Cheaper by the Dozen
Cheaper by the Dozen is a 2003 American family comedy film directed by Shawn Levy, and stars Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt. It is a remake of the 1950 film of the same name. The film was released on December 25, 2003, by 20th Century Fox and grossed $190.2 million worldwide against a $40 million budget. The Rotten Tomatoes critical consensus criticizes its lack of humor. A sequel, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, was released in the United States on December 21, 2005. Both films were inspired by the real life Gilbreth family and the semi-autobiographical account of their lives as written in Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and his sister Ernestine Gilbreth Carey nee Ernestine Moller Gilbreth.
Plot
Tom Baker is a college football coach in Midland, Illinois, where he raised twelve children. His wife, Kate, has written her story in a book and hopes to send it to her friend to publish the book. One day, Tom unexpectedly receives an offer from his old friend and football teammate Shake McGuire to coach at his alma mater in his hometown of Evanston, Illinois. Tom accepts the offer, and demands all the children vote on moving. Despite losing the vote, Tom has the entire family return to Evanston. The atmosphere at the Bakers' new house is tense, and the situation at school is even worse.
Cast
- Adam Taylor Gordon
- Alan Ruck
- Alyson Stoner
- Amy Hill
- Ashton Kutcher
- Blake Woodruff
- Bonnie Hunt
- Brent Kinsman
- Cody Linley
- Dax Shepard
- Elon Gold
- Forrest Landis
- Hilary Duff
- Holmes Osborne
- Jacob Smith
- Jared Padalecki
- Joel McCrary
- Kelly Ripa
- Kevin Schmidt
- Liliana Mumy
- Morgan York
- Paula Marshall
- Piper Perabo
- Regis Philbin
- Rex Linn
- Richard Jenkins
- Shane Kinsman
- Shawn Levy
- Steve Martin
- Steven Anthony Lawrence
- Tiffany Dupont
- Tom Welling
- Vanessa Bell Calloway
- Wayne Knight
More details
| author | Alec Sokolow Craig Titley Joel Cohen Sam Harper |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Illinois |
| director | Shawn Levy |
| editor | George Folsey, Jr. |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | amtrak book tour chicago chicago metropolitan area coach college football living room lose love move new house old friend oprah winfrey pick up trouble at school |
| musicBy | Christophe Beck |
| producer | Ben Myron Michael Barnathan Robert Simonds |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox AFI Catalog of Feature Films |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| recordedAt | Santa Rosa |
| theme | children's comedy |