Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Adam Shankman

Writers (WGA):

Sam Harper (written by)
Craig Titley (characters)

Release Date:

21 December 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

This Christmas, you better watch out!

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 |

Plot Keywords:

Children | Rival | Vacation | Competition | Pregnancy

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Steve Martin	...	Tom Baker
Eugene Levy	...	Jimmy Murtaugh
Bonnie Hunt	...	Kate Baker
Tom Welling	...	Charlie Baker
Piper Perabo	...	Nora Baker-McNulty
Carmen Electra	...	Sarina Murtaugh
Jaime King	...	Anne Murtaugh
Hilary Duff	...	Lorraine Baker
Taylor Lautner	...	Eliot Murtaugh
Alyson Stoner	...	Sarah Baker
Jonathan Bennett	...	Bud McNulty
Jacob Smith	...	Jake Baker
Liliana Mumy	...	Jessica Baker
Morgan York	...	Kim Baker
Kevin G. Schmidt	...	Henry Baker

Also Known As:

Moins cher la douzaine 2 (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some crude humor and mild language.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | UK:PG | Ireland:PG | Singapore:PG | Brazil:Livre | USA:PG (certificate #42232) | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | France:U | Malaysia:U | Australia:G (re-rating on appeal) | Australia:PG (original rating) | Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Ontario) | South Korea:All

Filming Locations:

Aurora, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

At the graduation party, the photo of a young Lorraine is an actual photo of Hilary Duff.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Tom joins Sarah and Elliot for the knee-boarding, after Sarah apologizes for Tom's interrogation Eliot says, "It's okay, my dad would've done the same thing." Two shots later, as Tom grunts in the water, this shot is flipped - the driver is now on the left and the kids switched sides.

Quotes:

[Sarah knocks Mike off his skateboard]
Mike Baker: SARAH!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Poor Paul: There's a Fire Down Below (#2.4)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Michael Finnegan

Funny

I liked the first one better, but this movie was funny in its own right.

I read someone's review before about how its nothing like the book. I haven't read the book, but, I have to say this - In this day and age did you really expect them to keep to the book? Look at all the other movies based on books - Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, for examples - they are as true representations as you get. Everything else - Ella Enchanted, for example - doesn't resemble the book in any way, excluding the title and the names of the characters. I've learned not to have high expectations of movies based on books, and until you do, you're always going to be disappointed. You've got to look at the movie for what it is, not for what the book was.