Cheaper by the Dozen 2 Review

Dec 25, 2005 ,
Posted by CrimsonLight

Steve Martin and his clan of twelve raucous nippers headed by teen queen Hilary Duff return for another serving of family mayhem. This time the brood are on holiday when they meet up with Eugene Levy’s troupe of tearaways – and battle commences between the two competitive dads. The pairing of Levy and Martin is an inspired one and fans of the original will consider it cheap at twice the price.

He’s Hollywood’s equivalent of the cure for the common cold. A celluloid quick-fix that can switch a movie from the worthless to the worthwhile.

If your comedy outing isn’t tickling ribs then he’s the guy to call. When it looks like the box office isn’t beckoning your baby then he’s the funnyman to phone.

He is, of course, Eugene Levy, the fella whose Bloomingdale’s salesman made Serendipity bearable and lent American Pie some comic gravitas as Jim’s dad.

He’s also had a hand in writing two of the funniest films in many a year – folk-singing spoof A Mighty Wind and the Crufts mickey-take Best In Show.

After providing the comedy remedy for The Man, he’s now been roped into this sequel of the Steve Martin outing Cheaper By The Dozen…and he’s just the tonic.

Football coach Tom Baker (Martin) and his author wife Kate (Hunt) have taken their jumbo-sized clan on a summer holiday to a Lake Winnetka retreat.

Based on the overwhelmingly negative reviews it is receiving, you’d think Cheaper by the Dozen 2 was a shoo-in for “Worst Movie of the Year.” Critics are lambasting its formulaic script and its predictable slapstick humor. They’re even taking pot shots at Steve Martin for “selling his soul” by unnecessarily cashing in on the first film’s success with a largely uninspired performance.
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