Village Vidiot

Thousands of brief movie reviews from decades of film watching from a guy who loves the cinema.

Menu
  • About
  • Dave Chappelle: The Closer
Menu

Cheaper By the Dozen

Posted on August 17, 2018 by Village Vidiot

I went to this one in Westfield, NJ along with B- and my sister Erica. B- really liked it, Erica disliked it enormously, and I found it weak but less toxic than I’d expected. It starts very slowly, to say the least, and really isn’t funny for quite a while. It has nothing to do with the original “Cheaper By the Dozen” with Clifton Webb-Myrna Loy from 1950, based on the play of the same name. There are 12 ‘fun-loving’ kids with an odd, insecure, dad (Steve Martin) trying to stay meaningful as they grow up and grow away. The family goes off for one last summer vacation to the lake where they reconnect with their dad’s old nemesis, now a rich real estate mogul, Eugene Levy. ‘Fun’ happens sporadically. The best I can say is that it wasn’t as awful as I’d expected and I laughed a couple of times

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recent Posts

  • A Real Pain
  • Emilia Perez
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus
  • Wildcat
  • Le Samourai

Recent Comments

  • Village Vidiot on Minari
  • Village Vidiot on Rustin
  • Rebekah Wiegand on Minari
  • Margret Konopelski on Rustin
  • Village Vidiot on In the Name of the Father

Archives

Categories

  • Film Reviews

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries RSS
  • Comments RSS
  • WordPress.org
© 2026 Village Vidiot | WordPress Theme by Superbthemes