Movie Review: Cheaper By The Dozen

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I have never wanted siblings in my life. Fortunately, the only good thing my own siblings has given me was the movie Cheaper by the Dozen 2. The only thing I got out of it was that being a kid meant you would have a perfect family. Today, I am riveted in watching the movie over and over again because it opened my eyes to the many facts of life. The turning point for me was when Nora Baker, the oldest of twelve kids, gave birth to her newborn. I watched this movie once when I was twelve, and it was so good because of the many scenes when the Baker family and their rival family Murtaugh would consistently compete with each other, but at the end overcome their differences. Tears of joy would come out as I watched. When I recently watched the

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