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| name = Cheaper by the Dozen |
| name = Cheaper by the Dozen |
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| image = Cheaper by the Dozen 2003 film poster.jpg |
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| caption = Theatrical release poster |
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| alt = A man holding up his wallet as a long strip of photographs of all his family and children hangs from his head to his feet |
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| director = [[Shawn Levy]] |
| director = [[Shawn Levy]] |
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| producer = [[Robert Simonds]] |
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* [[Robert Simonds]] |
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* [[Michael Barnathan]] |
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* [[Ben Myron]] |
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| screenplay = [[Sam Harper]]<br />[[Joel Cohen (writer)|Joel Cohen]]<br />[[Alec Sokolow]] |
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* [[Sam Harper]] |
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* [[Joel Cohen (writer)|Joel Cohen]] |
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* [[Alec Sokolow]] |
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| story = [[Craig Titley]] |
| story = [[Craig Titley]] |
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| based_on = {{Based on|''[[Cheaper by the Dozen]]''<br>1948 book|[[Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr.]]|[[Ernestine Gilbreth Carey]]}} |
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| starring = {{Plainlist|<!-- Per poster billing --> |
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* [[Steve Martin]] |
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* [[Bonnie Hunt]] |
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* [[Hilary Duff]] |
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* [[Tom Welling]] |
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* [[Piper Perabo]] |
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| music = [[Christophe Beck]] |
| music = [[Christophe Beck]] |
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| cinematography = Jonathan Brown |
| cinematography = [[Jonathan Brown (cinematographer)|Jonathan Brown]] |
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| editing = [[George Folsey |
| editing = [[George Folsey Jr.]] |
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* [[20th Century Fox]]<ref name=afi>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/62667-CHEAPER-BYTHEDOZEN|title=Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)|work=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|access-date=January 19, 2020}}</ref> |
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| distributor = [[20th Century Fox]] |
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* Robert Simonds Productions<ref>{{cite web |title=Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8a072a90 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008015327/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8a072a90 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 8, 2018 |website=BFI |access-date=December 6, 2020}}</ref> |
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| released = {{Film date|2003|12|25}} |
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| runtime = 98 minutes |
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| distributor = 20th Century Fox<ref name=afi/> |
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| country = United States |
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| released = {{Film date|2003|12|25|United States}} |
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| runtime = 99 minutes<ref name=afi/> |
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| country = United States<ref name=afi/> |
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| language = English |
| language = English |
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| budget = $40 million |
| budget = $40 million<ref name="mojo-box-office"/> |
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| gross = $190 |
| gross = $190.5 million<ref name="mojo-box-office"/> |
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| rating = PG |
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'''''Cheaper by the Dozen''''' is a 2003 American |
'''''Cheaper by the Dozen''''' is a 2003 American [[comedy film]] directed by [[Shawn Levy]]. It is a [[remake]] of the [[Cheaper by the Dozen (1950 film)|1950 film of the same name]]. Both films were inspired by the semi-autobiographical book ''[[Cheaper by the Dozen]]'' by [[Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr.]] and his sister [[Ernestine Gilbreth Carey]]. It stars [[Steve Martin]], [[Bonnie Hunt]], [[Hilary Duff]], [[Tom Welling]], and [[Piper Perabo]] with supporting roles by [[Kevin Schmidt|Kevin G. Schmidt]], [[Alyson Stoner]], [[Jacob Smith (actor)|Jacob Smith]], [[Forrest Landis]], [[Liliana Mumy]], [[Morgan York]], [[Blake Woodruff]], [[Brent and Shane Kinsman]], [[Paula Marshall]], and [[Alan Ruck]]. Outside of a passing mention of the Gilbreth name, the film has little connection with the original source material. |
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The film was released on December 25, 2003, by [[20th Century Fox]] and grossed $190 million worldwide against a $40 million budget. The [[Rotten Tomatoes]] critical consensus criticized the film for its lack of humor.<ref name="tomatoes" /> |
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A sequel, ''[[Cheaper by the Dozen 2]]'', was released in 2005. [[Cheaper by the Dozen (2022 film)|Another remake]] was released in 2022 on [[Disney+]]. |
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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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Kate Baker ([[Bonnie Hunt]]) narrates her story about her large family: her husband, Tom ([[Steve Martin]]) is a football coach at a small rural college in [[Midland, Indiana]], where he raised twelve children. Kate has written her story in a book and hopes to send it to her best friend, an investor to publish the book. Life at the Midland house is almost perfect for the Bakers until Tom unexpectedly receives an offer from his old friend and football teammate, Shake McGuire ([[Richard Jenkins]]) to coach at his alma mater in his hometown of [[Evanston, Illinois]]. Since Tom was raised in Evanston and the football team he accepts the offer disappoints the younger children. Tom demands the younger children to move, but despite losing it, he has the entire family to return to Evanston for a better home and space. The family's second child, Charlie ([[Tom Welling]]), refuses to leave his girlfriend, Beth ([[Tiffany Dupont]]), and the others simply don't want to leave their friends and home. Despite being given a fancy white mansion as a home by Shake for their move, the atmosphere at the Bakers' new house, which is absolutely huge, is tense and the situation at school is even worse. In general, the younger children are harassed at school. Charlie is taunted for being a "country boy", while the family's sixth and seventh children, Jake and Mark ([[Jacob Smith (actor)|Jacob Smith]] and [[Forrest Landis]]) are consistently antagonized by a bully named Quinn ([[Cody Linley]]), the twins of the bunch Nigel and Kyle ([[Brent and Shane Kinsman]]) begin to cause trouble at school and the Bakers' new neighbours, Tina and Bill Shenk ([[Paula Marshall]] and [[Alan Ruck]]) are very over-protective of their son and only child, Dylan ([[Steven Anthony Lawrence]]) and does not want him to play with the younger kids. |
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Tom Baker is a football coach at a small rural college in [[Midland, Indiana]], where he raised twelve children, and his wife, Kate, has written her story in a book and hopes to send it to her friend to publish the book. One day, Tom unexpectedly receives an offer from his old friend and football teammate Shake McGuire to coach at his alma mater in his hometown of [[Evanston, Illinois]]. Tom accepts the offer, and demands all the children vote on moving. Despite losing the vote, Tom has the entire family return to Evanston for a better home and space. The atmosphere at the Bakers' new house is tense and the situation at school is even worse. |
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When her book is ready to pick up for publication, Kate is required to do a national book tour to promote it. Tom thinks that he can handle everything in the family's household |
When her book is ready to pick up for publication, Kate is required to do a national book tour to promote it. Tom thinks that he can handle everything in the family's household while Kate is away, so he hires the family's oldest child, Nora, and her self-absorbed boyfriend, Hank, to manage the children. When Nora and Hank arrive, the younger children plan to make Hank the target of their prank by soaking his underwear in meat and assisting the Bakers' pet dog Gunner to attack him by biting his buttocks, prompting him to refuse to assist in babysitting. As a result, Nora drives off with Hank, while Tom lectures them for their prank. |
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After Kate departs for her book tour, Tom realizes that he cannot handle the children on his own after a chaotic night. In reply to this revelation, Tom tries to hire a housekeeper, but nobody is willing to work with a family as large as the Bakers, so Tom decides to bring the football players from work into the family's house for game practicing in the living room to prepare for the Saturday night football game as the children perform chores and their household games. However, the children start causing trouble at school and Charlie, the Bakers' oldest son, is removed from the football team. Kate overhears from the children about the chaos and cancels the book tour to take charge of the situation. Kate's publisher decides to create an additional promotion for her book by inviting [[Oprah Winfrey]] to tape a segment about the Bakers in their home instead. |
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Meanwhile, Kate hears from the younger children about the chaos and is forced to cancel the book tour to take charge of the situation. Kate's publisher decides to create an additional promotion for her book by inviting [[Oprah Winfrey]] to tape a segment about the Bakers in their home. Despite much coaching from Kate, and Kate being furious at Tom for not telling her that he could not handle it, the Bakers are not able to demonstrate the loving, strongly bonded family that Kate described in her book. When Mark becomes upset that his pet frog, Beans, has died, in which Sarah rudely tells him that nobody cares, a heated fight erupts before the segment starts, leading the cameramen to call Winfrey to cancel the segment. As a result of the fight, Mark feels unwanted and runs away from home, prompting the Bakers to hold their search party to find him. Meanwhile, Nora breaks up with Hank when he is more focused with watching himself on television and helps, gets the police involved and their close friends, Dylan, and Bill to join in the search for Mark. However, the Bakers cannot find Mark until Tom indulges a hunch that Mark is attempting to run back to the family's old home from the beginning of the film, and eventually finds Mark on a train departing from [[Chicago metropolitan area|Chicago]] to Midland. Reuniting with the rest of the family, the Bakers realize that they have not been a close family and they begin to address their issues with each other. Tom ultimately resigns from his position at his alma mater and settles for a less time-consuming job. The film ends with Kate's narration explaining that the Bakers are closer as a result of their experiences and Tom's decision to love his family more than his job. |
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Despite much coaching from Kate, the Bakers are not able to demonstrate the loving, strongly bonded family that Kate described in her book. When Mark, one of the younger children, becomes upset that his pet frog has died, a heated fight erupts moments before the segment starts, leading the cameramen to call Winfrey to cancel it. Mark runs away from home, prompting the Bakers to find him. Tom indulges a hunch that Mark is trying to run back to the Bakers' old home, and eventually finds Mark on an [[Amtrak]] train departing from [[Chicago metropolitan area|Chicago]] to Midland. |
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==Cast and characters== |
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Reuniting with the rest of their family, the Bakers begin to address their issues with each other, and Tom ultimately resigns from his position at his alma mater with Shake. |
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===The Bakers=== |
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* [[Steve Martin]] as Tom Baker, patriarch of the Baker family and the main protagonist of the film. Tom sacrificed his dream of coaching at a big school to fulfill his dream of raising a large family. He eventually gets his dream job of coaching, but eventually resigns after realizing he is missing out on his younger children's lives. |
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==Cast== |
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* [[Bonnie Hunt]] as Kate Baker, matriarch of the Baker family and the narrator of the film. The loss of a sister in childhood inspired Kate to have a large family. She sacrificed a dream of being a sports journalist to become a stay-at-home mom. Kate grew up wishing she had a larger family, like Tom. She later quickly becomes used to the lifestyle of a professional book writer, but ultimately misses her family and abandons her new career after publishing her book which becomes a best seller. |
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===Baker family=== |
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* [[Piper Perabo]] as Nora Baker, age 22, the oldest Baker child. Nora lives on her own with her boyfriend, Hank. Nora hates the fact that her younger siblings interfere with her personal life with Hank, as they always pull pranks on him because they see him as a jerk. She later realizes they were right about him when he doesn't seem to care about Mark after he runs away. |
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* [[Steve Martin]] as Tom Baker, the patriarch of the Baker family |
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* [[Tom Welling]] as Charlie Baker, age 17, the second Baker child. The move to Evanston is especially taxing on Charlie, as all of his memories were in Midland. In school he is called a "farm kid", his colleagues keep filling his locker with vegetables to mock his farm background, he is mocked on the high school football team and put in defense despite him being a quarterback all his football career, and his anger against his school leads him to often skip it. In return his school lowers his grades, his father cannot help him due to his job and only when Charlie is kicked off the football team does his parents realize how much he is suffering. |
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* [[Bonnie Hunt]] as Kate Baker, the matriarch of the Baker family and the narrator of the film |
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* [[Hilary Duff]] as Lorraine Baker, age 16, the third Baker child. Lorraine loves glamour and aspires to be a "fashion guru" and hates getting Nora's hand-me-downs. She is closest to Sarah, her polar opposite, though they tend to argue frequently. |
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* [[Piper Perabo]] as Nora Baker, the eldest Baker child |
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* [[Kevin Schmidt]] as Henry Baker, age 12, the fourth Baker child. Henry looks up to Charlie more than anyone else in the family. He prefers to play the [[clarinet]] and is the most musical member of the family. |
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* [[Tom Welling]] as Charlie Baker, the second Baker child |
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* [[Alyson Stoner]] as Sarah Baker, age 11, the fifth Baker child. Sarah describes herself as a master prankster, but her pranks sometimes tend to get out of control. She is [[tomboy]]ish and enjoys vigorous team sports. |
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* [[Hilary Duff]] as Lorraine Baker, the third Baker child |
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* [[Kevin G. Schmidt]] as Henry Baker, the fourth Baker child |
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* [[Forrest Landis]] as Mark Baker, age 9, the seventh Baker child. Mark is often teased by his siblings because of his red hair and glasses. He has an affinity for pets, most notably a pet frog named Beans, who is Mark's constant companion and only confidante. His attempted escapade back to the family's old home in Midland is what inspires the family to become closer. |
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* [[Alyson Stoner]] as Sarah Baker, the fifth Baker child |
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* [[Liliana Mumy]] and [[Morgan York]] as Jessica and Kim Baker, ages 7, are fraternal twin girls. Jessica and Kim are the eighth and ninth Baker children. They are the smartest in the family, although their intellect goes largely unnoticed. They are frequently involved in Sarah's pranks and are close to each other. |
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* [[Jacob Smith (actor)|Jacob Smith]] as Jake Baker, the sixth Baker child |
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* [[Blake Woodruff]] as Mike Baker, age 6, the tenth Baker child. Mike was born due to a night of drinking for his parents. He is closest to brother Jake, and spends most of his time with the older children. He enjoys skateboarding, hockey, and performing potentially dangerous physical stunts, such as hanging down the laundry shoot. |
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* [[Forrest Landis]] as Mark Baker, the seventh Baker child |
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* [[Brent and Shane Kinsman]] as Kyle and Nigel Baker, ages 5, identical twin boys and the youngest Baker children. Kyle and Nigel look up to all of their older siblings, and enjoy frequently taking part in Sarah's pranks. |
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* [[Liliana Mumy]] and [[Morgan York]] as Jessica and Kim Baker, the eighth and ninth Baker child and are fraternal twin sisters |
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* [[Blake Woodruff]] as Mike Baker, the tenth Baker child |
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* [[Brent and Shane Kinsman]] as Nigel and Kyle Baker, the youngest Baker children and are identical twin boys |
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===Others=== |
===Others=== |
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* [[Alan Ruck]] and [[Paula Marshall]] as Bill and Tina Shenk, the Bakers' neighbors |
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* [[Steven Anthony Lawrence]] as Dylan Shenk. Dylan is friendly towards the Bakers and wonders why he did not have siblings. He got injured by Tom after the younger Baker children unexpectedly sneaked out of the house and crashed his birthday party while they were being grounded from any fun and games. He also help the Bakers to find Mark, who was unwanted and ran away from home. |
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* [[Steven Anthony Lawrence]] as Dylan Shenk, Bill and Tina's son |
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* [[Paula Marshall]] as Tina Shenk, Dylan's over-protective mother who hates the younger Baker children. Tina is generally hostile towards the Bakers. She appears to believe that the Bakers have too many children. |
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* [[Richard Jenkins]] as Shake McGuire, Tom's best friend |
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* [[Alan Ruck]] as Bill Shenk, Dylan's father who is far kinder than Tina and actually likes the Bakers. In a few scenes in the movie, Bill makes subtle hints that he wanted more children, unlike Tina who wanted "one perfect child". |
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* [[Vanessa Bell Calloway]] as Diana Phillips, Kate's publisher |
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* [[Richard Jenkins]] as Shake McGuire, Tom's old friend and football teammate who is now the director of the football program at the university. Shake was the one who offered the coaching job to Tom, prompting the Bakers move to Evanston for a better home and space despite the protests of their younger children. |
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* [[Tiffany Dupont]] as Beth, Charlie's girlfriend |
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* [[Cody Linley]] as Quinn |
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* [[Dax Shepard]] as Camera Crew Member |
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* [[Cody Linley]] as Quinn, a school bully who picks on Mark and the other younger children. |
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* [[Regis Philbin]] as himself |
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* [[Jared Padalecki]] as an unnamed bully who picks on Charlie for being the new kid in town and a "hick". |
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* [[Kelly Ripa]] as herself |
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* [[Amy Hill]] as Miss Hozzie, Nigel and Kyle's kindergarten teacher |
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* [[Regis Philbin]] as Himself. |
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* [[Kelly Ripa]] as Herself. |
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* [[Frank Welker]] as Gunner (voice), the Bakers' pet dog. |
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===Cameo appearances=== |
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==Sequel== |
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*[[Shawn Levy]] as a reporter |
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A sequel, ''[[Cheaper by the Dozen 2]]'', was released in the United States on December 21, 2005. |
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*[[Ashton Kutcher]] as Hank, Nora's ex-boyfriend |
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*[[Jared Padalecki]] as an unnamed bully that causes problems for Charlie |
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*[[Wayne Knight]] as Pete, the electrician whose repairs on the Bakers' chandelier in the hallway cause him to fall off of his ladder in two different incidents. |
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==Soundtrack== |
==Soundtrack== |
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{{Track listing |
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{{Expand section|date=April 2013}} |
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| headline = "Cheaper by the Dozen" Soundtrack |
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{{Tracklist |
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| headline = "Cheaper by the Dozen" |
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| title1 = [[I'm Just a Kid]] |
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Soundtrack'' |
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| extra1 = [[Simple Plan]] |
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| writer1 = Simple Plan |
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| title2 = [[Help! (song)|Help!]] |
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| writer2 = [[Lennon–McCartney]] |
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| extra2 = [[Fountains of Wayne]] |
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| title3 = [[In Too Deep (Sum 41 song)|In Too Deep]] |
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| writer3 = [[Sum 41]] |
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| title4 = What Christmas Should Be |
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| writer4 = [[Hilary Duff]] |
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| extra4 = Hilary Duff |
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| length4 = 3:10 |
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| title8 = [[Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree]] |
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| title5 = [[Life Is a Highway]] |
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| writer5 = [[Tom Cochrane]] |
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| extra5 = Tom Cochrane |
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| length5 = 4:26 |
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| title6 = [[These Are Days]] |
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| writer6 = [[10,000 Maniacs]] |
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| extra6 = 10,000 Maniacs |
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| length6 = 3:39 |
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| title7 = [[Rockin' Robin (song)|Rockin' Robin]] |
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| writer7 = [[Leon René]] |
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| extra7 = [[Michael Jackson]] |
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| length7 = 2:33 |
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| title8 = [[Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree]] |
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| writer8 = [[Johnny Marks]] |
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| extra8 = [[Brenda Lee]] |
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| length8 = 2:06 |
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| total_length = 21:16 |
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Other compositions used in the movie are "[[Classical Gas]]" by [[Mason Williams]] and [[Carl Orff]]'s "[[O Fortuna]]", among others. |
Other compositions used in the movie are "[[Classical Gas]]" by [[Mason Williams]] and [[Carl Orff]]'s "[[O Fortuna]]", among others. |
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==Reception== |
==Reception== |
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===Critical response=== |
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On [[Rotten Tomatoes]] the film has a 24% rating based on reviews from 119 critics and an average score of 4.58/10. The site's consensus reads: "In this family of twelve children, much chaos ensues, but little hilarity."<ref name="tomatoes">{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cheaper_by_the_dozen/ |title=Cheaper by the Dozen |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |access-date=December 18, 2019 }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film received a weighted average score of 46 out of 100 based on 30 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web |title=Cheaper by the Dozen |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/cheaper-by-the-dozen |website=Metacritic |access-date=September 28, 2017 }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an A− grade.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= CinemaScore |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20 }}</ref> |
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Cheaper by the Dozen has been nominated and won several awards. The following is a list of these: |
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Despite this, the film was given "Two Thumbs Up" from [[Roger Ebert]] and [[Richard Roeper]] on their television show.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}} Ebert in his review for the [[Chicago Sun-Times]] gave the film 3 out of 4 stars and called it "lighthearted fun".<ref name="Ebert">{{cite web |date=2003 |last1=Ebert |first1=Roger |title=Cheaper by the Dozen |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/cheaper-by-the-dozen-2003 |website=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] }}</ref> |
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Robert Koehler of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' was critical of the uneven tone of the film, varying between "schmaltzy/gooey and slapstick/gross-out" and wrote that it was "as far from the original pic and its autobiographical memoir source as it can be while retaining the same title" but predicted a wide-ranging audience for the film.<ref name="Koehler">{{cite web |date=30 November 2003 |last1=Koehler |first1=Robert |title=Cheaper by the Dozen |url=https://variety.com/2003/film/reviews/cheaper-by-the-dozen-1200537719/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] }}</ref> |
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===Box office=== |
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The film ranked at #2 for the weekend, grossing $27,557,647 in its opening weekend ($35,397,241 including its Thursday Christmas Day gross of $7,839,594) from 3,298 theaters for an average of $8,356 per theater ($10,733 average per theater over four days), being kept from the top spot by ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''. The film went on to gross $138,614,544 in North America, and an additional $51,597,569 internationally, for a total gross of $190,212,113 worldwide, nearly five times its $40 million budget.<ref name="mojo-box-office">{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=cheaperbythedozen.htm |title=Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=March 16, 2014 }}</ref> |
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===Accolades=== |
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[[Ashton Kutcher]] was nominated for a [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor]] for his performance in this, ''[[Just Married]]'' and ''[[My Boss's Daughter]]'' but lost to [[Ben Affleck]] with ''[[Daredevil (film)|Daredevil]]'', ''[[Gigli]]'' and ''[[Paycheck (film)|Paycheck]]''.<ref name="People">{{cite magazine |url=https://people.com/celebrity/j-lo-heads-list-of-razzie-nominees/ |title=J.Lo Heads List of Razzie Nominees|last=Silverman|first=Stephen M.|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|publisher=[[Meredith Corporation]]|date=January 26, 2004|access-date=June 19, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Post">{{cite news|url=https://old.post-gazette.com/ae/20040301razzie0301p6.asp|title='Gigli' voted worst in Raspberry Awards|last=Germain|first=David|newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|publisher=[[Block Communications]]|date=March 1, 2004|access-date=June 19, 2020}}</ref> |
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| [[Kids' Choice Awards]] |
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| [[2004 Kids' Choice Awards#Favorite Male Movie Star|Favorite Male Movie Star]] |
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| Ashton Kutcher |
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| [[2004 Teen Choice Awards#Movie|Choice Movie: Blush]] |
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| Choice Breakout Movie Star – Male |
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| Tom Welling |
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| Piper Perabo and Ashton Kutcher |
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| [[25th Young Artist Awards#Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast|Best Young Ensemble Cast]] |
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| Choice movie blush (Hilary Duff), Choice breakout movie star (male) (Tom Welling), Choice movie liplock |
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| {{Won}} |
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| rowspan=3|2004<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0349205/awards |title=Awards won |accessdate=2007-05-12}}</ref> |
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| [[25th Young Artist Awards#Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actor Age Ten or Younger|Best Young Actor Age Ten or Younger]] |
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| Forrest Landis |
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| Best Ensemble Cast |
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The film received mostly negative reviews from film critics, with 23% of critics giving a positive review and an average score of 4.6 out of 10 according [[Rotten Tomatoes]], based on 112 reviews.<ref>http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cheaper_by_the_dozen/</ref> Despite initial reactions, the film was given "Two Thumbs Up" from [[Roger Ebert]] and [[Richard Roeper]] on their television show, and became a box office hit. The film opened at #2 raking in $27,557,647 [[USD]] in its first opening weekend and, despite being knocked off the top spot the following week by ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'', went on to gross $190,212,113 worldwide.<ref>http://pro.imdb.com/title/tt0349205/boxoffice</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 03:09, 17 June 2024
| Cheaper by the Dozen | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Shawn Levy |
| Screenplay by | |
| Story by | Craig Titley |
| Based on | |
| Produced by | |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Jonathan Brown |
| Edited by | George Folsey Jr. |
| Music by | Christophe Beck |
Production companies |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox[1] |
Release date |
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Running time | 99 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States[1] |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $40 million[3] |
| Box office | $190.5 million[3] |
Cheaper by the Dozen is a 2003 American comedy film directed by Shawn Levy. It is a remake of the 1950 film of the same name. Both films were inspired by the semi-autobiographical book Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and his sister Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. It stars Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff, Tom Welling, and Piper Perabo with supporting roles by Kevin G. Schmidt, Alyson Stoner, Jacob Smith, Forrest Landis, Liliana Mumy, Morgan York, Blake Woodruff, Brent and Shane Kinsman, Paula Marshall, and Alan Ruck. Outside of a passing mention of the Gilbreth name, the film has little connection with the original source material.
The film was released on December 25, 2003, by 20th Century Fox and grossed $190 million worldwide against a $40 million budget. The Rotten Tomatoes critical consensus criticized the film for its lack of humor.[4]
A sequel, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, was released in 2005. Another remake was released in 2022 on Disney+.
Plot[edit]
Tom Baker is a football coach at a small rural college in Midland, Indiana, where he raised twelve children, and his wife, Kate, has written her story in a book and hopes to send it to her friend to publish the book. One day, Tom unexpectedly receives an offer from his old friend and football teammate Shake McGuire to coach at his alma mater in his hometown of Evanston, Illinois. Tom accepts the offer, and demands all the children vote on moving. Despite losing the vote, Tom has the entire family return to Evanston for a better home and space. The atmosphere at the Bakers' new house is tense and the situation at school is even worse.
When her book is ready to pick up for publication, Kate is required to do a national book tour to promote it. Tom thinks that he can handle everything in the family's household while Kate is away, so he hires the family's oldest child, Nora, and her self-absorbed boyfriend, Hank, to manage the children. When Nora and Hank arrive, the younger children plan to make Hank the target of their prank by soaking his underwear in meat and assisting the Bakers' pet dog Gunner to attack him by biting his buttocks, prompting him to refuse to assist in babysitting. As a result, Nora drives off with Hank, while Tom lectures them for their prank.
After Kate departs for her book tour, Tom realizes that he cannot handle the children on his own after a chaotic night. In reply to this revelation, Tom tries to hire a housekeeper, but nobody is willing to work with a family as large as the Bakers, so Tom decides to bring the football players from work into the family's house for game practicing in the living room to prepare for the Saturday night football game as the children perform chores and their household games. However, the children start causing trouble at school and Charlie, the Bakers' oldest son, is removed from the football team. Kate overhears from the children about the chaos and cancels the book tour to take charge of the situation. Kate's publisher decides to create an additional promotion for her book by inviting Oprah Winfrey to tape a segment about the Bakers in their home instead.
Despite much coaching from Kate, the Bakers are not able to demonstrate the loving, strongly bonded family that Kate described in her book. When Mark, one of the younger children, becomes upset that his pet frog has died, a heated fight erupts moments before the segment starts, leading the cameramen to call Winfrey to cancel it. Mark runs away from home, prompting the Bakers to find him. Tom indulges a hunch that Mark is trying to run back to the Bakers' old home, and eventually finds Mark on an Amtrak train departing from Chicago to Midland.
Reuniting with the rest of their family, the Bakers begin to address their issues with each other, and Tom ultimately resigns from his position at his alma mater with Shake.
Cast[edit]
Baker family[edit]
- Steve Martin as Tom Baker, the patriarch of the Baker family
- Bonnie Hunt as Kate Baker, the matriarch of the Baker family and the narrator of the film
- Piper Perabo as Nora Baker, the eldest Baker child
- Tom Welling as Charlie Baker, the second Baker child
- Hilary Duff as Lorraine Baker, the third Baker child
- Kevin G. Schmidt as Henry Baker, the fourth Baker child
- Alyson Stoner as Sarah Baker, the fifth Baker child
- Jacob Smith as Jake Baker, the sixth Baker child
- Forrest Landis as Mark Baker, the seventh Baker child
- Liliana Mumy and Morgan York as Jessica and Kim Baker, the eighth and ninth Baker child and are fraternal twin sisters
- Blake Woodruff as Mike Baker, the tenth Baker child
- Brent and Shane Kinsman as Nigel and Kyle Baker, the youngest Baker children and are identical twin boys
Others[edit]
- Alan Ruck and Paula Marshall as Bill and Tina Shenk, the Bakers' neighbors
- Steven Anthony Lawrence as Dylan Shenk, Bill and Tina's son
- Richard Jenkins as Shake McGuire, Tom's best friend
- Vanessa Bell Calloway as Diana Phillips, Kate's publisher
- Tiffany Dupont as Beth, Charlie's girlfriend
- Cody Linley as Quinn
- Dax Shepard as Camera Crew Member
- Regis Philbin as himself
- Kelly Ripa as herself
- Amy Hill as Miss Hozzie, Nigel and Kyle's kindergarten teacher
Cameo appearances[edit]
- Shawn Levy as a reporter
- Ashton Kutcher as Hank, Nora's ex-boyfriend
- Jared Padalecki as an unnamed bully that causes problems for Charlie
- Wayne Knight as Pete, the electrician whose repairs on the Bakers' chandelier in the hallway cause him to fall off of his ladder in two different incidents.
Soundtrack[edit]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performed by | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I'm Just a Kid" | Simple Plan | Simple Plan | 1:24 |
| 2. | "Help!" | Lennon–McCartney | Fountains of Wayne | 1:12 |
| 3. | "In Too Deep" | Sum 41 | Sum 41 | 2:46 |
| 4. | "What Christmas Should Be" | Hilary Duff | Hilary Duff | 3:10 |
| 5. | "Life Is a Highway" | Tom Cochrane | Tom Cochrane | 4:26 |
| 6. | "These Are Days" | 10,000 Maniacs | 10,000 Maniacs | 3:39 |
| 7. | "Rockin' Robin" | Leon René | Michael Jackson | 2:33 |
| 8. | "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" | Johnny Marks | Brenda Lee | 2:06 |
| Total length: | 21:16 | |||
Other compositions used in the movie are "Classical Gas" by Mason Williams and Carl Orff's "O Fortuna", among others.
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a 24% rating based on reviews from 119 critics and an average score of 4.58/10. The site's consensus reads: "In this family of twelve children, much chaos ensues, but little hilarity."[4] On Metacritic, the film received a weighted average score of 46 out of 100 based on 30 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[5] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an A− grade.[6]
Despite this, the film was given "Two Thumbs Up" from Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper on their television show.[citation needed] Ebert in his review for the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3 out of 4 stars and called it "lighthearted fun".[7]
Robert Koehler of Variety was critical of the uneven tone of the film, varying between "schmaltzy/gooey and slapstick/gross-out" and wrote that it was "as far from the original pic and its autobiographical memoir source as it can be while retaining the same title" but predicted a wide-ranging audience for the film.[8]
Box office[edit]
The film ranked at #2 for the weekend, grossing $27,557,647 in its opening weekend ($35,397,241 including its Thursday Christmas Day gross of $7,839,594) from 3,298 theaters for an average of $8,356 per theater ($10,733 average per theater over four days), being kept from the top spot by The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. The film went on to gross $138,614,544 in North America, and an additional $51,597,569 internationally, for a total gross of $190,212,113 worldwide, nearly five times its $40 million budget.[3]
Accolades[edit]
Ashton Kutcher was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor for his performance in this, Just Married and My Boss's Daughter but lost to Ben Affleck with Daredevil, Gigli and Paycheck.[9][10]
| Association | Category | Recipients | Result | Ref. |
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| Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Male Movie Star | Ashton Kutcher | Nominated | |
| Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie: Blush | Hilary Duff | Nominated | [11] |
| Choice Breakout Movie Star – Male | Tom Welling | Nominated | ||
| Choice Movie Liplock | Piper Perabo and Ashton Kutcher | Nominated | ||
| Young Artist Awards | Best Young Ensemble Cast | Cast (under 18) | Won | |
| Best Young Actor Age Ten or Younger | Forrest Landis | Won | ||
| Best Young Actress Age Ten or Younger | Alyson Stoner | Nominated |
Home media[edit]
The film was released on VHS and DVD on April 6, 2004 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- ^ "Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)". BFI. Archived from the original on October 8, 2018. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
- ^ a b "Cheaper by the Dozen". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
- ^ "Cheaper by the Dozen". Metacritic. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
- ^ "CinemaScore". Archived from the original on December 20, 2018.
- ^ Ebert, Roger (2003). "Cheaper by the Dozen". Chicago Sun-Times.
- ^ Koehler, Robert (November 30, 2003). "Cheaper by the Dozen". Variety.
- ^ Silverman, Stephen M. (January 26, 2004). "J.Lo Heads List of Razzie Nominees". People. Meredith Corporation. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
- ^ Germain, David (March 1, 2004). "'Gigli' voted worst in Raspberry Awards". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Block Communications. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
- ^ "2003 Teen Choice Awards Nominees". Billboard. Valence Media. June 18, 2003. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
- ^ "Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) - Financial Information". The Numbers.
External links[edit]
Wikiquote has quotations related to Cheaper by the Dozen (2003 film).
- "Official Website". Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
- Cheaper by the Dozen at IMDb
- Cheaper by the Dozen at AllMovie
- Movie stills
- Cheaper by the Dozen at the TCM Movie Database
- Cheaper by the Dozen at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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