Now streaming on: Cheaper by the Dozen 2 is the kind of title, like The Other Side of the Mountain, that starts you wondering why they didn t call it This Side of the Mountain. Or, more to the point, Even Cheaper by Two Dozen. All sequel titles tell you is that if you liked the doughnuts, why not buy another box? At which your mother would tell you to save some room for dinner, and I would suggest a new movie.
Still, as I watched this sequel, a certain good feeling began to make itself known. Yes, the movie is unnecessary. However, it is unnecessary at a higher level of warmth and humor than the recent remake Yours, Mine and Ours. And it has more plausible parents, even though neither actor, so far as I know, has any children.