4.6 Score

2003 • 1h 38min • PG • Comedy, Drama, Family

Cheaper by the Dozen

"The more...the scarier!"

The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Kate, and the couple's 12 children to make a major adjustment. The transition works well until work demands pull the parents away from home, leaving the kids bored -- and increasingly mischievous.

IMDb 5.9

RT 24%

MC 46

Director

Shawn Levy

Writers

Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.

Joel Cohen

Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Composer

Christophe Beck

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Steve Martin

Tom Baker

Bonnie Hunt

Kate Baker

Hilary Duff

Lorraine Baker

Tom Welling

Charlie Baker

Piper Perabo

Nora Baker

Kevin G. Schmidt

Henry Baker

Alyson Stoner

Sarah Baker

Jacob Smith

Jake Baker

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Steve Martin Tom Baker

Bonnie Hunt Kate Baker

Hilary Duff Lorraine Baker

Tom Welling Charlie Baker

Piper Perabo Nora Baker

Kevin G. Schmidt Henry Baker

Alyson Stoner Sarah Baker

Jacob Smith Jake Baker

Liliana Mumy Jessica Baker

Morgan York Kim Baker

Forrest Landis Mark Baker

Blake Woodruff Mike Baker

Brent Kinsman Nigel Baker

Shane Kinsman Kyle Baker

Paula Marshall Tina Shenk

Steven Anthony Lawrence Dylan Shenk

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