In modern America, where the average family has 1.87 children, Tom Baker and wife Kate have decided that life is better--if not cheaper--by the dozen. The Bakers live in a small Illinois town where Tom coaches the local college football team. The family's day-to-day life is marked by equal parts love and chaos… pet-frog-landing-in-the-breakfast eggs type of chaos. When Tom is offered his dream job--coaching a squad at a large university--he and Kate uproot the family, much to the displeasure of all 12 children. At the same time, Kate learns that her memoirs are about to be published. Her agent whisks her away to New York to promote the book, leaving Tom home alone to handle the increasingly unhappy and hectic household, as well as his demanding new job. With all hell breaking loose at home, Kate on the road, and Tom's job on the line, the Baker family ultimately chooses not to have it all, but to love what they do have.
Production Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation; Robert Simonds Productions;
Cast Names Wayne Knight; Ashton Kutcher; Jared Padalecki; Gary Pike; Eileen Brennan; Merris Carden; Steve Martin; Bonnie Hunt; Piper Perabo; Tom Welling; Hilary Duff; Kevin G. Schmidt; Alyson Stoner; Jacob Smith; Liliana Mumy; Morgan York; Forrest Landis; Blake Woodruff; Brent Kinsman; Shane Kinsman; Paula Marshall; Steven Anthony Lawrence; Alan Ruck; Richard Jenkins; Holmes Osborne; Vanessa Bell Calloway; Rex Linn; David Kelsey; Dax Shepard; Elon Gold;
Box Office USD 138,614,544
Release Date 2003-12-25
Genres Comedy; Family;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated PG for language and some thematic elements.
Running Time 1 hr. 38 min. 1 hr. 34 min. (DVD version)