Shawn Levy directs the family-oriented comedy Cheaper by the Dozen , a loose remake of the 1950 film starring Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy , which was itself based on a novel. Tom ( Steve Martin ) and Kate Baker ( Bonnie Hunt ) have made many sacrifices in their professional lives in order to raise their 12 children. When Tom is offered a job as a Division I college football coach, he moves the entire pack to a suburb of Chicago. This move shakes up the whole family, especially when Kate's memoirs get published and she takes off on a book tour. The lack of parental guidance creates problems for all the Baker kids, particularly handsome jock Charlie ( Tom Welling ), fashion plate Lorraine ( Hilary Duff ), and grown child Nora ( Piper Perabo ). Ashton Kucher stars in a cameo role as Nora's actor boyfriend, Hank. — Andrea LeVasseur