 Cast: Steve Martin as Tom ‘Dad’ Baker Bonnie Hunt as Kate ‘Mom’ Baker Piper Perabo as Nora Baker Tom Welling as Charlie Baker Hilary Duff as Lorraine Baker Kevin Schmidt as Henry Baker Alyson Stoner as Sarah Baker Jacob Smith as Jake Baker Forrest Landis as Mark Baker Liliana Mumy as Jessica Baker Morgan York as Kim Baker Blake Woodruff as Mike Baker Brent Kinsman as Nigel Baker Shane Kinsman as Kyle Baker Eugene Levy as Jimmy Murtaugh Carmen Electra as Sarina Murtaugh Jaime King as Anne Murtaugh Alexander Conti as Kenneth Murtaugh Review: “Cheaper by the Dozen 2” is so incredibly bland and by the numbers it’s painful to watch. Unlike the first – which had something of a story – “Cheaper by the Dozen 2” is just a collection of unfunny moment after unfunny moment that are both uninteresting and most damning of all, unfunny. There are several different stories going on simultaneously – too many, so that when any one of them finally reaches it’s climax it’s hard to impossible to care. Martin does his normal family movie routine, and just about everyone else is on autopilot as well. Even the usually brilliant Eugene Levy is dully, badly miscast as the world’s coolest dad. Bonnie Hunt gets a few moments to let her sarcastic brilliance shine, but it’s not enough. It’s nice to see Sarina (Carmen Electra) – Jimmy’s trophy wife – played as an intelligent woman who actually cares about her husband and stepchildren, instead of the brainless, heartless bimbo such characters are usually played as, but it’s small consolation for the rest of the film’s problems. “Cheaper by the Dozen 2” commits the worst of all film sins; it’s dull, dull, dull. “Cheaper by the Dozen 2” is rated PG for some crude humor and mild language. Show Comments |
