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Cheaper by the Dozen

2022

Gail Lerner

Brittany Daniel, Zach Braff, Gabrielle Union, Erika Christensen ...

3.8

319

Comedy A family of twelve tries to balance their business as well as their hectic home life.

	Author	Review
United States	Courtney Howard Variety	"[A] pleasant yet predictable modernization of an enduring tale (...) Despite some of this movie’s missteps, the heart behind its messages is in the right place."	NEU
United States	Elizabeth Weitzman The Wrap	"Limp third adaptation proves it’s time to put these kids to bed"	NEG
Canada	Ferdosa Abdi Screen Rant	"A tepid remake that is made complicated by creative choices that seek to be diverse without any meaningful representation."	NEU
United States	Michael Ordoña Los Angeles Times	"It’s an assembly-line product scrubbed clean of personality. (...) The inner lives of the kids are barely explored. They’re props, more or less"	NEG
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"Despite flirting with hard realities — including death and addiction — the remake consistently falters when trying to merge its breezier sensibilities with the darker issues inherent to the material."	NEU
Canada	E.L. Meszaros CBR	"[There is] not enough time to build any conflict out fully and the movie ends up feeling like a series of interspersed vignettes with little complexity"	NEG
United States	Adam Graham Detroit News	"[The film's creative team] does manage to sprinkle in some lessons about the complexities of racial identity"	POS
United States	Calum Marsh The New York Times	"Much of the conflict that arises (...) has a sitcom-style quality that’s hardly original, but the slapstick gags and stunts are appealing"	NEU
United States	Jennifer Green Common Sense Media	"Right from the start, something feels off in 'Cheaper by the Dozen'. The film bounces from family scene to family scene, not getting to any serious story or conflict until at least a third of the way in (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Josh Spiegel SlashFilm	"An overstuffed pilot episode pretending to be a movie (...) There was potential here, but it goes unrealized."	NEG
United Kingdom	Adrian Horton The Guardian	"From an adult perspective, it seems unlikely that 2022's 'Cheaper by the Dozen' will engender the same loyalty as its predecessor, but who knows? (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Nell Minow rogerebert.com	"The moments that are supposed to be meaningful or heartwarming barely make an impression (...) I would settle for [a movie] that has even a little bit of the original's wit and heart (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG

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