"Cheaper by the Dozen", based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family, follows them from Providence, Rhode Island, to Montclair, New Jersey, and details the amusing anecdotes found in large families.
Cheaper by the Dozen has generally received positive reviews.
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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 24 Dec 2003
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Cheaper by the Dozen was released in 1950 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 444 reviews, giving Cheaper by the Dozen (1950) an average rating of 61%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 62%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 48%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Cheaper by the Dozen than critics were.
With a score of 61%, Cheaper by the Dozen is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1950, which stands at 63%.
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