After being hired to coach football at Northwestern University, Tom Baker and his wife Mary move to Chicago, which is a big adjustment for them and their 12 children. With both parents having conflicting schedules, they are forced to find new ways of parenting their generous amount of children.

MOVIE REVIEW

Steve Martin's hit comedy Cheaper by the Dozen - yet another pointless remake - shows just how bad having 12 kids can be, and just how unreasonable it is in the modern age. While large families might have been a popular idea 55 years ago when the original film was released, this Cheaper by the Dozen is inadvertently a story about neglect.
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