As far as the critics are concerned, the laughs don't come much cheaper than those offered up in the new Steve Martin-Bonnie Hunt move Cheaper By the Dozen. Reviewing the movie in the Los Angeles Times, Kevin Thomas calls it "as synthetic as a plastic Christmas tree." Geoff Pevere in the Toronto Star warns that it "is a horror movie trying to pass as family-values, feel-good holiday fare." Robert K. Elder's review in the Chicago Tribune appears under the headline: "Charming Cheaper modernized but lacks heart." |