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Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)

Cheaper by the Dozen poster
Directed by
Shawn Levy
Genre
comedy film, children's film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 2,972 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A couple with twelve kids try to keep their household running when the father gets a new job that demands a big move. The children have their own struggles with the changes and the family tries to stay together through the chaos.

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What happens

Cheaper by the Dozen is a 2003 American comedy film directed by Shawn Levy. It is a remake of the 1950 film of the same name. Both films were inspired by the semi-autobiographical book Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and his sister Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. It stars Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff, Tom Welling, and Piper Perabo, alongside Kevin G. Schmidt, Alyson Stoner, Jacob Smith, Forrest Landis, Liliana Mumy, Morgan York, Blake Woodruff, Brent and Shane Kinsman, Paula Marshall, and Alan Ruck in supporting roles. Outside of a passing mention of the Gilbreth name, the film has little connection with the original source material. The film was released on December 25, 2003, by 20th Century Fox, and grossed $190 million worldwide against a $40 million budget. The Rotten Tomatoes critical consensus criticized the film for its lack of humor. A sequel, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, was released in 2005. A remake was released in 2022 on Disney+. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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