Neither all the fine child actresses nor the other rather big-name actors of this family comedy are quite enough to save it from mediocrity, at least unless the slapstick comedy by Steve Martin (playing the father) happens to be your thing. The difficulty of taking good screenshots of this movie is a symptom of one of its bigger problems: with 12 kids and the parents, there is no time to develop the characters enough even to warrant closeups. Regardless, Alyson, Liliana, and Morgan make Cheaper by the Dozen a worthwhile experience.