Cheaper by the Dozen 2

There's a discernible lack of enthusiasm from almost everyone involved, and Duff, who's gone from wholesome to haggard in two short years, is flat-out scary.

This is definitely a family trip to stay home and skip.

There's something pernicious about a toxic mix of sitcom and snickering sex jokes getting packaged and effectively sold as wholesome fun for the family.

All I wanted to do was rent Ron Howard's Parenthood again just to remind myself that Steve Martin once made a film about families that was both honest and funny.

A couple of good chuckles can't redeem this sappy mess.

A family fantasy that plays at being happy and picture-perfect but primarily comes off as fake and dismayingly unfunny.

...a sequel that does, for the most part, fall right in line with its watchable yet unspectacular predecessor...

Cheaper by the Dozen 2 is so incredibly bland and by the numbers it's painful to watch ... it's just a collection of unfunny moments that are both uninteresting and annoying.

I was convinced I was going to hate this film. But, it didn't bug me as much as I thought it would.