Cheaper by the dozen 2 Two fathers are freaking out
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If there's one thing that doesn't go out of fashion in Hollywood, it's the sequels so loved by the big studios. What has been successful once also earns its money the second time. So there was no question that the US smash hit “Cheaper by the dozen” will be continued. The second part is even worse and more annoying than the tepid, harmless remake of the 1950s classic by Walter Lang, but that will hardly play a role at the US box office, as the film was produced exclusively for the American market. The sweet, sticky song of praise for the American family is presented as a cinema director for the TV sermon "A Heavenly Family". The humorless comedy still has an unbeatable ironic laugh. Leading actor Steve Martin must hate the film like the plague. In his private life he is considered a serious intellectual who is rather uncomfortable with his clownish interludes. It should be all the more annoying to the Texans that “Cheaper by the Dozen 2” can pass as a propaganda film for the morality of Bush America and that he has to earn his lavish paychecks in such lousy films.
The extended Baker family, father Tom (Steve Martin), his wife Kate (Bonnie Hunt) and the twelve children (Piper Perabo, Tom Welling, Hilary Duff, Kevin Schmidt, Alyson Stoner, Jacob Smith, Forrest Landis, Liliana Mumy, Morgan York, Brent Kinsman, Shane Kinsman, Blake Woodruff), wants to relive the good old days when everyone still lived together under one roof. Tom suggests moving into the house on Lake Winnetka for Labor Day. After initial grumbling, the family agrees. There Tom meets his old neighbor and rival Jimmy Murtaugh (Eugene Levy), who can also muster an extended family, but which is much more successful than the Bakers'. In addition, the ambitious Jimmy is married for the third time and is not only proud of his young wife Sarina (Carmen Elektra), but even more of his eight highly gifted children (Alexander Conti, Jaime King, Robbie Amell, Courtney Fitzpatrick, Madison Fitzpatrick, Shawn Roberts , Melanie Tonello, Taylor Lautner). While the two heads of family still can't smell each other, the children make friends with each other. But the fathers turn everything into a personal competition that causes some turbulence ...
The question of the legitimacy of a sequel is not asked in Hollywood with a US box office of almost $ 140 million. The fact that “Cheaper by the dozen” went far less well outside of the USA (almost 500,000 visitors in Germany) does not give any producer a damn. The money-making business is about profit. And that will also be achieved by “Cheaper 2 by the dozen”. So far everything is fine. The fact that people everywhere complain about the not always optimal film level is due, among other things, to such inspiration-free 08/15 drawing board works such as “Cheaper by the dozen 2”.
Shawn Levy (Full Married, The Pink Panther), director of part one, retired to the producer's chair and left the baton to Adam Shankman. Those who fear bad things about its filmography (Only with you, house over head, Wedding Planner, The Babynator) are unfortunately right. The name Shankman stands for quality but at least mostly successful family entertainment of the harmless kind. The clichés and generalities that Shankman and screenwriter Sam Harper (fully married, cheaper by the dozen) bring up only cause a tired head shake for those who have not been deeply asleep for decades. Obviously, it's not about giving the audience a good, entertaining film with a little verve.
In addition to the well-known set of plot pieces from the Hollywood cliché box, the strange, neatly trimmed morality makes the film consistently unappealing. "That's disgusting," whispered a few parents in disgust in a movie theater when Steve Martin put his arm around Eugene Levy to demonstrate what their movie kids (boy and girl mind you) are up to. This immaculate world of traditional values is still law in the rural regions of the USA, where they love their President George W. Bush. Homosexuality is gross and the American family is above all. Statement “Cheaper 2 by the dozen” end. It goes without saying that this is highly disconcerting to Europeans.
Dramaturgically, “Cheaper by the dozen 2” seems too constructed over the entire duration. All the obstacles that stand in the way of the happy ending do not make a naturally comprehensible impression. Steve Martin's dad Baker does everything in his power to act as stupid as possible, just to make a few laughs possible for his screen partners. But the gags are tepid, hardly worth a smile. From his comedic (“Father of the Bride”), satirical (“L
If there's one thing that doesn't go out of fashion in Hollywood, it's the sequels so loved by the big studios. What has been successful once also earns its money the second time. So there was no question that the US smash hit “Cheaper by the dozen” will be continued. The second part is even worse and more annoying than the tepid, harmless remake of the 1950s classic by Walter Lang, but that will hardly play a role at the US box office, as the film was produced exclusively for the American market. The sweet, sticky song of praise for the American family is presented as a cinema director for the TV sermon "A Heavenly Family". The humorless comedy still has an unbeatable ironic laugh. Leading actor Steve Martin must hate the film like the plague. In his private life he is considered a serious intellectual who is rather uncomfortable with his clownish interludes. It should be all the more annoying to the Texans that “Cheaper by the Dozen 2” can pass as a propaganda film for the morality of Bush America and that he has to earn his lavish paychecks in such lousy films.
The extended Baker family, father Tom (Steve Martin), his wife Kate (Bonnie Hunt) and the twelve children (Piper Perabo, Tom Welling, Hilary Duff, Kevin Schmidt, Alyson Stoner, Jacob Smith, Forrest Landis, Liliana Mumy, Morgan York, Brent Kinsman, Shane Kinsman, Blake Woodruff), wants to relive the good old days when everyone still lived together under one roof. Tom suggests moving into the house on Lake Winnetka for Labor Day. After initial grumbling, the family agrees. There Tom meets his old neighbor and rival Jimmy Murtaugh (Eugene Levy), who can also muster an extended family, but which is much more successful than the Bakers'. In addition, the ambitious Jimmy is married for the third time and is not only proud of his young wife Sarina (Carmen Elektra), but even more of his eight highly gifted children (Alexander Conti, Jaime King, Robbie Amell, Courtney Fitzpatrick, Madison Fitzpatrick, Shawn Roberts , Melanie Tonello, Taylor Lautner). While the two heads of family still can't smell each other, the children make friends with each other. But the fathers turn everything into a personal competition that causes some turbulence ...
The question of the legitimacy of a sequel is not asked in Hollywood with a US box office of almost $ 140 million. The fact that “Cheaper by the dozen” went far less well outside of the USA (almost 500,000 visitors in Germany) does not give any producer a damn. The money-making business is about profit. And that will also be achieved by “Cheaper 2 by the dozen”. So far everything is fine. The fact that people everywhere complain about the not always optimal film level is due, among other things, to such inspiration-free 08/15 drawing board works such as “Cheaper by the dozen 2”.
Shawn Levy (Full Married, The Pink Panther), director of part one, retired to the producer's chair and left the baton to Adam Shankman. Those who fear bad things about its filmography (Only with you, house over head, Wedding Planner, The Babynator) are unfortunately right. The name Shankman stands for quality but at least mostly successful family entertainment of the harmless kind. The clichés and generalities that Shankman and screenwriter Sam Harper (fully married, cheaper by the dozen) bring up only cause a tired head shake for those who have not been deeply asleep for decades. Obviously, it's not about giving the audience a good, entertaining film with a little verve.
In addition to the well-known set of plot pieces from the Hollywood cliché box, the strange, neatly trimmed morality makes the film consistently unappealing. "That's disgusting," whispered a few parents in disgust in a movie theater when Steve Martin put his arm around Eugene Levy to demonstrate what their movie kids (boy and girl mind you) are up to. This immaculate world of traditional values is still law in the rural regions of the USA, where they love their President George W. Bush. Homosexuality is gross and the American family is above all. Statement “Cheaper 2 by the dozen” end. It goes without saying that this is highly disconcerting to Europeans.
Dramaturgically, “Cheaper by the dozen 2” seems too constructed over the entire duration. All the obstacles that stand in the way of the happy ending do not make a naturally comprehensible impression. Steve Martin's dad Baker does everything in his power to act as stupid as possible, just to make a few laughs possible for his screen partners. But the gags are tepid, hardly worth a smile. From his comedic (“Father of the Bride”), satirical (“L
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