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Cheaper by the Dozen 2 : 2 of 5
12.29.2005 11:45 PM \| Link	My parents see just about every fun family movie there is, so when we decided to see a third movie during my Christmas visit, this was the obvious choice. I haven't seen the first movie (or the original movie it was a remake of) - I put it in my Netflix queue a long time ago when I was watching Lizzie McGuire all the time, but I never got around to renting it. Anyway, it's definitely not necessary to have seen the first film - this is just a simple story about a ton of kids and a rival family. It tries to be funny and sneak in some emotional moments, too, but I don't think I really laughed too much (lots of smiling, though). Steve Martin does his best with the material, but the script doesn't really give Bonnie Hunt anything to do. There are so many kids that none of them seem like real characters, since there's no time to get to know them (although the little girl who steals the make-up is a great actress). The worst part of this movie is watching Hilary Duff and wondering how cute little Lizzie morphed into an anorexic, collagen-injected, fashion-trash monster! She looks absolutely terrible - I'll just have to survive on my memories of the old Hilary. I always have a great time at the movies with Mom & Dad, so this was definitely a fun time - just not a movie I would really recommend to anyone. Labels: dvds


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