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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
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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
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
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5.2/10   10,842 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Sam Harper (written by)
Craig Titley (characters)
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Release Date:
21 December 2005 (USA) more
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This Christmas, you better watch out! more
Plot:
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 | add synopsis
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4 nominations more
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Moins cher la douzaine 2 (Canada: French title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for some crude humor and mild language.
Runtime:
94 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Argentina:Atp | UK:PG | Ireland:PG | Singapore:PG | Brazil:Livre | USA:PG (certificate #42232) | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | France:U | Malaysia:U | Australia:G (re-rating on appeal) | Australia:PG (original rating) | Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Ontario) | South Korea:All
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Trivia:
A poster of Napoleon Dynamite (2004) is seen in the background when Tom (Steve Martin) enters the theater. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Anne is scared by Charlie, in the gazebo, she dries herself off with a towel, throws it to the floor then she dresses, and they walk to the bench. In the next shot you can see the towel is now hanging up over the side of the gazebo. more
Quotes:
Tom Baker: [to his newborn grandson] Tom. Hey, Tom. Welcome to family. more
Movie Connections:
Spoofs Jaws (1975) more
Soundtrack:
Big Sky Lullaby more

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Will there be a Third one ?
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10 out of 16 people found the following review useful.
Steve Martin, you can do better than this, 2 February 2006
5/10
Author: yaalaast from Haida Gwaii

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.

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