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Cheaper by the Dozen

Play trailer 2:25 Poster for Cheaper by the Dozen PG Released Dec 25, 2003 1h 38m Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Tom and Kate Baker compromise their careers to raise 12 children. Tom coaches a high-school football team, while Kate has retired from journalism to raise the family. Things change when Tom is offered a college coaching job in a new city at the same time a publisher buys Kate's parenting memoir. After moving, Kate goes on a book tour, leaving Tom in charge of the children. The children, already unhappy about relocating, plunge the household into chaos.
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Critics Consensus

In this family of twelve children, much chaos ensues, but little hilarity.

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Nell Minow Common Sense Media Remake bears no resemblance to the 1950 original. Rated: 2/5 Dec 22, 2010 Full Review Xan Brooks Guardian The children (including creepy Hilary Duff) are 12 shades of dreadful. Rated: 1/5 Jan 27, 2007 Full Review Time Out Levy directs what amounts to an almost plotless - and entirely pointless - slice of controlled chaos as if it were an expensive pilot for a TV sitcom. Jun 24, 2006 Full Review Rachel Wagner Rachel's Reviews (YouTube) My least favorite performance from Steve Martin. Nov 27, 2020 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy This dirty Dozen is incompetent at every turn and shameless on every level. Rated: 1/4 Dec 18, 2019 Full Review Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens Although flawed and far-flung from the original film, Cheaper is still a sweetly saccharine alternative to some of the "heavier" films out there this holiday season, that does have some very funny family moments. Nov 7, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Cheaper D Cheaper by the dozen….. more like BETTER by the dozen. it is my favourite film of all time and i don’t like everyone else saying it is bad. it is such a good heartwarming film… they are like my family 😊 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/30/25 Full Review Stephen C Funny in 1 hour and 38 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated PG for Thematic Elements and Language!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $138,600,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/09/25 Full Review Audience Member Really funny, but unc gotta stop it, lol... Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/23/25 Full Review Shaun R Watched it with my young daughter which probably made my viewing experience slightly better. Not a great movie but certainly not a terrible one. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 04/28/25 Full Review HameZz O Don't see why people dislike this movie so much. Even if it is a little cringe it still feels wholesome in the end. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/19/25 Full Review Dave C Some obvious, predictable humour in a story that runs along the same tracks. It is cut from a similar cloth to the Father of the Bride. There are some good, wholesome comedy moments, mind, which does make it enjoyable Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/14/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Shawn Levy

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Steve Martin

Tom Baker

Bonnie Hunt

Kate Baker

Piper Perabo

Nora Baker

Tom Welling

Charlie Baker

Hilary Duff

Lorraine Baker

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(L-R) Piper Perabo as Nora Baker, Steve Martin as Tom Baker and Bonnie Hunt as Kate Baker in "Cheaper by the Dozen." (L-R) Tom Welling as Charlie Baker and Hilary Duff as Lorraine Baker in "Cheaper by the Dozen." Steve Martin as Tom Baker in "Cheaper by the Dozen." Steve Martin as Tom Baker in "Cheaper by the Dozen." A scene from the film "Cheaper by the Dozen." A scene from the film "Cheaper by the Dozen." A scene from the film "Cheaper by the Dozen." (L-R) Steve Martin as Tom Baker and Bonnie Hunt as Kate Baker in "Cheaper by the Dozen." Steve Martin as Tom Baker in "Cheaper by the Dozen." (L-R) Brent Kinsman as Nigel Baker, Shane Kinsman as Kyle Baker and Steve Martin as Tom Baker in "Cheaper by the Dozen." View more photos

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Synopsis Tom and Kate Baker compromise their careers to raise 12 children. Tom coaches a high-school football team, while Kate has retired from journalism to raise the family. Things change when Tom is offered a college coaching job in a new city at the same time a publisher buys Kate's parenting memoir. After moving, Kate goes on a book tour, leaving Tom in charge of the children. The children, already unhappy about relocating, plunge the household into chaos.
Director
Shawn Levy
Producer
Robert Simonds, Michael Barnathan, Ben Myron
Screenwriter
Sam Harper, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
20th Century Fox, Robert Simonds Productions
Rating
PG (Thematic Elements|Language)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 25, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$138.6M
Runtime
1h 38m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby Stereo, DTS
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