In modern America, where the average family has 1.87 children, Tom Baker and wife Kate have decided that life is better--if not cheaper by the dozen.

The Bakers live in a small Illinois town where Tom coaches the local college football team. The family’s day-to-day life is marked by equal parts love and chaos… pet-frog-landing-in-the-breakfast eggs type of chaos. When Tom is offered his dream job coaching a squad at a large university he and Kate uproot the family, much to the displeasure of all 12 children.

At the same time, Kate learns that her memoirs are about to be published. Her agent whisks her away to New York to promote the book, leaving Tom home alone to handle the increasingly unhappy and hectic household, as well as his demanding new job.

With all hell breaking loose at home, Kate on the road, and Tom’s job on the line, the Baker family ultimately chooses not to have it all, but to love what they do have.

Directed by
Shawn Levy

Cast
Steve Martin - Tom Baker
Bonnie Hunt - Mary Baker
Piper Perabo - Nora Baker
Tom Welling - Charlie Baker
Hilary Duff - Lorraine Baker
Kevin G Schmidt - Henry Baker
Alyson Stoner - Sarah Baker
Jacob Smith - Jake Baker
Liliana Mumy - Jessica Baker
Morgan York - Kim Baker
Forrest Landis - Mark Baker
Blake Woodruff - Mike Baker
Brent Kinsman - Nigel Baker
Shane Kinsman - Kyle Baker
Paula Marshall - Tina Shenk
Steven Anthony - Lawrence Dylan Shenk
Alan Ruck - Bill Shenk
Richard Jenkins - Shake

Production Co.
Leisure Time Enterprises
1492 Pictures
Robert Simonds Company
Ben Myron Productions

Produced by
Ira Shuman
Michael Barnathan
Ben Myron
Robert Simonds

Studio
20th Century Fox

Writer
Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.
Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Music
Christophe Beck