In what movie did Shawn Levy direct Bonnie Hunt and Steve Martin?

Shawn Levy directed Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt in Cheaper by the Dozen. The 2003 family comedy casts Martin and Hunt as Tom and Kate Baker, parents trying to manage a household with twelve children.

The film begins when Tom, a football coach, accepts a new job and moves the family from their small-town home to Chicago. At the same time, Kate receives an opportunity to promote her book. Their professional ambitions leave the family struggling to adjust, producing the film’s central mix of domestic comedy and family conflict.

Cheaper by the Dozen is a loose remake of the 1950 film of the same name. Both versions draw inspiration from the real-life Gilbreth family and the 1948 book by siblings Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. The 2003 version updates the setting and characters for a modern family audience.

A frequent mistake is confusing this film with Cheaper by the Dozen 2. Levy produced the 2005 sequel, but Adam Shankman directed it. Martin and Hunt returned as Tom and Kate Baker, along with several of the original child actors.