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Twiggyish
| Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 7:04 pm
Laughed my head off the whole time. GREAT movie. I love Steve Martin!
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Sillycalimomma
| Sunday, January 11, 2004 - 9:33 pm
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!
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Abbynormal
| Sunday, January 11, 2004 - 9:45 pm
Saw this yesterday, I laughed, I teared up a few times. Good movie to see with the kids.
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Kady
| Sunday, January 11, 2004 - 10:16 pm
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.
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Not1worry
| Monday, January 12, 2004 - 7:57 pm
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.
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Kady
| Monday, January 12, 2004 - 10:13 pm
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.
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Knightpatti
| Monday, January 12, 2004 - 11:01 pm
loved the movie!
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Tess
| Monday, January 12, 2004 - 11:49 pm
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.
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Bronxie
| Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 6:26 am
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.
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Tess
| Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 9:11 am
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.
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Twiggyish
| Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 3:35 pm
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.
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Tess
| Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 10:08 pm
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.
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Staceyinpa
| Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 8:38 am
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...
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Saturday, May 08, 2004 - 4:57 pm
The first version of Cheaper By The Dozen with Clifton Web was great.
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Tashakinz
Member
11-13-2002
| Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 11:18 am
I saw this on Sunday. Kept comparing it to the original and the re-make comes up short. It was cute, but not great.
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 1:54 pm
Yes, Tasha...some of the old originals really hold up, despite their age. I think the original is a classic. 
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