Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Piper Perabo

In modern America, where the average family has 1.87 children, Tom Baker and wife Kate have decided that life is better--if not cheaper--by the dozen. The Bakers live in a small Illinois town where To...( read more  read more... )m coaches the local college football team. The family's day-to-day life is marked by equal parts love and chaos… pet-frog-landing-in-the-breakfast eggs type of chaos. When Tom is offered his dream job--coaching a squad at a large university--he and Kate uproot the family, much to the displeasure of all 12 children. At the same time, Kate learns that her memoirs are about to be published. Her agent whisks her away to New York to promote the book, leaving Tom home alone to handle the increasingly unhappy and hectic household, as well as his demanding new job. With all hell breaking loose at home, Kate on the road, and Tom's job on the line, the Baker family ultimately chooses not to have it all, but to love what they do have.

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109 critics

PG, 1 hr. 55 min.

Directed by: Shawn Levy

Release Date: December 25, 2003

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DVD Release Date: April 6, 2004

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  • October 10, 2006
    It gets a little too sappy towards the end but there something to enjoy in the movie.
  • April 13, 2009
    Very well done kids movie. Pretty cute in the end. Much better then the second one that came out.
  • September 11, 2008
    Didn't have any high expectations because I thought that this is just another typical Steve Martin family film where he's the ultimate father and after some trouble, everything will be alright in the end.

    The main problem for me was that why the fuck would you have 12 kids in ...( read more)the first place. Isn't it just stupid. And everybody thinks that taking care of a dozen kids would be funny on the screen. Well, it's not. It's funny to watch Kutcher make an ass of himself but that's about it.
  • July 2, 2008
    Cute movie! Wild and zany with the insanity you would expect from a family of 12! A good reminder that family is the most important thing in life, no matter what.
  • June 5, 2008
    fun family film, I would have enjoyed it more if Bonnie Hunt had a few more scenes,that women is hilarious. As for the story yeah its not very believable but its a kid film and it harbours a strong moral, so plant the kids in front of this one, it'll keep the entertained for a wh...( read more)ile at least
  • November 7, 2009
    Not as good as "Yours Mine and Ours" with Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda.
  • November 5, 2009
    It's alright I guess...some funny parts
  • November 3, 2009
    FUNNY

    TATS ALL I HAVE 2 SAY
  • November 1, 2009
    An ok movie, I lost my interest in the middle. But not bad.
  • November 1, 2009
    perdy good family movie

Critic Reviews


December 25, 2003
Claudia Puig, USA Today

So calculatedly cast with popular kid stars that it seems a focus group was guiding all the choices. full review

December 25, 2003
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

You don't so much watch this witless, charmless, pointless fiasco as sit hostage, waiting for it to end. full review

December 24, 2003
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Lighthearted fun, providing little character bits for all of the family members. full review

November 30, 2003
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

The only thing more outdated than Cheaper by the Dozen's soundtrack is its hokey life lessons concerning the importance of family over career. full review

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  • Tkadoi
    September 18, 2006
    it was interesting and i have to agree with lando
  • salwita
    September 4, 2006
    this was funny love it !!!
  • sweetheartangel
    May 28, 2006
    i like these extremely hilarious. also sad too. boy is very desperate to show who love him becasue some of his family has been ignore. make me cried good part end of the film.
  • LandoMcFly
    May 22, 2006
    A cinematic cancer.

    In case you were unaware Steve Martin did actually use to star in brilliant comedies. Now every time he releases a film a small part of my former admiration for him dies.

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