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.
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.
The film's central conflict revolves around the strain on a large family due to career ambitions, and its resolution champions the reaffirmation of traditional family values and parental presence over individual career pursuits, aligning with right-leaning priorities.
The movie features a predominantly traditional cast, with the central family being entirely white and no intentional race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative focuses on the dynamics of a large, traditional family, portraying traditional identities in a positive or neutral light without incorporating explicit DEI themes or critiques.
The film "Cheaper by the Dozen" (2003) does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses exclusively on the heterosexual Baker family and their experiences, thus there is no portrayal to evaluate regarding LGBTQ+ representation.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 2003 film is a remake that introduces new characters for the children, rather than directly adapting and gender-swapping specific established characters from the original novel or 1950 film. The parents' genders remain consistent with the source material.
The 2003 film "Cheaper by the Dozen" is a remake of the 1950 film and based on a semi-autobiographical novel. The main characters, the Baker family, are consistently portrayed as white, aligning with their established race in prior adaptations and the real-life Gilbreth family.
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