Cheaper By The Dozen 2 [2005]

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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audience Rating: Parental Guidance Binding: DVD EAN: 5039036025775 Format: Anamorphic Label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Region Code: 2 Release Date: 2006-04-03 Running Time: 90 Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Editorial Reviews: The best performance in Cheaper by the Dozen 2 is by an actress you've probably never heard of: 11-year-old Alyson Stoner, who plays Sarah, one of twelve children of Tom and Kate Baker (Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt). The movie follows the popular clan of the previous remake of Cheaper by the Dozen as they go to a camp in the mountains, where Tom renews his rivalry with Jimmy Murtaugh (Eugene Levy, Bringing Down the House). To the movie's credit, it doesn't quite degenerate into a National Lampoon's Vacation knock-off, though it comes perilously close. But thanks to the grace of Bonnie Hunt and general good spirits of the cast of kids (including Tom Welling, Smallville; Hilary Duff, The Perfect Man, who in some scenes becomes uncomfortably Lolita-esque; and Piper Perabo, Coyote Ugly, among others), this unnecessary sequel manages to remain enjoyable to anyone with a taste for broad family movies. But Stoner--as a tomboy getting her first crush--brings considerable charisma to her generically-written part, and her scenes give the movie a much-needed emotional lift. Otherwise, it's a movie in which Carmen Electra plays the voice of reason (in a series of tight-fitting tops). --Bret Fetzer
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: very humorous family fun shot in a lovely location Comment: A humorous film that is enjoyable throughout its duration with interesting characters and a lovely location by a beautiful lake. The children of two families compete against one another for the sake of their dads who dislike each other a lot.Eugene Levy and Steve Martin are well-suited to their roles as the bickering dads and the very large supporting cast have enough time on screen and enough to say and do to make their roles have an impact.If you want something that's innoffensive to adults and children and packed with wit then this is a film for you. Customer Rating: Summary: Great Film for kids not Funny for Adults Comment: Why did they bother making a sequel? was my first impression when i heard this was coming out and now i know! its to make money $$$$$ the first film was like watching the waltons and this film is like the brady bunch its saddens me to see steve martin become so unfunny and tediously boring to watch he really does get on my nerves in this film i do not think we will ever see steve martin in an Adult comedy again and that's really sad because he was hilarious in the man with two brains and also the jerk. The film's story is really bad but what i would say is this"KIDS LOVE THESE FILMS" and thats why they made a sequel. This is primarily for kids and they do find it funny i personally do not but if you want a film for your children then this is it. Customer Rating: Summary: More of the same... Comment: But a great family film. This time Steve Martin's competitive side gets the better of him on a family vacation when he meets an old 'friend' who now owns most of the lake. Mayhem ensues as two contrasting styles of parenting are put to the test to see who's best... Great film. Rent it. Customer Rating: Summary: Here we go again! Comment: Well here we go again, another crazy adventure from the Baker family! This is another hilariouse movie with all the good comedy stars from Steve Martin to Eugine Levy with hilariouse jokes and a story about when the Bakers go to a lake that they use to visit every summer until the kids got bored of it. Now they return to the lake and Tom Baker (Steve Martin) meets his rival from High School. They try to battle out whos family is better. This is a good movie cause is has jokes, adventure, and love. It is so funny! Customer Rating: Summary: Too many characters and too many times learning the obvious lesson the second time around Comment: I was rather surprised that I could not warm up to a family comedy that has Bonnie Hunt in it, not to mention Steve Martin and Eugene Levy, but "Cheaper by the Dozen 2" rubbed me the wrong way pretty much from the start. Tom Baker (Martin) and his wife Kate (Hunt) are sending their third oldest child, Lorraine (Hilary Duff), and this is apparently the threshold for Tom to start experiencing something along the lines of "empty nest" syndrome, even with another nine kids at home. So suddenly the most important thing in the world to Dad is for the entire Baker clan to head up to Lake Winnetka for the summer so they can all be together for what might be the last time (pretend like this is a reasonable idea). This is enough of a hurdle, since forcing people to have a good time does not really work. But when they get up to the lake Tom discovers that Jimmy Murtaugh (Levy), his third wife, Sarina (Carmen Electra), and his eight children are already there. Jimmy has the biggest house on the lake, owns most of the property around the lake, and always wins "the cup" at the friendly family competition each summer. As if not forcing people to have fun is not bad enough, now Tom wants to force his brood to have fun competing against the Murtaughs. Meanwhile the kids from the two families are having fun getting together and doing kid things while their fathers critique each other's abilities and track records as parents. It was really hard to stop cringing when these fathers go off the deep ends like that and even though a lot of what happens here is predictable and you know that everything will work out okay in the end, that does not make what Tom is doing right. Another problem is that this is a movie that has Hillary Duff and Tom Welling show up again, and then gives them basically nothing to do, because there are now TWENTY children running around in this film, to go with the four adults (hey, that would be the "Dozen 2" they talk about in the title, right?). Of course, that is going to happen when you are talking about a family with a dozen children. Give each one five minutes of screen time and that is an hour of your film right there. But when Martin and Levy trying to outdo each other, that is never going to happen. Piper Perabo as Nora Baker-McNulty gets a bit more to do because she is carrying the first Baker grandchild, but on balance these three had little reason to do the film. In fact they are third level characters. The first level are the parents and the second level ends up belonging to young Sarah Baker (Alyson Stoner), who is Daddy's little practical joker until she sees young Eliot Murtaugh (Taylor Lautner). However, the two families are making like the Capulets and Montagues, with Tom forbidding the children to play with each other before the big competition. Still, Sarah asks her father if it is okay if she goes to a movie with Eliot and Tom finally remembers what being a father is all about and starts to thaw back into his true self. Duff's big scene in the film is actually to help Sarah get ready for her first date and to read the riot act to the rest of the family right before Sarah has her big moment (If you are my age it is the Eliza Doolittle moment when Audrey Hepburn walks down the stairs for the Embassy Ball right before the intermission of "My Fair Lady," but if you are Sarah's age then it is the Hermoine Granger moment when Emma Watson appears on the steps at Hogswart to attend the Yule Ball in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire." The subplot with Sarah and any time Bonnie Hunt looks at somebody are the best parts of this movie, but it is not enough to make it really enjoyable for me. There are enough problems with having twelve children without creating some for yourself, but that is what this script makes Tom Baker do. Even worse, this is the sort of film where when he gets to the low point and finally realizes how wrong he has been, he gets to have his cake and eat it too. Well, almost, because this is a film that makes him realize not once, but twice, how the importance of family trumps everything else. I would have rounded up on this 2005 family comedy because of Alyson Stoner, but when Tom lhad to learn the obvious lesson a second time I had to reverse course. More Reviews