What is Cheaper by the Dozen 2 about?
The Baker family, while on vacation, find themselves in competition with a rival family of eight children.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
Yes. It lands on a happy note.
Two enormous families on vacation stumble into an absurd competition, creating wholesome, crowd-pleasing chaos.
Wholesome humor. A family watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Disney+.
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 parents guide
No surprises for a PG: mild language and nothing scary.
Our estimate: fine from about 7. Rated PG.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- None noted
- Language
- Mild
- Mild words like damn, hell or crap.
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Cast and crew
Directed byAdam Shankman
StarringSteve Martin, Eugene Levy, Bonnie Hunt, Tom Welling, Piper Perabo, Hilary Duff
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