Cheaper by the Dozen
This remake of the beloved classic follows the raucous exploits of a blended family of 12, the Bakers, as they navigate a hectic home life while simultaneously managing their family business.
- Released: 2022-03-18
- Runtime: 107 minutes
- Genre: Comedy, Family
- Stars: Gabrielle Union, Zach Braff, Erika Christensen, Timon Kyle Durrett, Journee Brown, Andre Robinson, Caylee Blosenski, Aryan Simhadri, Leo A. Perry, Mykal-Michelle Harris, Christian Cote, Sebastian Cote, Luke Prael, Kylie Rogers, Brittany Daniel, Cynthia Daniel, Simeon Othello Daise, Alijah Francis, Cynthia Murell, Kyrie Mcalpin, Nicole Kornet, Carlos Santos, Bryce Adam Brown, Lauren Gaw, Nancy Harding, Sierra Swartz, David St. James, Abby Elliott, Jake T. Getman, Matthew Bellows, June Diane Raphael, Lola Raie, Erika Medina, Karen Armstrong, John O'Brien, Annie Tezuka, Christina Anthony, Rafael Cabrera, Ron Funches, Jacob Sandler, David VIllar, Niam Saharan, Elias Murphy, Annalyn Black, Logan Sigston, LaTonya Swann, Yorelis Apolinario, Emilie Bezler, Taylor Thomas, Mykell Wilson, Jacob Marc Dimenstein, Joe Slaughter, Asiel Hardison, Mark Jirgis, Bryan Kreutz, Teddy Day, Mathew Trent Hunnicutt
- Director: Gail Lerner
Comments
- engineerchange - 23 May 2023
Cheaper By The Dozen
A great cast, but the story fell short for me. Overall, the movie just lacks vision. I think more could have been done with the family as a team at the restaurant. The naughts movies do a better job of full family scenes. Each kid's problems seem very separate from the group as a whole. It just seemed like a cookie-cutter copy of the first Steve Martin movie with an arch about bullying, an arch about twins being twins, and an arch about the outcast kid who isn't understood by anyone. The live-in other adults seems like a way to waste time instead of focusing on the family itself.
The book does a great job of stirring the pot when it comes to ingenuity and creativity when it comes to the family as a whole. Just read the book and get inspired from that before making the movie. Try to make therbligs relevant again is all I'm saying.
Sorry to hear Disney Plus is throwing this in the vault, though. It didn't really have much time in the limelight.
P. S., I will say I enjoyed the reference to Gabrielle Union having a rich sportsperson husband. - Racingphan2 - 22 August 2022
Why J.D., why?
Oh yeah, at the time you had a 24 year old girlfriend to support.
Zach Braff is exposed here as a no talent hack when he doesn't have a talented writer.
And all the liberal boxes are checked here, except maybe a gender changed child.
