence and chemistry alone. - 50
Washington Post
The storyline is so familiar ("Cheaper by the Dozen," et al), the audience can practically call out scenes ahead of time. - 50
Entertainment Weekly
The movie, directed with a gym teacher's whistle by "Scooby-Doo's" Raja Gosnell, is a contempo soft-focus remake of the 1968 original starring Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda. - 50
The New York Times
So snug, airtight and insulated from reality that the nice, well-scrubbed "Cheaper by the Dozen" seems almost rambunctious by comparison. - 40
Los Angeles Times
Synthetic, strained and noisy, Yours, Mine & Ours is a clinker that doesn't bear comparison with the original. Quaid, Russo and others deserve better.
