Cheaper by the Dozen
Film200398 min

Cheaper by the Dozen

Taste attributes: comedyfamilyfresh & originalwholesomelightlinearglossyemotive & stirringcomplex relationship

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"Growing pains? They've got twelve of them!"

Boxlist takeA good-natured, accessible comedy, otherwise balanced. Best if you like escapism over depth.

Taste details

Quality rating

6.3 /10

TMDB · 2,228 votes

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What lines up

  • Setting / scale: Balanced setting / scale, just how this profile likes it
  • Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
  • Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
  • Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury

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Synopsis

The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Mary, and the couple's 12 children to make a major adjustment. The transition works well until work demands pull the parents away from home, leaving the kids bored -- and increasingly mischievous.

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Taste Attributes

complex relationship

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Steve MartinBonnie HuntPiper PeraboTom WellingHilary Duff

Details

Genre
Comedy
Year
2003
Runtime
98 min
Status
Released
Studio
20th Century Fox
Taste scores
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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