Cheaper by the Dozen

Comedy, Drama

Steve Martin	Tom Baker
Bonnie Hunt	Kate Baker
Hilary Duff	Lorraine Baker
Ashton Kutcher
Piper Perabo	Nora Baker
Tom Welling	Charlie Baker
Kevin Schmidt	Henry Baker (as Kevin G. Schmidt)
Alyson Stoner	Sarah Baker
Jacob Smith	Jake Baker
Liliana Mumy	Jessica Baker
Morgan York	Kim Baker
Blake Woodruff	Mike Baker
Shane Kinsman	Nigel Baker

Director	Shawn Levy
Producer	Michael Barnathan; Ben Myron
Writer	Joel Cohen; Sam Harper; Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.; Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt corral a wild herd of rampaging children in Cheaper by the Dozen, an enjoyable family flick. When Kate Baker (Hunt, Jerry Maguire) gets a book deal for her chronicle of their abundant family life, she also gets drawn into a book tour--leaving Tom (Martin, Bringing Down the House, The Jerk) to run the house and cope with his new, high-pressure job as a football coach. Naturally, chaos erupts, bringing the family to the brink of meltdown. Cheaper by the Dozen is not a great movie or an important movie or even a surprising movie, but it is a warm-hearted crowd-pleaser. The Bakers' family life is a bit idealized and antiseptic, but anyone looking for an escape from their own less-ideal family lives won't mind. Also featuring Tom Welling, Hilary Duff, Piper Perabo, and an uncredited Ashton Kutcher. --Bret Fetzer