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My wife and I saw this movie on New Year's Eve and it was worth the price of admission. It certainly was nice to really laugh. The movie definitely gets my "Two Thumbs Up".

My father is the oldest of 13 children in his family. I laughed when he was at my house for the holidays and he saw an ad for that movie. His response, "nothing new to me, I LIVED that movie!!"

Ahh, the olden days :)

Although I will say I laughed long and hard in certain parts of the movie and I did like how the one child perfect family was portrayed as miserably unhappy living the lie our society has taught them, I was sorely disappointed in the movie as a whole and wouldn't highly recommend it. It still was heavily saturated with modern day thinking. In case some of you don't know, there is a real book called Cheaper by the Dozen one of my favorite as a preteen. The book is based on a real family written by one of the daughters. It is hilarious as well as insightful. The real family had moments of chaos but it was not their daily routine. They were highly organized and discipline. The older children were assigned a younger child to care for. The mother was a stay at home mom who ran the household overseeing all the duties etc. Funny how in the movie the mother was very pretty, her figure unlike most women who have one baby, and she was never depicted having to do household chores or any cooking. Because of course the modern woman is above this status:) Also a major qualm I have with the movie is that the father got a vasectomy after their tenth child. This is an outrage! The true family were firm advocates of life and even chased away a horrorified Planned Parenthood representative who came knocking at their door one day. Their family life also centered around their faith - with daily family prayer time, Mass, the Bible, etc. None of their children drifted from their moral upbringing as the oldest daughter was depicted as being up with the times in the movie. The father also placed a high importance on education making the children even listen to foreign language records in the bathroom while they brushed their teeth and got ready. He also attended every parent teacher meeting and usually had his children placed one grade ahead. The message I was left with after seeing the movie was that if you want a lot of wild crazy memories and lots of people to stick up for you then it's Ok to have a big family as long as you can still give them each their own room, buy them lots of clothes and toys, and it's what you wanted in life not what God wanted for you. Invest your money in The Passion instead.

i love cheaper by the dozen it is so good i like hilary duff but i LOVE JACOB SMITH he is so cute and hot too bad that he has a girlfriend

YOUR ALL GAY

Tinkerbell,

I beg to differ....it is not possible for me to be gay in that I am a happily married male. In case you misssed it none of the other individuals who post are "gay" either.

Would you like to expand on the meaning of your first comment...or are you just one of those who likes to make comments that lack any substantial meaning?

In Christ,
Joe

Just saw the 1950 film "Cheaper by the Dozen" starring Clifton Webb. It was MUCH better than the Steve Martin version. The "Planned Parenthood" scene had my wife and I laughing with delight.

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