To me, this movie is perfection.

Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

While the first Cheaper By The Dozen was a nightmare, it was at least interesting plotwise. The characters were often pushed to their limits and it had a plot that you enjoyed the buildup throughout and made it manageble to sit through once.While I didn't see this one in it's entirety, I saw enough to know that this was just a bunch of lame slapstick crap that you'd be lucky if you could make it through the first ten minutes. First of all, it's the dumb vacation storyline---the crappy vacation that, of course, brings everyone together in the end and ends with some sort of fun sporting event. Ugh, as if "Summer Rental" didn't teach us how much we didn't need that.On top of that, EVERYONE, and I mean, EVERYONE, outside of the fourteen family members (fifteen, if you count the stupid dog they had to overuse again) is gone. Yep, you read right. No Shake, no Hank, no Dylan and his parents, none of the school bullies (as if they had the decency to actually resolve the storyline with Tom Welling's character from the first film here), and hardly ANY continuity nods. No mention of their old home, no mention of Mark being "Fedex" in the first movie (he's practically WALLPAPER here!) or of Beans (SERIOUSLY! they don't mention the frog that died!), or even of their jobs. Hell, they don't even mention any of the characters from the first movie. They don't even show the house except for a few brief minutes at the beginning!!On top of that, none of the characters seem interesting anymore. I already mentioned in my review for the first movie that I hated Clark, but at least I had a reason to loathe him because he was so moody and he had some purpose being antagonized by Sam Winchester. Here, he's just...funny. And just the silly kind of funny. That I felt Hank was in the first movie, when he wasn't being treated as an antagonist. And oh yeah...Hank is replaced with some silly guy. But since he's not an antagonist, he's not interesting.This is not a sequel. The first movie was horrid, but at least the kind of horrid that made for an interesting first viewing. This is just crap reusing 14 of the cast members from the first film.

There is an annoying basic quality to Cheaper by the Dozen 2; one that prevents even the slightest bit of subtlety and low-key drama to occur. The film is a sequel to the 2003 remake of the 1950's film, and explaining this kind of convolution takes more than this film deserves.We reacquaint with the Baker clan, lead by the patriarch Tom (Steve Martin) and his wife Kate (Bonnie Hunt) as they still try and raise their twelve children, all of whom are beginning to mature in some way. Dating, the quest for individuality, and personal freedom all become things the Baker children want but are at odds with their domineering father, who stands in their way of achieving them.Noticing the family is divided and uninterested in the things they once were, Tom effortlessly sets up a vacation at the family's lake house in Lake Winnetka, which will serve as their last vacation for quite sometime seeing as how Nora Baker (Piper Perabo) is due for a baby any day now and will certainly be preoccupied. Their plan for a quiet get-together is unfortunately interrupted by the likes of Jimmy Murtaugh (Eugene Levy), Tom's old rival from yesteryear and his clan of children as well.Things will of course take the competitive route as Tom challenges Jimmy to a family battle for the annual Labor Day family cup, where both families will compete in a series of perfunctory challenges in order to be crowned the Lake Winnetka's fortieth winner of the cup.The film is a cheap, consistently unfunny drudge through the "maximum antics, minimum laughter" sector of comedy, where situational, sitcom humor and physical gags take the place of actual verbal wit. One could hope for some geniality and warmness in the script, but after hearing the plot, where is the warmth in watching two overbearing fathers use their children as military-men in a competition at a lake house and completely disregard their children's own personal feelings? In a film where one of the morals seems to be an active pursuit of adulthood and maturity there are sure a lot of people acting like prepubescent adolescents here.One would optimistically assume that the presence of Eugene Levy will level things out to a moderately acceptable level, but even Levy drastically underplays his role as an overbearing family-man. If one is even vaguely acquainted with Levy's career as an actor, they know he could've played this role way over the top, to unforeseeable comedic heights, emphasizing all his character's own personal flaws while making us laugh at him at the same time.Instead, Levy shrinks to the level of conventionality and interchangeability here, which is something I never thought I'd say about a unique actor, both in appearance and in acting craft. Put alongside Steve Martin, another actor of impeccable deadpanning craft and charm, both men seem to have all the life sucked out of them and only enough to call for a bottom-barrel film where the presence of a laugh seems to be next to non-existent.When Cheaper by the Dozen 2 isn't focusing on tired physical gags or nauseating sex puns, it holds a strong focus on its character Alyson Stoner of the Baker family, who develops a crush on Taylor Lautner's character of the Murtaugh family. She seeks lessons from her older sister Lorraine (Hillary Duff) in a scene that would've worked beautiful had the film had more time to develop it. There's a serious thesis about growing up, dating, and maturing in Cheaper By the Dozen 2, but too bad it's hampered by elements that do nothing but cheapen potentially ripe material.Starring: Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Eugene Levy, Hillary Duff, Piper Perabo, Alyson Stoner, Tom Welling, Carmen Electra, Jaime King, and Taylor Lautner. Directed by: Adam Shankman.

I had fun with the original Cheaper by the dozen. Now here is Cheaper by the dozen 2, film that I had even more fun with. But I gave it the same rating. That is because this film is a tad silly. Like the last one. Cheaper by the dozen 2 doesn't have Ashton Kutcher which is one flaw. But other than that, I enjoyed Cheaper by the dozen 2. You will probably disagree with me, but I liked it more than the first one. Cheaper by the dozen 2 introduces some new characters, like Eugene Levy's character, who was Steve Martin's character's old rival. Also, the film introduces a way younger version of Taylor Lautner from that gay film Twilight. I had a good time with Cheaper by the dozen 2 and I give it, not a big thumbs up, but a thumbs up.Cheaper by the dozen 2:***/****

I Think Sarah and Elliot make a great couple. He is so cute. How are you supposed to spell Elliot, some spell it Elliot and others spell it Eliot. Yeah well i don't care what anyone else says. How much they diss the movies , I'll Still like them. And will still wait for the next one. Does anyone else find Elliot/Eliot cute or is it just me? I guess i got a little crush on him. He is such a good movie. Im hoping that if there is a 3rd movie he will be in it. He might be though because Nora the oldest sister moved into the house across the river from them. But they probably wont. If there is going to be a 3rd Movie i can not wait. I have only had the movie for a day, And I've already lost count of how many times i watched it. Anonymous