Parent reviews for Cheaper by the Dozen

I didn't have the energy to explain to my 10 and 12 year old what a vasectomy was - there was a bit too much innuendo - right at the beginning - and it was uncomfortable to watch - so off it went

This about a family with 12 kids. A must see family movie.

I saw this movie when it first came out, thinking that it would be reasonably close to the book. Or so I thought. The kids are disrespectful, for one thing. If it would've been played for laughs it may or may not have been appropriate, depending on how it would've been done. But it wasn't meant to get a laugh. It was meant to be taken seriously.

I saw this with my kids and they loved it. However, there were a few times where they showed some sexually inappropriate parts. An unmarried girl living with her boyfriend ect. I highly doubt your children will notice it though. There's a part where the girl and her boyfriend are in bed together, although it just shows them sleeping. There might a brief amount of "ewwws" when the husband and his wife kiss, but other than that, there's nothing inappropriate about this movie. As a teacher however, I don't think this movie is appropriate to show at a school.

liked it cause of Ms. Hilary Duff thats the reason why its a cool movie!

fine film

This is a great film for tweens and older kids. The oldest Baker child lives with her boyfriend but this is clearly looked down upon. Language is kept to a minimum, a few OMG's and mild insults (moron, idiot, Doorknob Man etc). Violence is comedic not meant to be taken seriously. Some of the kids actions vary from wrong to downright disrespectful, but most of it relevant to the plot and turned around by the end. A great film if it is not taken seriously.

sexual references including a dog who attacks a boy's genitals and starts to lick them and eat them because his underwear was dumped in meat (while still clothed) then when he escapes the scene is about 1 minute a family of dogs try to get his a*s but he escapes references to sleeping together (unmarried) and they're seen just sleeping a girl lives with a boy while unmarried stating that she has her own life "s*ck" "s*cks" "s*ckem'up" "f---" and a very bad "has his jimmy whipped" but kids won't notice its meaning anyways... but it's a great movie shows family issues love and care funny and amusing

We have four children and I think we really enjoyed watching the chaos that goes along with having a house full of kids. I wondered if it would seem too scripted but they got the tone just right. The new neighbor character was a bit too fakey and simplistic for me. It's one thing to have neighbors who are tired of the noise and mess that comes with a big family but it is quite another to not care at all about them as individuals when something bad happens. I found that to be very unbelievable. Otherwise the script was a bit hokey in parts, but fun. The kids learned to adapt to their new surroundings and work together, they got big lessons on responsibility and loyalty.