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Cheaper by the Dozen

The TVClubHouse: Movies & Library ARCHIVES: Movies: May 2004 - March 2005: Cheaper by the Dozen users admin

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Twiggyish

Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 7:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Laughed my head off the whole time. GREAT movie. I love Steve Martin!

Sillycalimomma

Sunday, January 11, 2004 - 9:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My DD begged and begged for us to take her to this and today we finally caved in. I really liked it! Laughed...almost cried and sooo many awwww cute moments. Those kids were a riot!

Abbynormal

Sunday, January 11, 2004 - 9:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Saw this yesterday, I laughed, I teared up a few times. Good movie to see with the kids.

Kady

Sunday, January 11, 2004 - 10:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am totally opposite...I hated it. I did laugh a few times but mostly I sat there calling the kids brats. I am probably gonna be the only person here that hated it cause all I've read is how much everyone loved it.

Not1worry

Monday, January 12, 2004 - 7:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kady, don't worry, you are definitely are not the only one. I refuse to see it based on the previews alone. My kids aren't happy about it, but they can see it when they can pay for it. I don't like any movie where the kids are sassy and the parents act like it doesn't matter or they can't handle them. I was waiting to see if someone would post anything other than a positive review.

What I hate most is how untrue to the book it is. I loved reading that book so many years ago. The real Cheaper by the Dozen were so clever and definitely not brats.

Kady

Monday, January 12, 2004 - 10:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
There really is a Cheaper by the Dozen book? I'm gonna have to see if my library has it. I would love to compare the book to the movie. :)

Knightpatti

Monday, January 12, 2004 - 11:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
loved the movie!

Tess

Monday, January 12, 2004 - 11:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kady, the real Cheaper by the Dozen has nothing to do with the current movie, from what I read in the reviews.

I've read the book (long time ago) and also have seen the original movie countless times, along with it's sequel and based on the previews of the current movie, I would say that what I've heard is true. The current movie was not based on the book or original movie.

Bronxie

Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 6:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That's interesting, Tess, 'cause I actually walked out on it. Just imagining Clifton Webb swinging from a chandelier, or even cracking a smile, for that matter, made me squirm. I would have thought titles were "owned" by their authors.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy Steve Martin as a comedienne, but this comedy was originally a situation one, not a slapstick one. I'm certain those that loved it went with children and/or couldn't make a comparison.

Tess

Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 9:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I thought so, too, Bronxie but from what I can tell, the only similarity is that there are 12 kids. I don't know how they get around the title part though I know there are movies with the same title that have nothing to do with each other ie: Patriot, one with Mel Gibson (Revolutionary War) and one with (Steven Segall) Action flick. No clue. That's just what I read in the paper and heard in a review on TV. Maybe they bought the rights to the title from the heirs or something.

In any case, I have promised to take DD to see this next weekend since we couldn't go this past weekend. ack! She will love it which I guess is the important part and she knows better than to act like any of the kids if(when) they are misbehaving.

Twiggyish

Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 3:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It's true the kids were brats. The book wasn't based on the original, either. BUT, there is an adorable little red haired boy who made the movie. (Fed-Ex) I really love Steve Martin, too.
I've had negative reactions to movies other people liked, too. It happens sometimes.

Tess

Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 10:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Twigs, I agree that little Mark (Fed-Ex) made the movie for me, too. The kids were monsters mostly but if you look behind all that to the message behind it all that family is all-important when it comes right down to it, then the antics were easier to take. Miss Sarah loved the movie and she really understood the "family sticks together" part.

Staceyinpa

Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 8:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I read this book in grade school.. and if I remember correctly it was set just at the end of the depression....?? someone told me that this was the same idea as the book , but just set in modern times... by looking at the previews.. I don't think so...
I'm gonna wait to rent the dvd... I'd rather just read the book again... :)

Rupertbear
Member

09-19-2003

Saturday, May 08, 2004 - 4:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The first version of Cheaper By The Dozen with Clifton Web was great.

Tashakinz
Member

11-13-2002

Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 11:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I saw this on Sunday. Kept comparing it to the original and the re-make comes up short. It was cute, but not great.

Rupertbear
Member

09-19-2003

Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 1:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yes, Tasha...some of the old originals really hold up, despite their age. I think the original is a classic. :-)