...a sequel that does, for the most part, fall right in line with its watchable yet unspectacular predecessor...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 19, 2024

Full Review | Original Score: C- | Jan 29, 2013

Cheaper by the Dozen 2 is so incredibly bland and by the numbers it's painful to watch ... it's just a collection of unfunny moments that are both uninteresting and annoying.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Mar 18, 2011

I was convinced I was going to hate this film. But, it didn't bug me as much as I thought it would.

| Original Score: C | Aug 11, 2009

I think it should be considered child abuse to inflict this tripe upon children.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Apr 29, 2009

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 20, 2008

A sequel every bit as bland, forced and flat as the generic 2003 comedy which spawned it.

| Jan 15, 2008

There's a discernible lack of enthusiasm from almost everyone involved, and Duff, who's gone from wholesome to haggard in two short years, is flat-out scary.

| Mar 6, 2007

This is definitely a family trip to stay home and skip.

| Feb 3, 2007

There's something pernicious about a toxic mix of sitcom and snickering sex jokes getting packaged and effectively sold as wholesome fun for the family.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Nov 24, 2006

| Original Score: 1/4 | Oct 21, 2006

Its heart is in the right place, but a reliance on gimmicks and sentiment undermines the story. In the end, both the laughs and the tears here come just a little too cheap.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 11, 2006

All I wanted to do was rent Ron Howard's Parenthood again just to remind myself that Steve Martin once made a film about families that was both honest and funny.

| Jul 1, 2006

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 27, 2006

Martin and Levy mug for their close-ups and then retire to their trailers while the stunt doubles do the really hard work.

| Original Score: 1/5 | May 12, 2006

'Cheaper by the Dozen 2' is one of the reasons that movie viewership dropped off in 2005.

| Original Score: C | Apr 2, 2006

A couple of good chuckles can't redeem this sappy mess.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 1, 2006

A miserable experience filled with crude slapstick, cruder sentiment and retrograde jokes.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Feb 11, 2006

...[takes] a dated, sitcom approach that reveals just how little the filmmakers think of their audience.

| Jan 13, 2006

The treacle spreads like molten lava and everyone ends up flat on their molasses.

| Jan 7, 2006