Critics Scoreboard
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Average Critic Score:
34
(24 sources)
34
(24 sources)
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75
Chicago Sun-Times
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." Read Full Review » -
70
Los Angeles Times
A family comedy that is actually involving, even believable, and manages to be pretty funny too. Read Full Review » -
50
Chicago Tribune
Compared with Martin's first "Dozen" and the recent mega-family movie "Yours, Mine and Ours," this sequel is Academy Award material. Read Full Review » -
50
New York Post
The point isn't really to make you laugh. The film is supposed to make people feel good about their families, and it does a fine job of it. Read Full Review » -
50
USA Today
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. Read Full Review » -
50
LA Weekly
What keeps the film afloat (barely) is the sheer charisma of Eugene Levy and the young Alyson Stoner, who manage to find emotion and laughs in the tritest of dialogue and the flimsiest of scenarios. Read Full Review » -
50
Chicago Reader
There's a discernible lack of enthusiasm from almost everyone involved, and Duff, who's gone from wholesome to haggard in two short years, is flat-out scary. Read Full Review » -
42
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
All processed sugar and artificial flavor, right down to the sticky but tasteless happy ending. Read Full Review » -
40
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40
The Onion (A.V. Club)
In its absolute commitment to inoffensive, fun-for-the-whole-family entertainment, it's as extreme in its own way as hardcore pornography. Read Full Review » -
40
The Hollywood Reporter
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. Read Full Review » -
40
Variety
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. Read Full Review » -
40
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38
TV Guide
Ironically, one of the film's best-developed characters is a mouse: The four-legged "Chizzler" actually has a legitimate story arc with a genuine payoff. Read Full Review » -
38
Boston Globe
Noisy, silly, gratingly upbeat, and piously sentimental, 'Cheaper by the Dozen 2 is what passes for wholesome family entertainment these days. It's the sort of movie to send small children and grandparents out of the theater hugging each other and strong men in search of bourbon. Read Full Review » -
38
Miami Herald
It has virtually nothing in common with the charming book written by the Gilbreths about their turn-of-the-century family and everything to do with making money on DVD rentals. Read Full Review » -
33
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." Read Full Review » -
30
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30
The New York Times
This messy blend of silly slapstick and oversentimentality probably won't please children, teenagers or adults. Read Full Review » -
25
Baltimore Sun
What can you say about a film where Carmen Electra's performance is one of the high points? Read Full Review » -
25
New York Daily News
A cheerless sequel to an uninspired remake, Cheaper by the Dozen 2 is, at best, well timed to serve as a backup baby-sitter during the hectic days of winter break. Read Full Review » -
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Sure ain't a movie. Nope, it's a product, pure and very simple and carefully tested to sell to the widest possible market. Read Full Review » -
25
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25
Rolling Stone
There's something pernicious about a toxic mix of sitcom and snickering sex jokes getting packaged and effectively sold as wholesome fun for the family. Read Full Review »
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