Cheaper by the Dozen 2

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Directed by	Adam Shankman
Produced by	Adam Shankman, Shawn Levy, Jennifer Gibgot, Garrett Grant
Starring	Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Tom Welling, Hilary Duff
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Released	December 21, 2005 ( U.S.)
Running time	98 min.
Language	English
Budget
Preceded by	Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)

Cast overview, first billed only:

Steve Martin	Tom Baker
Bonnie Hunt	Kate Baker
Alyson Stoner	Sarah Baker
Forrest Landis	Mark Baker
Morgan York	Kim Baker
Liliana Mumy	Jessica Baker
Jacob Smith	Jake Baker
Tom Welling	Charlie Baker
Brent Kinsman	Nigel Baker
Shane Kinsman	Kyle Baker
Hilary Duff	Lorraine Baker
Blake Woodruff	Mike Baker
Kevin Schmidt	Henry Baker (as Kevin G. Schmidt)
Piper Perabo	Nora Baker-McNulty
Jonathan Bennett	Bud McNulty

 

Cheaper by the Dozen 2 is a film produced by 20th Century Fox and released in 2005 (see 2005 in film). It is the sequel to the family comedy film Cheaper by the Dozen (2003).
Shawn Levy, the director of the first film, did not return for this sequel, which was instead directed by Adam Shankman (The Pacifier). However, he is a producer of the film and he appears as a hospital intern in the movie. Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff, Piper Perabo, and Tom Welling reprise their roles as members of the twelve-child Baker family. Eugene Levy co-stars as the patriarch of a rival family of eight children. Carmen Electra has a brief role as Levy's trophy wife.

The film did not follow the storyline of the novel Belles on Their Toes, which was a sequel book to the original Cheaper by the Dozen novel. Both were written by Frank Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. (Belles on Their Toes was made into a film in 1952 as a follow-up to the 1950 film version of Cheaper by the Dozen.)

Filming in Toronto began on June 13, 2005, and was scheduled to finish on September 2, 2005. [1] The July 2005 issue of People Magazine had the first picture preview of the film.
At the 2005 Golden Raspberry Awards, Hilary Duff was nominated in the Worst Actress category and Eugene Levy in the Worst Supporting Actor category. However, they lost to Jenny McCarthy and Hayden Christiansen, respectively.

Synopsis

The jumbo-sized Baker family are back in this sequel to the 2003 box-office hit Cheaper by the Dozen. College football coach Tom Baker (Steve Martin) and his wife, author Kate Baker (Bonnie Hunt), have decided its time they took their sizable brood of 12 children on a summer vacation, and so they pack up the cars and take the kids to Lake Winnetka for some camping. Not all the kids are happy about this, but the one who is a really annoyed turn out to be Tom, who discovers his old rival Jimmy Murtaugh (Eugene Levy) is also staying near the lake. Jimmy and his trophy wife, Sarina (Carmen Electra), also have a large family of eight children, and Jimmy and Tom seem intent upon one-upping each other at every opportunity. As the tensions mount, the Baker family and the Murtaugh clan face off in a not-so-good-natured series of family games to determine which of the parents have the greater bragging rights. In addition to Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt, the actors playing the 12 Baker children from the 2003 film return for Cheaper by the Dozen 2, including Hilary Duff, Piper Perabo, Tom Welling, and Kevin Schmidt.

User Comments

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Funny, 9 January 2006

Awards: 2 nominations

Awards for
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)

Razzie Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2006	Nominated	Razzie Award	Worst Actress Hilary Duff Also for The Perfect Man (2005).
			Worst Supporting Actor Eugene Levy Also for The Man (2005).

Review

I liked the first one better, but this movie was funny in its own right.

I read someone's review before about how its nothing like the book. I haven't read the book, but, I have to say this - In this day and age did you really expect them to keep to the book? Look at all the other movies based on books - Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, for examples - they are as true representations as you get. Everything else - Ella Enchanted, for example - doesn't resemble the book in any way, excluding the title and the names of the characters. I've learned not to have high expectations of movies based on books, and until you do, you're always going to be disappointed. You've got to look at the movie for what it is, not for what the book was.

DVD

Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Family

Plot Outline: 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

User Comments: Funny

 

MPAA: Rated PG for some crude humor and mild language.
Runtime: 94 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color
Sound Mix: DTS / Dolby Digital / SDDS
Certification: Malaysia:U / USA:PG (certificate #42232) / Argentina:Atp / Ireland:PG / Philippines:G (MTRCB) / Singapore:PG / France:U / Brazil:Livre / UK:PG / Australia:G

Goofs

Continuity: During the contest at the end the score of each family is kept on a large board. When the tie breaker is being discussed the scores are gone and when the group leaves to go to the canoe race the scores have returned

Quotes

Kate 'Mom' Baker: She couldn't even come to me and tell me she wanted to wear make up!