Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)

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

Director:

Adam Shankman

Writers:

Sam Harper, Craig Titley (characters),

Stars:

Steve Martin, Eugene Levy, Bonnie Hunt

1 win & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Steve Martin	...	Tom Baker
Eugene Levy	...	Jimmy Murtaugh
Bonnie Hunt	...	Kate Baker
Tom Welling	...	Charlie Baker
Piper Perabo	...	Nora Baker-McNulty
Carmen Electra	...	Sarina Murtaugh
Jaime King	...	Anne Murtaugh
Hilary Duff	...	Lorraine Baker
Taylor Lautner	...	Eliot Murtaugh
Alyson Stoner	...	Sarah Baker
Jonathan Bennett	...	Bud McNulty
Jacob Smith	...	Jake Baker
Liliana Mumy	...	Jessica Baker
Morgan York	...	Kim Baker
Kevin G. Schmidt	...	Henry Baker

Storyline

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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Plot Keywords:

children | vacation | competition | rival | high school graduation | 

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Taglines:

This Christmas, you better watch out!

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some crude humor and mild language

Details

Official Sites:

Fox [br] Fox Home Entertainment [us] - DVD site

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 December 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Doce fuera de casa

Filming Locations:

Aurora, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$13,579 (Iceland) (13 January 2006)

Gross:

$82,569,532 (USA) (28 April 2006)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, 21 Laps Entertainment, Dozen Canada Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film is a sequel to a remake of a film that was based on a book that was based on a true story. This means it is four steps away from its source material.

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Goofs

When Mr. Murtaugh and Mr. Baker are log-rolling during the Labor Day cup competition, wires are visible in some shots helping them keep their balance.

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Quotes

Tom Baker: [to his newborn grandson] Tom. Hey, Tom. Welcome to family.

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Connections

Follows Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)

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Soundtracks

"Drinks on the House"
Written & Performed by Daniel May
Courtesy of Marc Ferrari / MasterSource

User Reviews

Steve Martin, you can do better than this

I guess it's been a long time since Steve played the banjo on the Muppet Show. I have really enjoyed some of Steve's movies..."Roxanne", "Being There", etc. but he seems to have lost his touch in this one.

This movie is still very watchable mind you, but the "former" Steve is missing. It seems there were too many gags (ie; dog & crotch, dangling from balcony) and not enough real comedy like we're used to from Steve (such as the nose jokes in Roxanne).

Also this movie has nothing to do with the 1950 "Cheaper by the Dozen" (or it's original sequel "Belles on Their Toes")...other than 12 kids of course. It seemed more akin to "The Great Outdoors" or "Meatballs".

There were some cute scenes however: The two kids crush & the dads both spying on them in the theatre, and nearly giving birth in a canoe I found amusing. It would have been a lot more amusing had she actually given birth in the canoe though.

Oddly my favourite actress in this was the little girl (can't remember her name right now) who had the crush on the little boy. She was really cute and engaging. I hope she appears in more movies.

Thankfully, I did not pay money to see this (thanks to the wonders of bittorrent) But I will definitely be buying the DVD. It is a good family movie, just not up to my expectations for Steve Martin.

Possibly I should not endorse downloading, but movie-going is difficult where I live as it entails a long, costly ferry trip. Otherwise I probably would have seen this in a theatre.