Simply A Masterpiece

Sadly Over-hyped

best movie i've ever seen.

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

Really dull and the pregnant daughter stands around holding her supposed belly way too much. I've never seen a real pregnant woman hold onto their bellies as much as she did in that movie and I was one a few times. The whole movie is filled with contrived scenes you can guess will lead to other predictable supposedly funny or emotional scenes.

The clan is slowly scattering. Lorraine (Hilary Duff) has graduated and moving to NYC to intern. Nora (Piper Perabo) is pregnant, married to Bud McNulty (Jonathan Bennett), and moving away to Houston. Tom (Steve Martin) and Kate Baker (Bonnie Hunt) decides to regroup the clan to go on vacation back to Lake Winnetka. The Lake has become more upscale with their old rival the Murtaugh clan headed by successful Jimmy (Eugene Levy) who purchased most of the property. He has a new trophy wife Sarina (Carmen Electra) and 'only' 8 kids.It's surprising to say but this one misses Ashton Kutcher as the butt of the jokes. It's very nice that all the Baker kids return for the sequel. It's usually very annoying to have new kids act like there's no change. There are some noticeable young actors as the Murtaugh kids like Taylor Lautner and Jaime King. The franchise was silly to start with, but this is even stupider. The constant competition adds a nasty tone rather than a funny one to the movie. Eugene Levy is playing too hard at being annoying. Although Alyson Stoner is given a little more room to have some fun. It has some slightly funny moments but the movie has lost some of the charm.

The first film had lots of warmth and humour and although this sequel tries to recreate both these things fall flat.Martin and Hunt again are left to hold everything together but have less good material to work with this time and struggle to create any comedy gold. Martin tries hard by throwing himself into many physical comedy routines but the end result is that the film appeals much more to a child audience than it would to their parents which defeats the object of a family comedy.Welling and Duff have very little screen time and add nothing of any merit to the film. The Romeo and Julliet style love story also is trite and slow paced.Overall a fair sequel but it doesn't really add anything to the far superior original.

I am a big fan of Steve Martin and Eugene Levy,but I did not enjoy in this movie.Because it is a bit too-light hearted for me,and I expected some really funny jokes but I did get that.It is not a comedy it is a predictable family movie which is good for kids.Because all the kids aged 8 that I know enjoyed in this movie.I am a big fan of Eugene Levy,he and Martin Lawrence are my favourite comedy actors,but this role wasn't good for him.He and Steve Martin are great actors,but they can't save this movie for me because i am not a fan of these kind of family movies.This is a movie for kids,i repeat once again,and I would like to say that I am looking forward to new Eugene Levy's films because I hope that they will be much much better then this family educational(for kids) movie.