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Review: 'Cheaper by the Dozen' is not a bargain at any price

Kylie Rogers, Luke Prael, Caylee Blosenski, Sebastian Cote, Gabrielle Union, Mykal-Michelle Harris, Christian Cote, Aryan Simhadri, Andre Robinson, Journee Brown, Leo Abelo Perry and Zach Braff on the set of 20th Century Studios' "Cheaper by the Dozen."

The new "Cheaper by the Dozen" feels less like a feature than a lengthy sitcom pilot. It's an assembly-line product scrubbed clean of personality.

This is supposedly the third film iteration of the 1948 semiautobiographical novel of the same name, though it has nothing to do with previous versions apart from concerning an unusually large

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