I decided to give it one star for every genuine, heart-felt scene that I remember from this film. It's all I can do not to take every one of those stars back for the absolutely horrendous character of the mother, who says she doesn't want to make a big deal of stuff while she's in the middle of actively turning every little misunderstanding or misspoken word into a huge, annoying race issue. She's like the Karen for a new age of PC politics. She's the type of character who decides that being reminded about the gated community's noise rules is because she's black, and not because of the half a dozen children under the age of 6 that are screaming at the top of their lungs behind them.

Let me start this with admitting that I have never watched the original movie from 1950, but I like the remake and it's sequel with Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt just fine. Sure they are not great or innovative in any way, but charming and sweet and profit from a great and believe cast dynamic. And an at leat somewhat coherent storytelling. I'm also still convinced this film is actually another remake of "Yours, Mine and Ours" and they got confused during production, because it has really more in common with those films. The cast is okay, with Gabrielle Union and Erika Christensen serving as the saving grace of the film, but most characters just feel very random or at worst unlikeable. The kids are introduced via voice over and while some get more personality than others (which is a think in Remake 1.0 as well) they never truly feel like a family union. Same goes for Union and Braff who just lack any kind of believable chemistry. The story is also truly lacking. Not that the Steve Martin version (and yes, I can't help it but compare them) tells the most original story, but it still feels more well-rounded than whatever this mess is. To make it short, breakfast is not that interesting. The best thing about this movie is obviously it's very diverse cast, but as most of the time, not the way Disney is handling it. They cram in so many different issues and messages that characters and story get lost in it. The film is build around sending messages (albeit good ones) instead of incorporating them naturally, so everything else suffers for it. Characterizations, relationships etc... It barely feels like a movie and more like Disney trying really hard to improve their image... again. The problem is, this has been done better before. What's left is a soulless reboot that feels completely unearned and unnecessary. While people are still looking back fondly at the original and the remake, this one will probably join other recent remakes in the realm of "Movies YouTube Reviewers Make Fun Of and then Will Never Be Watched Again." Or Disney wants a sequel because it means some fast money.

Unfortunately... rather bad. 'Cheaper by the Dozen' undoubtedly has its heart in the right place but what a mess of an execution, they basically come up with as many messages as possible and cram them together - but there's one problem, they forgot the glue! It's just a sequence of points, as it culminates with a woeful, forced family drama. The cast make it slightly more watchable than it would've otherwise been, I will say that - they aren't great, but are predominantly hindered by the lame dialogue and yawnful character development. Zach Braff and Gabrielle Union are a solid pairing, while Mykal-Michelle Harris and Leo A. Perry are the pick of the younger lot - I would've liked to have seen more of their characters, as those two definitely had the best comedic timing of the kids. Others I note: 'Talking Dead' favourite Ron Funches and 'White Chicks' alum Brittany Daniel. The only hero from this 2022 flick? Larry Sims. That dude went ham on Union's hair - I've never noticed a character go through so many hairstyles before! Hope he got paid enough. I feel a tiny bit bad for disliking something that tries to come out meaningful, but man this is a cringefest. If you want a film adaptation of the 1948 novel, I'd recommend the 2003 remake with Steve Martin.

I see a whole lot of white people in these comments that would rather live in a world where they don't have to confront their privilege and recognize the differences between their lives and the lives black people have. A movie choosing to talk about these things is not a bad thing. It's important that we have some movies that discuss these things, and this movie handled that stuff way better than most I've seen. They displayed a very healthy interracial relationship dynamic, while fairly showing problems on both sides of that relationship as well as with the kids. I loved how they brought everything together at the end. It felt satisfying, and it felt real, expressing real life concerns while still being a great example of how society can do things better. Of course this isn't going to be the most memorable movie out there. It was a direct to streaming movie and barely anybody watched it. Basing the story around this sauce/breakfast business was just not all that interesting, sure. However, I don't think a lot of the criticisms I'm seeing in these comments are valid.