 movie
that starred Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda, goes six better than Cheaper
By the Dozen by adding another half dozen to the brood!
When Frank Beardsley (Dennis Quaid), a widower with eight children, runs
into his high school sweetheart, Helen North (Renee Russo), it’s as if
thirty years never passed! Helen, also a widow with ten kids of her own,
that include the six that she and her husband adopted, feels the
attraction as well. It’s no wonder they rush into marriage without
telling their kids. True love can conquer all – right?
Unfortunately for Frank and Helen, the families don’t mesh quite as
easily as the newlyweds had hoped. They probably should have seen the
culture clash coming: the disciplined Beardsleys run things by the book;
for the energetic and vivacious Norths, there is no book. Helen’s kids
aren’t pleased about moving and sharing rooms with a bunch of uptight
strangers. Frank’s children have nothing in common with the unruly
Norths. Since both sets of kids aren’t happy, they devise a plan to
undermine the marriage and team up to plot the breakup. East meets west
as the two families tam up to find a way to work together – in order
to separate
Rating: PG
cast
Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo, Rip Torn, Linda Hunt, Jerry O’Connell, David Koechner
Director Raja Gosnell
Distributor Sony Pictures
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