The Bakers find themselves competing with a rival family of eight children while on vacation.The Bakers find themselves competing with a rival family of eight children while on vacation.The Bakers find themselves competing with a rival family of eight children while on vacation.
- Awards
- 1 win & 5 nominations
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaReal baby and childhood pictures of Hilary Duff and Alyson Stoner were used for the "photo albums" of their characters.
- GoofsAfter knee boarding Tom gets out of the boat and the two boys both say something but their mouths never move.
- SoundtracksI Wish
Written and Performed by Stevie Wonder
Courtesy of Motown Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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Typical Family Comedy
'Cheaper by the Dozen 2' is pretty much the typical family comedy that has nothing new to offer. That does not mean that the film is absent of entertainment. It pretty much follows the usual formula with the regular ingredients. The slapstick and jokes are expected but still amusing. There are some funny adult jokes too. The film has heart and that's what works for it. Shankman and his cast and crew must have had a great time (as was also apparent on the DVD extras). Steve Martin and Eugene Levy are good. Martin has played the comedic family dad perhaps more than a dozen times and he has become quite skilled at it. The extremely talented Bonnie Hunt is criminally underused but she has an effective presence, nonetheless. Carmen Electra is a surprise. She plays a hot mom but not the clichéd one, rather one that is compassionate, gentle and caring. Electra does a good job and proves that she can do more than being just an airhead or a seductress. Piper Perabo is also underused. Jaime King is very pretty. Hilary Duff plays sort of a spoilt brat (which is a change from her sweet pretty girl image) but her acting is quite bad and she needs to eat. The child actors were all fun to watch. Overall, it's all goofy family fun and quite enjoyable when watching with the family.
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Box office
- Budget
- $60,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $82,571,173
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,309,387
- Dec 25, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $130,154,568
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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By what name was Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005) officially released in India in English?
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