Plot
Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt return as heads of the Baker family who, while on vacation, find themselves in competition with a rival family of eight children, headed by Eugene Levy
Release Year: 2005
Rating: 5.2/10 (17,796 voted)
Critic's Score: 34/100
Director:
Adam Shankman
Stars: Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff
Storyline Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt return as heads of the Baker family who, while on vacation, find themselves in competition with a rival family of eight children, headed by Eugene Levy
Writers: Sam Harper, Craig Titley
Cast: Steve Martin
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Tom Baker
Eugene Levy
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Jimmy Murtaugh
Bonnie Hunt
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Kate Baker
Tom Welling
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Charlie Baker
Piper Perabo
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Nora Baker-McNulty
Carmen Electra
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Sarina Murtaugh
Jaime King
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Anne Murtaugh
Hilary Duff
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Lorraine Baker
Taylor Lautner
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Eliot Murtaugh
Alyson Stoner
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Sarah Baker
Jonathan Bennett
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Bud McNulty
Jacob Smith
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Jake Baker
Liliana Mumy
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Jessica Baker
Morgan York
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Kim Baker
Kevin G. Schmidt
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Henry Baker
Opening Weekend: $15,340,679
(USA)
(25 December 2005)
(3175 Screens)
Gross: $82,569,532
(USA)
(30 April 2006)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia: Carmen Electra is allergic to dogs. When the Bakers go to the Murtaughs' house, their dog Gunner jumps all over her. When the Bakers are leaving, tiny red dots are all over her body.
Goofs:
Continuity:
At the end of the movie, the blanket is alternately on/off the baby's head between shots.
Quotes: Tom Baker:
Tire swing ready!
[falls off tire swing]
Tom Baker:
Tire swing, not ready!
User Review
A family comedy series that really stands out
Rating:
Cheaper by the Dozen II, like most sequels, wasn't as good as its
predecessor but was a safe movie bet, allowing you to fall back into a
familiarity of the first and have some more fun with it. It picks up a
couple years after the first installment with changes abound as the
oldest daughter is now married and pregnant and with everyone growing
up, the Bakers plan to vacation one last time at their old summer
nesting grounds before sending off newly graduated Lurraine (Hillary
Duff) to New York. Ashton Kutcher's out of the picture, while Eugene
Levy enters the scene as Steve Martin's rival, providing some decent
comic relief. Knowing full-well, they can't focus on all twelve kids,
Tom Welling's newfound romance and rebelliousness are underdeveloped,
while the unfortunate mistake is made of shifting the focus to Hillary
Duff's character. Duff basically plays a caricature of herself (or at
least her public image) as a teenage diva, who only worked in the first
movie because she was distilled in small doses. There's also a side
story with one of the younger siblings having her first crush. Like the
first film, this installment relies on Martin's physical comedy for
laughs with some very relatable moments along the way and in the end,
the family wins out over all other forces.
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