Admiral Frank Beardsley is widowed with 8 kids. Helen North is widowed with 10 kids. They fall in love and now have a blended family of 18 children who are trying to stop the marriage between the two parents.

Directed by Raja Gosnell
A reboot of the 1968 movie of the same name
Based on Yours, mine and ours by Mort Lachman, Melville Shavelson, Bob Carroll Jr. and Madelyn Davis.
Starring Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo, Rip Torn, Linda Hunt, Sean Faris, Katija Pevec, Dean Collins, Tyler Patrick Jones, Haley Ramm, Brecken Palmer, Ty Panitz, Drake Bell, Danielle Panabaker, Lil JJ, Miki Ishikawa, Miranda Cosgrove, Slade Pearce and others.

18 children under one roof! definition of chaos. 

This was in the 100 in one movie collection I borrowed from Paul that year. I didn’t get to see it because it was cracking like kilode. It found me again, i read the plot and I knew I had to see this one. 

The admiral thought he could control the children with military tactics, it worked on his own kids but the rest didn’t buy it. The movie had its moments and I understood the message. Family is everything. The kids later realized trying to sabotage the wedding was very selfish of them and they set out to restore their home. In the end, they made it work and created a little community of their own.

People who adopt kids have got to be some of the best people that exist.

Great movie. Always a pleasure watching Dennis Quaid on screen. 

A Family Movie 10/10