The read
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do. The highest scoring of the 2 titles in its series.
Synopsis
The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Kate, and the couple's 12 children to make a major adjustment. The transition works well until work demands pull the parents away from home, leaving the kids bored -- and increasingly mischievous.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes25%
Metacritic46/100
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
3,006 audience votes
Key crew
- Joel CohenScreenplay
- Christophe BeckOriginal Music Composer
- Sam HarperScreenplay
- Alec SokolowScreenplay
- Shawn LevyDirector
Cast
- Steve MartinTom Baker
- Bonnie HuntKate Baker
- Hilary DuffLorraine Baker
- Tom WellingCharlie Baker
- Piper PeraboNora Baker
- Kevin G. SchmidtHenry Baker
- Alyson StonerSarah Baker
- Jacob SmithJake Baker
- Liliana MumyJessica Baker
- Morgan YorkKim Baker
- Forrest LandisMark Baker
- Blake WoodruffMike Baker
Stills
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Themes
chicago, illinoishusband wife relationshipbased on novel or bookamerican football coachbig familyfamily relationshipsremakesiblingnew jobaspiring actorsmart kidfather son relationship