A couple of good chuckles can't redeem this sappy mess.
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04/01/06
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Cheaper By the Dozen 2 (2005)
6 %
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Reviews Counted: 82
Fresh: 5
Rotten:77
Average Rating: 3.7/10
Consensus: A sequel to a remake, Cheaper 2 wastes its solid cast in scenes of over-the-top, predictable humor.
Theatrical Release: 26-12-2005
Synopsis: Steve Martin returns as the proud patriarch of the Baker family in this sequel to the original CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN, based on a book by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth. This time, all twelve Baker kids and their parents, Tom... [More]
Starring: Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Piper Perabo, Tom Welling
Director: Adam Shankman
Reviews for Cheaper By the Dozen 2
Top Critic The treacle spreads like molten lava and everyone ends up flat on their molasses.
01/07/06
Crammed with moppet mayhem, mawkish sentiment and bruising slapstick, it's a flat-footed retread only Right to Lifers could love.
12/27/05
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01/15/08
There's a discernible lack of enthusiasm from almost everyone involved, and Duff, who's gone from wholesome to haggard in two short years, is flat-out scary.
03/06/07
There's something pernicious about a toxic mix of sitcom and snickering sex jokes getting packaged and effectively sold as wholesome fun for the family.
11/24/06
Its heart is in the right place, but a reliance on gimmicks and sentiment undermines the story. In the end, both the laughs and the tears here come just a little too cheap.
09/11/06
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06/24/06
Martin and Levy mug for their close-ups and then retire to their trailers while the stunt doubles do the really hard work.
05/12/06
'Cheaper by the Dozen 2' is one of the reasons that movie viewership dropped off in 2005.
04/02/06
A miserable experience filled with crude slapstick, cruder sentiment and retrograde jokes.
02/11/06
...[takes] a dated, sitcom approach that reveals just how little the filmmakers think of their audience.
01/13/06
A family fantasy that plays at being happy and picture-perfect but primarily comes off as fake and dismayingly unfunny.
01/07/06
if you go to this movie and find any decent laugh in there whatsoever, you should know right now that I have nothing but utter contempt for you.
01/04/06
[A] cinematic Bataan death march of pratfalls, kicks to the crotch, leg-humping dogs, pseudo-adorable rugrats who are a collective menace to society, and stomach-turning schmaltz...
01/03/06
This sequel is just a string of lame slapstick gags, where Steve Martin acts handicapped, makes a fool of himself and gets a wetsuit stuck up his butt.
01/02/06
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