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“Cheaper by the Dozen 2” Movie

On Monday I saw the movie “Cheaper by the Dozen 2”, which starred: Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Piper Perabo, Eugene Levy, Hilary Duff.

The plot involved the following: “So as not to potentially utilize even one of its viewers’ brain cells, Cheaper by the Dozen 2 needs minimal exposition before allowing physical hijinks to set in. After the—you guessed it—12-strong Baker family worries of growing apart, the patriarch, Tom (Steve Martin), orders a mandatory family trip to their rustic vacation home in Wisconsin. It’s there that the Griswalds, er, Bakers meet up with old rivals the Murtaugh family (of eight), led by uber-competitive Jimmy (Eugene Levy) and his much younger wife, Sarina (Carmen Electra)—though she is decidedly more amiable than he. When Jimmy tells Tom how to control his kids, Tom pits his clan against Jimmy’s in a competition to teach him a lesson. Things turn PG-cutthroat, but all must end prettily and benignly if there’s to be yet another sequel.”

I give this movie a “B”, and it is worth the price of an admission ticket, a large popcorn and a small soft drink. The movie was funny, and there was more character development.

posted by Frank LaFountaine @ 7:55 AM