Metacritic Movie Ratings
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 75

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  What I liked the most about the second "Dozen," was another performance, the one by Alyson Stoner as their daughter Sarah. As a girl poised on the first scary steps of adolescence, she finds the kind of vulnerability and shy hope that Reese Witherspoon projected in "The Man in the Moon."

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• 70

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas

  A family comedy that is actually involving, even believable, and manages to be pretty funny too.

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• 50

  out of 100

  USA TodayMike Clark

  Give Dozen a slight edge to the mournful "Yours, Mine & Ours" as a holiday season bottom-feeder, because Martin and Levy are better at slapstick than Dennis Quaid.

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• 40

  out of 100

  VarietyJustin Chang

  Bland, canned but studiously professional sequel retains most of the principals from Fox's family-friendly 2003 hit, including the ever-reliable Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt.

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• 40

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen

  A textbook example of how not to mess with success, Cheaper by the Dozen 2 is every bit as forced, synthetic, banal and mawkish as the first edition.

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• 33

  out of 100

  Entertainment Weekly

  What you have is less a sequel to a not-so-bad remake than yet another remake, this one of that not-so-great 1988 John Candy comedy "The Great Outdoors."

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• 30

  out of 100

  The New York Times

  This messy blend of silly slapstick and oversentimentality probably won't please children, teenagers or adults.

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